Girls – The Lady Patriots hosted the
Oconee Lady Warriors Saturday in a AA vs. AAA match-up. Oconee came away with the win, which was no
surprise, 64-31.
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| Itika Howard |
It took a while for OC to get started
finishing the first quarter down 16-3.
However, the second quarter saw OC put 11 points on the board to go into
halftime 32-11, Oconee.
In the third quarter Trenetta Smith
started finding the range by scoring 10 of OC’s 11 points. OC put another nine points up ending the game
with 31.
Smith, once again, was high scorer for
OC with 14, on rebound and three steals (perhaps more that I missed). Amber Turner had eight points on the night
followed by Itika Howard with three, Jessica Pulliam and Tanisha Eberheart had
two apiece. Morgan Dunsford had one point
from the foul line. Latoya Royal pulled
down five rebounds for OC.
OC (1-5) hosts Banks Co (6-1 in AAA) on
Tuesday, December 18th at 6:00pm.
You can see pictures of both games
here: http://hdgp.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8794689
Boys – The OC boys played a close, tough
game against Oconee Saturday afternoon but eventually came out on the short end
56-45. The game however was much closer
than the 11 point difference would indicate.
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| Jay Fleming |
There were changes to the roster with apparently
three players leaving the team. Dr.
Darrell Wetherington, OCHS principal said at the game Saturday that head boys
basketball coach Tony Derricotte would be opening tryouts again Monday to fill
the vacancies and add several new players to the team. One new player dressed out for the game, Nick
Mathews. Mathews, who plays baseball for
OC in the spring (and will be playing baseball for Piedmont College next year),
found court time Saturday.
The game started well enough for ending
the quarter behind by only seven, 18-11.
The second quarter was a good one for the Patriots scoring 15 points to
Oconee’s three, which gave OC a 26-21 halftime lead.
OC stayed close in the third quarter but
fell behind at the end going into the fourth behind by six 42-36. The same can’t-score-a-basket-itis afflicted OC’s
shooting from the floor when the scored the fewest points of the game resulting
in a 56-45 loss to Oconee.
Honest to goodness you’d think that
Coach Derricotte, having an extra special relationship with the Good Lord, could
get the locker room end of the court fixed so we could score baskets as well as
we do on the other end. Failing that, I
know a voodoo woman down near Sparta with a bag of chicken bones that might
help.
All kidding aside, it was if an
invisible hand was knocking the ball away from the basket in the third and
fourth quarter for OC. Nothing would
fall.
Xavier Eberhart was OC’s high scorer
with 12. Following Eberhart with eight
points each was Quen Laguines and Clay Ogle.
Ogle had two, three pointers in the second quarter. Jared Culver put six points on the board; Drek
Jones and Dylan Pulliam both had a basket.
Mathews scored one, three pointer.
Laguines had 5 rebounds; Eberhart had four with two each by Pulliam and
Ogle. These guys could have more by my
mis-counting.
Even though OC lost it wasn’t a blowout
and the team played well throughout the game.
OC hosts Banks Co Tuesday, December 18th at 7:30pm.
You can see pictures of both games
here: http://hdgp.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8794689
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