Varsity Girls - The OC varsity girls came away with
a close win from Social Circle Tuesday night at home 48-45.
OC was
pretty consistent throughout the game scoring between 12 and 14 point per
quarter except for the 3rd in which they scored nine. After the halftime break Social Circle made
their greatest gain on the Patriots by scoring 14 3rd quarter
points, thus going into the 4th quarter with a two point lead
36-34.
However, OC reversed the situation by
allowing only nine Redskin 4th quarter points while scoring 14 of
their own.
Perhaps the key play of the game was
with 45 seconds left and only a two point difference, Jessica Pulliam stole the
ball under the Redskin basket. OC then
moved the ball down to their end of the court where Latoria Royal was fouled
with only 10 seconds left. She made 1
for two from the foul line giving OC a three point lead. SC had a bad throw-in resulting in Pulliam
getting fouled. Pulliam missed both free
throws but they weren’t needed as time ran out giving OC a well-deserved win.
On the night Royal had 19 points
followed by Trenetta Smith with 17.
Pulliam had 8 points with three rebounds. Jennah McElheney had two points with four
rebounds. Tanisha Eberheart and Morgan
Dunsford both had three rebounds. Smith
also had six steals on the night three of which resulted in points.
OC improves to 3-9 overall and will face
Union Co (5-4 – Max Preps) on Friday, January 11 at 7pm.
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Varsity Boys – The varsity boys had a stellar night
against Social Circle Tuesday night defeating the Redskins 61-25.
The Patriots came out of the blocks on a
run scoring a season high 23 first quarter points to SC’s five. OC slowed down some in the second quarter
scoring only nine but held SC to just another five points. OC went into the halftime break ahead
32-10.
OC’s players seemed to show more confidence
in this game starting in the first quarter when Clay Ogle scored two,
three-pointers. Dylan Pulliam followed
with a three-pointer of his own. Tay
Watkins, Quen Laguines, Nick Mathews and Xavier Eberhart all had a basket. Jim Beatty had a first quarter basket as well
as four for four from the free throw line.
In fact, on the night OC was 12 for 13 from the foul line, which is not
something they normally do.
OC came out in the third quarter
allowing Social Circle only five more points while scoring 21 of their
own. The fourth quarter saw OC put only
8 more points on the board while the Redskins got ten points.
Coach Derricotte put everyone in the
ballgame Tuesday and the points were spread out over nine players. Clay Ogle was once again high scorer for OC
with 14; he was followed by Jim Beatty with 10.
Xavier Eberhart had nine, Quen Laguines was close behind with 8. Dylan Pulliam put in 7 points ad did Jay
Fleming who was also OC’s top rebounder for the night. Tay Watkins, Nick Mathews and Nathan Mallonee
had two. Lenard Collins, Tanner Bowman,
Jarrett McElheney and Matt Beyatt found court time last night in OC’s win.
OC will face Union Co (9-1) on Friday,
January 11th at 8:30pm.
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