Lady Eagles clobber Kelly

The Oran High School girls basketball teams picked up two more conference wins last night at home.  The junior varsity doubled up the Lady Hawks, 44-22 and the varsity picked up a 78-39 victory over the Class 3 rival.

Coach Ethan Evans told the blog, "[The jayvee] came out shooting the ball well and playing good defense in the 1st half. We also made a good effort of getting the ball inside during the 2nd quarter. We slacked off in the 2nd half a little. We need to put up a good 4 quarter effort."

The home team led 14-4 after one and 32-8 at the break.

Katie Webb was the games top point-producer, scoring 14 in just two-quarters of action.

Savannah Below and Taylor Lowes both scored eight.  Lowes hit two treys.  Heather Gosche and Kennedi McVay had six apiece.  Paige Bradley and Mallory Lowes each hit a free throw.

As a team, they hit 9 of 16 from the line for 56%.

The younger squad is now 2-0 in league play and 6-0 overall.

They will not play again until next Thursday when they will play a half game against Charleston.

In the nightcap, Oran jumped out to a 13-2 lead when Kelly took a timeout with 5:34 left in the opening quarter.  It was 25-6 after one and it got worse as the Eagles took a 55-18 lead into the halftime locker room.

Coach Evans said, "We set the tone during the first half of the game by getting up and down the floor and hitting some easy baskets. I thought our defense could have been better during the second quarter but we put up a good amount of points. Things got a little chippy in the second half and I was glad we were able to keep our composure."

Leah Cauble once again led the way.  She scored 33, had six rebounds to go along with four assists and four steals.  She hit two from beyond the arc and was 7-9 from the line.  Jessie Long had 15 points and snared a team-high nine boards plus two blocked shots.  She nailed a trey.  Claire Ramsey added 12 points, six of which came from long-range.  She recorded team-highs in assists and steals with five each.

Kaylee Payne finished with seven points.  She was five of six at the free throw line.  Katelyn Streeter had six points. Madison Ramsey hit a three-pointer to account for her total.   Katie Webb rounded out the scoring with two.

Oran was 24-41 from two-point range for 58.5% and 6-27 from three for 22.2%.  They 12 of 18 free shots for 66.7%.

The varsity is now 3-0 in the Scott-Miss and 12-3 in all games.

They will travel to Charleston on Saturday to face Naylor in a 5:30 pm contest as part of the 2018 Coaches vs Cancer Shootout.