Eagles put five in double-figures during opening night rout

The Oran High School varsity boys Basketball team opened its season last night.  The number one seeded Eagles took on the eighth-seeded Bell City Cubs to open the 64th annual Oran Invitational.  The Eagles soared to an 81-34 mercy-rule victory.

The two teams combined for four turnovers during the first minute, but the Eagles took control early,  leading 30-6 after one and 52-16 at the break on their way to a 47-point win

Langdon Scheeter led all scorers with 21, he connected on three treys and made all four of his free throw attempts.  Cooper Priggel and Tyson Goodale each added 15.  Priggel had four threes and Goodale two.  Ty Johnson had 14 points and a pair of three-pointers.  Todd Priggel finished with 11 points.

Kaiden Massey and Cameron Westrich, each had a field goal and Samuel Shoemaker added a free throw to round out the scoring for the Eagles.

Johnson and Todd Priggel just missed double-doubles with nine and eight rebounds respectively.   Priggel added six assists and five steals as well.

As a team, they hit 16-29 from inside the arc for 55.2% and they were 11-28 from beyond for 39%.  At the free throw line, they made 16 of 23 for 69%.
The Eagles outrebounded the Cubs 35-23 and forced 26 turnovers while committing 15 of their own.

Head Coach, Joe Shoemaker, said, "It was good to get the first game under our belts.  We saw some things that we need to clean up and we will work on them in practice the next few days.  I thought we shot the ball well for the first game of the season and we ran the floor well.  It was nice to get everyone (the sophomores that didn't play are playing in another tournament) in the game and get some reps. "

The Eagles will face tonight's winner of the Richland versus Malden matchup on Thursday at 6:30 In a semifinal matchup.

Shoemaker added, "It was nice to see all of the great fan support at the game.  Sometimes we take that for granted but it is greatly appreciated."