Monday, January 4, 2016

Eagles open NYT with big win

The Oran High School girls basketball team hadn't played a game for 2 and a half weeks and it showed early, but the rust wasn't enough to cause major problems as the number 2 seed Eagles pounded the number 7 seeded Delta Bobcats 66-25 in the opening round of the 2016 Delta New Year Tournament.

Oran, despite the long layoff, jumped out to a 14-2 first quarter lead and they erased all doubt with a 38-12 half time bulge.

The Eagles expanded that lead to 30 after 3 at 53-23.  The entire fourth quarter was played with the mercy-rule running-clock and Oran won by 41.

Leah Cauble once again was the game's top scorer, knocking down 24 with one three-point field goal and 11 of 15 from the line.  Ashlyn McIntosh also hit for double figures with 15 and just missed a double-double by grabbing 9 boards.

Brianna Stause had 9 point, with one trey.  Tatum May scored 6.  Jessie Long and Claire Ramsey each added 5.  Long had a team-high 5 steals.  Hannah Scherer and Erin Schlitt both added a single tally.

Shiloh Kirn, Madison Ramsey and Katelyn Streeter all logged minutes but did not score.

After the game, Coach Ethan Evans told the blog, "I thought we played like a team that had not played in 18 days. We missed a ton of easy shots but give Delta credit they made us work for everything. We did shoot free throws well so that's a positive."

From the line, the Eagles were 22 of 30 for 73.3%.  From the field, inside the arc, they were 19-53 for 35.8% and from beyond 22.2% on 2 of 9 shooting.

Oran improved to 8-0 on the season and will take on Scott County Central tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 8:30.  Scott County the 3 seed advanced by beating the 6th seed Puxico Indians tonght by a final of 60-36.  Earlier this season, the Eagle defeated the Bravettes, 70-35.

What the professionals had to say:  seMissourian


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