Friday, February 19, 2016

Eagles roll Rams

The Oran High School girls basketball teams picked up two easy wins last night at Scott City.  In doing so they both claimed regular season conference titles.  The junior varsity won 54-17 and the varsity picked up a 76-20 victory.

In the night cap, Leah Cauble hit a 3 on the Eagles first possession and the rout was on.  Cauble would go to hit 16 of her game-high 29 during the opening period as Oran led 29 to 6 after one.

The lead would continue to grow.

The Eagles were up 49-8 at the intermission and 70-19 after three.

A 6-1 advantage during a mercy-rule running-clock fourth quarter provided the final 46 point margin.

Cauble's 29 included 3 from beyond the arc.  She also dished 5 assists on the night.  Ashlyn McIntosh recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  Jessie Long added 10 points.

Tatum May and Brianna Stause both scored 7.  Stause had a trey and 5 steals.  MacKenzie Graviett, Hannah Scherer, Erin Schlitt, Katelyn Streeter and Claire Ramsey had 2 apiece.  Scherer grabbed 8 rebounds off the bench.

Shiloh Kirn played but did not score.

As a team Oran was 4 of 16 from beyond the arc for 25% and 27 out of 50 from inside for 54%.  At the free throw line, the Eagles were 10-18 for 56%.

A happy Head Coach Ethan Evans told the blog, "The girls did a really good job of guarding and taking it to the rim last night in the 1st half. We didn't shoot the 3 very well but were able to get on the offensive boards and get some easy put backs. I am proud of everything these girls have accomplished so far and hope to make a deep post season run."

They had 16 offensive rebounds last night.  McIntosh had 6, Scherer 4 and Long 3.

Junior Varsity

On Monday, the jayvee lost a heart-breaker to St. Vincent, a game they probably should have won.  Last night they were going to make sure they did not end the season with a losing streak.

The Eagles came out fast and furious as the Ramseys hit three straight threes, 2 by Claire and 1 by Madison.  1:45 into the game and Oran was up 9-0.  Scott City called a time-out, but that did not break the Eagle momentum.  Oran led after the first quarter, 21-0.

Scott City would not score until they hit a free throw at the  3:19 mark of the second period, by that time it was 27-1.  The Eagles went into the break, up 35-3.

Oran outscored the Rams 19-14 in the second half, as they too played the fourth quarter with a turbo-clock.

Coach Evans said, "The girls got off to a very nice start and I was very happy to finally see that. To finish 7-0 in the conference was awesome. It was such a pleasure to watch these girls grow as a team each and every game this year."

MacKenzie Graviett claimed scoring honors as she out-pointed Scott City by herself, knocking down 18.  Claire Ramsey, with 2 from long distance, and Katelyn Streeter both added 12.

Madison Ramsey finished with 2 treys for her 6 total points, while Madison Graviett had 4 and Megan Henson chipped in 2.

The Eagles did not attempt a free throw during the game.

The younger group went 7-0 during the conference season and 11-4 overall.

The varsity squad also went 7-0 in league games and head into the district tournament with a 21-3 mark.  They will take on the Fulton School at St. Albans at 6 pm on Monday at Richland High School.








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