Eagles sweep Jays

Last night the Oran High School girls basketball teams picked up two key conference wins over the visiting Charleston Blue Jays.  The junior varsity won 56-19 and the varsity prevailed 70-42.

There were times during the varsity match it looked more like WWE-WrestleMania 32.  A total of 46 fouls were called, 64 free throws were shot and players had to pick themselves up off the court on numerous occasions.

Head Coach Ethan Evans told the blog, "Anytime you play Charleston it is going to be a rough game. I thought we played well at times but had some sloppy play and took some bad shots. We took care of business at the free throw line and got control of the game when we needed to."

The Eagles led 20-7 after one and maintained a 10-15 point lead until the fourth, when they once again outscored the Jays by 13 at 24-11, to pick up the 28 point victory.

Leah Cauble topped all scorers with 29, she hit 15 of 20 from the line and had 7 steals and 5 assists.  Jessie Long and Claire Ramsey each added 11 points.  Ramsey hit all 5 of her field goal attempts.

Brianna Stause and Ashlyn McIntosh both chipped in 8 points.  Stause hit 2 from beyond the arc, while McIntosh led the team with 10 rebounds before fouling out with 4:09 left in the game.  Hannah Scherer had 2 points and Tatum May hit a free throw to round out the scoring.

Shiloh Kirn, Erin Schlitt and MacKenzie Graviett played but did not score.

From the field, Oran was 19 of 46 from inside the arc (41%) and 2-8 from beyond (25%).  From the line they hit 63% on 26 out of 41 shooting.

Junior Varsity

Things did not start well for the Eagles as they found themselves down 14-4 after the first period.  In fact, Oran was down 10-0 half way thru the quarter when Coach Evans called a time-out.

Coach Evans said, "We got off to a slow start and missed several easy shots in the 1st quarter. After that the girls picked up the intensity and really got after it. They started finishing at the rim and taking good quality shots."

Once the second frame started though it was all Eagles.

Earlier, Oran had tried to press the Jays but it had been ineffective, but trying it again to start the new quarter the Eagles hit pay-dirt, forcing many turn overs and several easy buckets. 

With 2:49 left before half, the lead was down to 1 as Oran trailed 14-13.  The Eagles would outscore Charleston 16-2 heading into the break to take an insurmountable 29-16 advantage.

The third and fourth quarters featured more of the same as Oran poured on a 27-3 margin to race on to the 37 point blow out.

Despite the slow start, Katelyn Streeter ripped the nets for 26, 17 of which came in the second half.  Claire Ramsey picked up 11 in three quarters of action.

MacKenzie Graviett added 9.  Megan Henson had 5, Madison Ramsey had 3 points on a trey and Madison Graviett chipped in 2.

The Eagles were 7 of 16 from the line for 44%.

The junior varsity improved to 5-0 in the Scott-Mississippi Conference and 8-3 overall.  The varsity sits at 5-0 and 17-3.

The teams will be back in action on Monday at 6 pm as they host the Woodland Cardinals.