GBB Sammamish Tournament 7-26 & 27

The Oak Harbor High School Girls Varsity Basketball team made a trip down to Sammamish High School the weekend of Jul 26-27 for the “Buzzer Beater” tournament.

Things didn’t go so well the first day, with our girls going 0-2 in pool play. The first game was against Gig Harbor, and this game was all Jessica Denmon. Of the 34 OH points, Denmon accounted for 23. The only other scorers were Cheyenne Tubo and Becca Moeai with 4 each and Kathryn Fisken with a pair of free throws. Although our Cats lost, it was actually a very close game, and came down to the last shot, with the final 37-34 in Gig Harbor’s favor.

The second game on Saturday was vs. White River. Scoring was spread out a lot more in this game, with all but 2 girls getting on the board. OH sprinted out to a 21-14 halftime lead, but White River came out after the halftime break with a very aggressive defense, while at the same time they started hitting their shots. The last part of the 2nd half was back and forth, with White River coming out on top 46-44. Leading scorers were Cori Henricksen and Denmon, each with 10. Others in the scoring column were Tubo – 4, Tiffany Earnhart – 8, Clarissa Abadesco – 2, Jen Jansen – 2, and Fisken – 6.

Sunday was a different day. Coach McLeod, who was not at Saturday’s games (he was at a picnic spraining his ankle playing softball), resumed his coaching duties. The first game was against Blanchet HS in Seattle, and the game was all Oak Harbor. Our girls ran up a 20-point lead by halftime (37-17) and held it for the remainder of the game, with a final score of 51-29. The Cats had two players in double digits, Denmon with 20 and Jansen with 13. Tubo had 2, Henricksen 8, Fisken 2, and Moeai 6. It was a fun game to watch, and I think was a good indicator of how good our girls can be when they want it.

Oak Harbor also won the 2nd pool play game of the day, but it was much closer, and closer than the score indicated. Again, Denmon and Jansen were both in double figures, 16 and 10, respectively. Tubo had 3, Earnhart 9, and Henricksen 4 to round out the Wildcat scoring. The final was 42-33 for the Cats, but in this game it seemed like our girls weren’t fully into playing.

After pool play, the ‘Cats were 2-2. Normally only the top 2 from each pool went on to a single-elimination playoff, but Gig Harbor was down to just 5 players, and dropped out of the tournament, allowing our girls to play at least one more game.

This game was against Newport HS, and was a low scoring affair, and fairly close throughout most of the game. The girls were down by 2 at the half, 13-15, and kept it close up until the last few minutes, when Newport pulled ahead, building a 10-point lead that they would keep until the end of the game. The final was 35-25 for Newport, with Denmon dropping in 15 of the Oak Harbor points. 4 other girls scored, but only 1 had 4 (Jansen), with the rest scoring only 2 each (Tubo, Earnhart and Moeai).

The tournament marked the end of summer basketball for the high school, which is ending with a 4-day youth skills camp at the high school.

Photos from both days can be found at the following links:

http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/highschool/GBB726sammamish

http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/highschool/GBB727Sammamish