Girls Basketball @ Arlington, 2-4-09

The Wildcat girls were in Arlington for the second of their two meetings, and things did not go well for any of the teams.

Over in the aux. gym, the freshmen played a pretty tight game. They got down early, 11-2, when Lia Pantoleon scored twice in the final 2 minutes to make it 11-6 at the end of the first. In the 2nd, Arlington scored 13 points, as did the Wildcats, but 11 of the ‘Cat points were by Erika Flores, who was on a roll, ending the half with Arlington leading 24-19. Oak Harbor closed the gap by 1 in the 3rd, with Kristen Winston scoring 4 of the team’s 8 points, but the Eagles still led 31-27. In the 4th the Wildcats just couldn’t seem to get an offensive rebound, and Arlington was able to outscore OH 12-10 to win the game 43-37. Even in the loss, Coach Showalter said it was one of the girls’ better games. Flores led the scoring with her 11 points; Lia totaled 8, Kristen 7, Rayan Russell 6, DJ 3 and Heavenly Cooper 2.

In the JV game, the girls played a flat game and never got any rhythm going and Molly DeLeon was held to just one free throw as the JV team fell to the Eagles 46-31. Mariah Ferguson had a good game with 15 points and Yoshi hit for 7. Addy Royal scored 5 and Shantae Young 3. It was not one of the JV girls’ best outings.

Jessica Denmon and Nikki Mowbray were both not feeling well during the day, and it showed on the court. The two girls, normally the team’s leading scorers, tallied only 5 and 6 points respectively. Also, Head Coach McLeod was not at the game due to the technical fouls received at Lake Stevens on Friday. With Coach Burleson stepping in, it was a low-scoring, but exciting, back-and-forth game. The ‘Cats were down early, but Jen Jansen hit for 4 to keep even with the Eagles. At the end of the 1st, the ‘Cats were down by one, 9-8, but in the 2nd, Cheyenne Tubo got hot, scoring 8 points to give OH a 22-20 halftime lead. Tubo scored an additional 5 points in the 3rd to keep things close, but Arlington was able to make up the difference and tie the game at 32. The game stayed close for most of the 4th, but the Wildcats went cold on offense, scoring only 7 points while allowing 16, giving Arlington a 48-39 win. Tubo led the scoring with 14, and Jen Jansen had 10. Nikki finished with 6, Denmon 5, and Clarissa Abadesco and Kathryn Fisken scored 2 each.

No photos from the games, as the gym in Arlington is extremely poorly lit, but a few video clips are posted HERE.