Girls Basketball 2-3-2010 vs Arlington

The Varsity girls basketball team took another step towards a playoff spot by beating Arlington 67-53 at OHHS Wednesday night. Unfortunately, it was the only win of the night.

The first period of the Freshman game ended with a very low 4-2 score in favor of the Eagles. Both teams warmed up in the 2nd as the Wildcats scored 13 points (10 by Jalani Bobo) to lead 15-13 at the half. It was rough for the Wildcats in the 2nd half as Arlington scored 15 to Oak Harbor's 7, and by the final buzzer Arlington built a 45-31 lead. Bobo finished on top of the Wildcats with 18 points, Morgan Young and Ciera Wiser had 4 each, Emily Saar and Joem Evangelista 2 each and Danielle Teasley 1.

In the main gym, although they lost, the JV squad had one of their better games of the year. OH scored 5 points in the first period, but hit for 12 in the 2nd and 3rd periods to keep the game withing reach. The 4th period started with the 'Cats down 39-29, and OH held Arlington just a single free throw in the 4th period. However, Arlington held OH to the same, so the final was 40-30 in favor of Arlington. 7 Wildcats put points on the board, led by DJ Jackson with 7. Erika Flores added 6 more, Lia Pantoleon 5, Nikita Ford 4, Tatiana Cumming and Kate Rossman 3 and Kaileen Burleson 2.

Arlington battled in the first half of the varsity game. The first quarter ended with OH down 13-12 and with 3 minutes left in the half OH led by just one point, 24-23. In those last 3 minutes Oak Harbor netted 9 more points while allowing 3 to take a 33-26 lead into the locker room. In the 3rd period, Jessica Denmon scored 11 of her 31 points as the Wildcats built a 51-36 lead. Arlington was never out of it, but the 'Cats were able to keep a lead of at least 8 points. One of the differences in the game was free throws. OH sank 20 of 31 attempts while the Eagles only 6 of 13. That difference of 14 points was the OH margin of victory 67-53. In addition to Denmon's 31 points, Nicole Mowbray and Janelle Yoshimoto were also in double figures. Nikki scored 17 and Yoshi 11. Also scoring were Clarissa Abadesco with 6 and Shantae Young with 2.

A video highlight clip is HERE.

Some photos are HERE.