GBB 2012-11-30 at Mt. Baker

For their first road game of the hear, the Wildcats traveled to Deming to take on the 1A Mt. Baker Mountaineers.  Mt. Baker does not have a freshman team so it was a JV/Varsity contest only.

The JV team was a little shaky in the beginning of the game and trailed 13-8 at the end of the first period, but started bringing it together in the second to tie the game at 21 at halftime.

Oak Harbor fell behind in the third, scoring only 5 points and allowed the Mountaineers to build a 34-26 lead.  Then, Hayley Lundstrom came alive.  Scoring only 3 points for the first 24 minutes, she scored 14 in the 4th period, 6 in the final minute and 4 in the final seconds to tie the game at 48 and force overtime.  In the extra period, 5 girls scored points while the defense held Mt. baker to just 6 points.  The final was Oak Harbor 62, Mt. Baker 54.

Lundstrom finished with 19 points, Brook Peplinski with 13 and Deja Bunch 11.  Taylor Deconzo had 7, Irene Gribble 5, Jessica Hollins 3 and Annabelle Whitefoot and Melanie Callaway scored 2 points each.

Things looked bleak for the varsity squad as Mt. Baker built an 8-0 lead.  Oak Harbor didn't score until the 2:45 mark in the first period when Annie Leete sank a free throw.  The team recovered a bit but still trailed 18-6 at the end of the first.

The girls got their act together in the second period, holding the Mountaineers to just 7 points and closing the gap to 2 points, 22-20 after Leete shot a 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the half.  Mt. Baker led 25-22 at halftime.

OH spotted Mt. Baker a 10-point lead halfway through the 3rd period and with just over a minute left in the period, Mt. Baker led 37-28.  A flurry of OH points cut into the lead and the 'Cats trailed 39-36 after 3 periods.

In the final quarter, with 7:15 left, Oak Harbor took their first lead of the game, 40-39 and built it up a bit to 45-41, but Mt. Baker came back and regained their lead 54-53 with one minute left and held on to win 57-53.

Leete scored 24 to lead the team and Jalani Bobo again was in double figures with 10, thanks to an outstanding 75% effort from the free throw line.  Ciera Wiser scored 9, Liz Lym 5, Jinai Guzman 3 and Kelsey Rankin 2.

The varsity game was full of fouls, with two Wildcats and two Mountaineers fouling out and four others played to the end of the game with four fouls.  Overall the Wildcats were called for 25 fouls and the Mountaineers for 27.

Next up for the girls is a trip to Stanwood next Friday night to open league play, then play Squalicum at home the following day, December 8th.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

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