GBB 2012-12-12 vs Everett

Wednesday evening the OHHS girls basketball team hosted the Everett Seagulls and came away with 2 wins and one loss.

In the dome, the Wildcats got 4 points each in the first quarter from Rosie Mooki, Janae Payne and Keisha Watts to take an early 14-8 lead, then outscored the visitors 12-4 in the second to lead 26-12 at the half.  Another 18 points in the 3rd period - 8 each by Mooki and Taylor Deconzo - put the game out of reach.  Things slowed down in the final quarter an OH won 49-25.  Mooki finished with 16 points and Deconzo 10.  Annabelle Whitefoot added 9, Watts 8, Payne 4 and Trisha Sablan 2.

It was another big win for the JV team in the main gym as they came back from a poor first quarter to win 40-29.  Nearly five minutes into the game, Oak Harbor scored their first point, a Jinai Guzman free throw.  At that point it was Everett 9, OH 1, but the Wildcats scored 5 more points in the final 3 minutes while allowing only 2 points to make it 11-6 in favor of Everett at the first horn.  In the second quarter the JV defense stepped up, allowing only 2 points by the Seagulls and tied the game 13-13 at halftime.  In the 3rd period, while the 'Cats scored 11 points, the Seagulls had their best quarter of the game, scoring 14 and taking a 27-24 lead into the final period.  Again, the JV defense stepped up their game, again holding the visitors to just 2 points while scoring more points in the final period - 16 - than they did in the entire first half.  As is becoming her signature, Hayley Lundstrom scored all 6 of her points in the closing minutes of the game.  Guzman led the team with 12 points while Brook Peplinski dropped 11.  Kenna Prosch and Sierra Southwick each scored 3, Deja Bunch and Melanie Callaway 2 each and Jessica Hollins 1.

As long as it took the JV team to score their first point in their game, the varsity squad took even longer.  Ciera Wiser hit a shot with 2:45 left in the first quarter to make the score 10-2.  Once the door was broken, the team quickly scored another 6 points to end the first quarter down 12-8.  However, Everett opened the 2nd quarter with a 9-1 run to make their lead 21-9, but Oak Harbor fought back over the final 4 minutes of the first half to close the gap to 22-17 with 40 second left.  However, a quick 5 points by Everett in those final seconds gave them a 10-point lead at halftime.

As the second period began, so did the 3rd, with Everett increasing their lead to 50-24 by the end of the 3rd period.  In the final period, Oak Harbor nearly doubled their point total, with Annie Leete scoring 13 of the team's 17 4th quarter points, but it wasn't enough as the varsity team fell 67-41 to Everett.  Leete finished with 28 points, Wiser with 9 and Kelsey Rankin 4.

The girls travel to Marysville Pilchuck Tuesday night then host Getchell Thursday night, then non-league Ferndale on Friday.


Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.