Both basketball teams win Conference Games

On Wednesday, February 4th, the O'Hara boys won a make-up game with Smith-Cotton 66-51 and the Lady Celtics won 52-20 over Center. In the game at Sedalia, O'Hara moved ahead by five points entering the second quarter but saw their lead dwindle to two points at the half, 35-33. Then the Celtics held the Tigers to less than ten points for each of the next two quarters as their fast brand of play was too much for the Tigers. The trio of O'Hara players that dominated in the Celtic scoring were TJ White (24), Mark Braden (20), and JeVon Lyle (16). The defense for O'Hara only allowed one Tiger to reach double figures. In the girls' game against the Center Yellowjackets, Ashley Clark was the only player on the floor to score more than ten points. The game had a slow beginning with the teams knotted at 9-9 until the Celtics pulled way ahead in the second period. Indeed, the Center squad only scored an additional 11 points the rest of the way! O'Hara had 24 points in the second quarter alone, more than the Center team had in the entire game. Alex Smith, Cameron Randle, and Ashley Clark all had three-pointers.