O'Hara 55 Saint Pius X 36

The O'Hara Lady Celtics handed the Saint Pius Warriors their first West Central Conference loss on January 15 when they used four scoring spurts to bring home a 55-36 victory. _____ Saint Pius never led in the game but did reach an 11-11 tie in the first quarter after which the Celtics scored six unanswered points to complete the quarter. _____ In the second quarter, the Celtics had another spurt of six points for a ten point advantage at 26-16. By halftime, the score was 35-21. _____ Saint Pius started the second half with five points to lessen the lead to 35-26 and O'Hara answered with the next seven points to enter the fourth quarter ahead 42-26. _____ The Warriors made one last attempt to get back in the game whittling the margin to eleven points at 44-33, but the Celtics came up with a spurt of eight points. _____ Victoria Hurtt and Hailey Houser dominated under the boards and scored 26 points between them. Alex Smith tagged on a dozen tallies and Cameron Randle ended her day with nine points. _____ O'Hara is undefeated in Conference play with six wins while Saint Pius went to 3-1.