O'Hara 49 Fort Osage 60

On December 26th, the Archbishop O'Hara High School basketball team played in the American Family Insurance Holiday Basketball Classic at William Jewell and lost to the third seeded team in the Nelson Division, the Fort Osage Indians, 60-49.  The first quarter put the Celtics pretty far behind by twelve points with a score of 20-8.  But the team roared back outscoring the Indians 12-4 in the second quarter and only trailed by four at halftime.  Within the third quarter, the Celtics briefly went ahead 25-24 on a basket and free thtrow by Kyle Baker but never led again.  Nevertheless the Indians only held a two-point advantage entering the fourth quarter 34-32.  Defenses then broke down and the Indians poured in 26 points with the Celtics answering with 17.   Kyle Baker was the only O'Hara player in double figures scoring a total of 24 points which included five three-pointers.  The Indians' top scorers were D'Vante Mosby with 15 and Zach Adams with 17.  Fort Osage had 25 baskets to O'Hara's 24, but outpointed the Celtics 14 to 7 from the free throw line.

Here is another report of the game:
After losing a large first quarter lead, trailing 25-24 early in the third quarter, Fort Osage kept their cool and was able to regain their lead, leading 34-32 going into the fourth quarter. Zach Adams and the Indians took over the fourth with Adams scoring 11 of 17 points and D’Vante Mosby grabbing five of game leading 13 rebounds (eight of which were offensive rebounds). Mosby added 15 points with his 13 rebounds.  During the period, Isaac Uche, O'Hara's tallest player, received his fifth foul.   The Indians did jump out to a 20-8 first quarter lead. O’Hara answered by outscoring the Indians 12-4 in the second quarter cutting the lead 24-20 at the half

Meanwhile Lee's Summit West won their game with Central 82-42; O'Hara thereby meets Central in the Consolation bracket.  In the other bracket of play, Pleasant Hill beat Grandview 62-52 while top seeded Blue Springs South won 64-56 in their game with Saint Joseph Central.