Two road games in two days resulted in a pair of lopsided defeats over Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville’s boys’ basketball team over the weekend.
Two road games in two days resulted in a pair of lopsided defeats over Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville’s boys’ basketball team over the weekend.
OPH played non-conference games at Dieterich Friday and Edwards County Saturday and came out on the wrong end of both decisions, losing at Dieterich, 59-35 and at Albion, 59-24.
Against Dieterich, OPH fell behind 21-7 after one quarter and never recovered. OPH trailed 33-20 at halftime and 48-30 after three quarters, then lost the fourth quarter 11-5 to reach the final margin.
Riley Blank led OPH with nine points, while Graydon Kincaid posted eight, RJ Hays and Max Lewis each contributed four, Caden Goodwin scored three, Callum Roeder, Rowan Bailey and Devin Lawyer netted two points apiece and Will Callaway added one.
Caleb Gephart led Dieterich with 21 points, while Lucas Westendorf scored 14 and Kolton Kidd netted 13.
OPH did win the junior varsity game, 44-43.
Blank led OPH with 15 points, while Kincaid scored 10.
Against Edwards County, OPH trailed 21-9 after one quarter, 33-14 at halftime and 55-23 after three quarters, then lost the fourth quarter 4-1 with the clock running continuously throughout the period due to the IHSA’s 30-point mercy rule.
Holden Sipes led OPH with six points, while Kincaid tossed in five, Lewis scored four, Blank and Bailey each netted three, Roeder added two and Aiden Postlewaite had one.
Anjuan Rhodes led Edwards County with 26 points, while Ryder Bell and Cash Conner were also in double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
OPH again won the JV game, 43-29.
Blank led OPH with 14 points, while Kincaid also cracked double figures with 10.
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville (3-19) was scheduled to play host to Effingham Tuesday and is slated to play host to Eminence, Ind., Friday at 5 p.m.
At Dieterich
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville 7 13 10 5 - 35
Dieterich 21 12 15 11 - 59
OBLONG-PALESTINE-HUTSONVILLE (35)
Callum Roeder 0 2-3 2, Rowan Bailey 1 0-0 2, Will Callaway 0 1-2 1, Caden Goodwin 0 3-3 3, Holden Sipes 0 0-0 0, Isaac Weaver 0 0-0 0, Riley Blank 4 0-0 9, Arron Johnson 0 0-0 0, RJ Hays 2 0-1 4, Devin Lawyer 0 2-2 2, Graydon Kincaid 3 0-0 8, Max Lewis 1 1-2 4, Aiden Postlewaite 0 0-0 0, TOTALS 11 FG, 9-13 FT, 35 TP.
DIETERICH (59)
Garrett Niebrugge 0 0-0 0, Jaxon Funneman 1 0-0 2, Luke Wente 1 1-2 3, Kaden Iffert 1 0-0 2, Cole Will 1 0-0 2, Tanner Will 0 0-0 0, Trevor Niemerg 0 1-2 1, Lucas Westendorf 6 1-2 14, Andrew Hall 0 0-0 0, Caleb Gephart 8 4-4 21, Dane Curry 0 0-0 0, John Holste 0 1-2 1, Kolton Kidd 5 1-2 13, Jackson Holste 0 0-2 0, TOTALS 23 FG, 9-16 FT, 59 TP.
3-point goals - Kincaid 2, Lewis, Blank, Kidd 2, Gephart, Westendorf.
Turnovers - OPH 19, DHS 9. Team fouls - OPH 13, DHS 11. Fouled out - none. Technical foul - OPH coach Marshall.
Junior Varsity
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville 9 9 13 13 - 44
Dieterich 9 6 9 19 - 43
Highlights - (OPH) Callum Roeder 5 points; Holden Sipes 8 points; Riley Blank 15 points; Devin Lawyer 6 points; Graydon Kincaid 10 points.
At Albion
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville 9 5 9 1 - 24
Edwards County 21 12 22 4 - 59
OBLONG-PALESTINE-HUTSONVILLE (24)
Callum Roeder 1 0-0 2, Rowan Bailey 1 0-0 3, Will Callaway 0 0-0 0, Caden Goodwin 0 0-0 0, Holden Sipes 3 0-0 6, Isaac Weaver 0 0-0 0, Riley Blank 1 0-1 3, Arron Johnson 0 0-0 0, Devin Lawyer 0 0-0 0, Graydon Kincaid 2 0-0 5, Max Lewis 2 0-0 4, Aiden Postlewaite 0 1-2 1, TOTALS 10 FG, 1-4 FT, 24 TP.
EDWARDS COUNTY (59)
Jackson Hensley 0 0-0 0, Cy Nelson 0 0-0 0, Ryder Bell 3 5-8 12, Anjuan Rhodes 11 2-4 26, Logan Correll 2 0-1 5, Cash Conner 4 2-3 11, Jax Duncan 0 1-2 1, Jake Gillard 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Landingham 0 0-0 0, Jake Wiseman 0 0-0 0, Gavin Smith 0 1-3 1, TOTALS 21 FG, 11-21 FT, 59 TP.
3-point goals - Bailey, Blank, Kincaid, Bell 2, Rhodes 2, Correll, Conner.
Turnovers - OPH 22, ECHS 6. Team fouls - OPH 17, ECHS 12. Fouled out - none. Technical foul - none.
Junior Varsity
Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville 18 10 8 7 - 43
Edwards County 8 2 8 11 - 29
Highlights - (OPH) Callum Roeder 6 points; Holden Sipes 6 points; Riley Blank 14 points; RJ Hays 2 points; Arron Johnson 5 points; Graydon Kincaid 10 points.
