HANGING IN THERE
Raiders advance to area, eliminate Dover in process
LOMEGA’S Owen Duffy (14) shoots over Dover’s Kolten Shaw during the Raiders’ regional consolation win last Saturday over the Longhorns. [Photo by Chris Simon/www. simon-sports-photos.smugmug.com]
It’s not baseball season just yet in Lomega.
The Raiders won back-to-back elimination games in Coyle to extend their campaign into this week’s area tournament.
Lomega claimed their Class B regional consolation title Monday with a 58-44 victory against Wesleyan Christian.
That came two days after the Raiders eliminated Kingfisher County neighbor Dover 73-49.
After falling behind Wesleyan Christian 5-2, Lomega used a 7-0 run to claim a lead it never relinquished.
Blake Snowden’s 3-pointer to end the first gave him eight points for the quarter and Lomega a 14-10 advantage.
Four quick points by the Raiders forced a timeout, but the Mustangs couldn’t fight back.
Kelby Ott’s bucket near the end of the first half put the Raiders up 31-21.
Snowden and Owen Duffy had combined for 23 of those points.
The lead was still 10 entering the fourth and Lomega made 9 of 13 free throws in the final minutes to keep its distance.
Snowden finished the day with 25 points.
Duffy scored 15 and Ott nine.
Ott and Brooks Uhlenhake combined for 11 3-pointers in the win against Dover.
Ott knocked down six of them - five in the second half - and led the team with 18 points.
Uhlenhake finished with 17 and Duffy 12.
Lomega was up 14-7 after a quarter and pushed the advantage to 20 by halftime.
Dover saw its season end with an 11-18 record.
The Longhorns had extended their season with an 83-63 win over Oaks Mission at home on Friday.
Dover outscored its guests 33-16 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.
Emory Norton scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth while Lance Dunigan poured in 18. Dunigan was 6 of 7 from the free throw line in the fourth.
The Longhorns were led by Damion Turner’s 21 points while Kolten Shaw scored 11.
Shaw scored 21 in the loss to Lomega.
The Raiders were sent into the consolation bracket with Friday’s 57-39 loss to No. 18 Coyle.
It was 42-37 entering the fourth, but Coyle closed it out with a 15-2 run.
Lomega struggled to contain Kris Boynton, who led all scorers with 27 points.
Miguel Howell added 15.
The Raiders got 13 points from Ott.
Duffy scored nine and Snowden eight.
The Raiders (18-9) will play ninth-ranked Kinta at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the area tournament in Stroud. Kinta was defeated 34-24 by No. 4 Glencoe Monday in their regional championship game.
The game was originally scheduled for Thursday, but the OSSAA announced postponements due to potential inclement weather.