Article By: Bill Walker A two-point win was all the OSCVI Falcons needed to edge out the West Hill Raiders for the Bluewater Athletic Association's senior girls basketball north division title.
So the four-point margin of victory in Tuesday's 41-37 win gave the Falcons a little breathing room and a chance to celebrate a division title on their home floor.
"As usual a very exciting game between these two teams," said Falcons coach Lee Jacques, whose squad needed the two-point victory after losing by one in overtime to West Hill earlier this season. "It seems like every time we've played over the past two years that it's been close."
The teams took turns making extended runs with OSCVI pulling ahead only to have West Hill pull even.
The Raiders took a 30-29 lead into the fourth quarter only to be outscored 12-7 in the final frame by OSCVI.
"You could see it. We'd make an adjustment and go on a run and then they'd make an adjustment to our adjustment and go on one," said Jacques. "It just seems to take the two teams about two or three or minutes to figure out what the other team wants to do and then they shut it down."
The game plan for OSCVI was simple -- keep the ball away from Raiders scoring sensation Maddie Lougheed, who still managed to finish with 20 points.
"It's not a secret that most of our scoring comes from two players (Christine Clark with 15 and Lougheed)," said West Hill coach Ken Lougheed. "It's always easier if you're the other team to play five against two.
That's not to say that we don't have other players but we have a lot of younger players who struggle to score sometimes. The ball has to go through either Christine or Maddie for us to be successful."
OSCVI's depth was the offensive key for the Falcons, who had six players score including Audrey Liskauskas with nine points, while Brooke Whetstone and Carrie Davenport both chipped in with eight.
The win means OSCVI wins the North Division and will play host to the BAA final four tournament on Nov. 10 providing that the Falcons win a quarterfinal game on Nov. 3.
"I think that's very important because we want to have home gym where our fans are cheering for us and it's probably not a big thing but we're used to our backboards," said the 17-year-old Liskauskas, who would not be surprised to have to play a rubber match with the Raiders in the BAA final.
"They're a top team and they want to win so I would absolutely not be surprised to see them again."
*** FLESHERTON -- Heather Richardson scored eight points as the Grey Highlands Lions beat the St. Mary's Mustangs 29-18 on Tuesday in BAA senior girls basketball action. Emily Lawter added six points for the Lions. Sarah Aumell scored eight points for the Mustangs, while Kristen Eckert added five.
Katie Langdon scored 16 points as the junior Mustangs won 33-23. Nicole Sutton added five points for St. Mary's. Olivia Mcalpine led the Lions with six points, while Emily Bullock added five.
*** KINCARDINE -- The Kincardine District Knights swept the Saugeen District Royals on Monday in BAA senior and junior girls hoops play. The senior Knights beat Saugeen 30-25. Jean Ann Keelan and Andrea Plagos each had seven points as Kincardine's juniors beat the Royals 42-19.
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