Oakwood Christian preps for February drive toward SCAA league tournament

The Oakwood Christian Eagles were within striking distance of visiting Liberty Christian last Monday night, trailing by just six points, 41-35, with 2:45 left in the third quarter.

But a turnoverplagued final 10-plus minutes would spell big trouble for the Navyand-Gold, who would fall behind by as many as 20 in the final quarter before ultimately losing, 63-51.

Tied at 14-all after the first quarter, Liberty forged a 31-24 lead at the break. However, the Eagles would continue to hang around as they looked to climb back over the .500 mark for the season.

But Liberty would score the final eight points of the period and add four more to start to fourth and complete a 12-0 run before Oakwood would final get back on the board.

The visitors would boost the lead to 63-43 late before the Eagles were able to manage an all-for-naught 8-0 run of their own to end the game.

Matthew McDonough had 24 points and eight boards for the Eagles (10-11). John Jacob McSpadden finished with eight points and three steals while dishing out seven assists. Zack Cohen added six points and Garrison Baggett had five.

Uriah Young had 16 points to lead four Liberty players in double figures.

Oakwood girls 47, Georgia Cumberland 46

In Calhoun, the Lady Eagles used an incredible second-half comeback to pick up the win last Monday.

Down 28-10 at halftime, Oakwood came charging back, outscoring their hosts by a 32-14 count in the second half to force overtime.

Kylie Hall led the offense with 17 points, including 5-of-9 shooting from behind the 3-point arc. Annika Green went for 11 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and three steals, while Mary Catherine Ownby had an active night with four points, eight boards, four assists, six steals and a pair of blocks.

Also contributing to the cause was Maddie Lewis (8 points), Tori Hall (6 points, 7 rebounds) and Madi Phillips (1 point).

Knoxville Christian girls 59, Oakwood 41

Kylie Hall hit five 3-pointers and finished with a teamhigh 17 points, but it wasn’t enough to lift the Lady Eagles (8-8), who dropped a 59-41 decision to Knoxville Christian School in Chickamauga on Friday night.

Green had nine points and 13 rebounds in the loss, while Tori Hall dropped in seven points, grabbed 14 boards and collected five assists and three steals.

Details of Monday’s home doubleheader against Mountain View Christian were not available as of press time.