By CRAIG HALL
It was not the start Heavener’s boys wanted in their Black Diamond Conference basketball game against Hartshorne Monday.
The Wolves fell behind 18-5 early, couldn’t buy a 3 and had trouble getting inside shots off against Hartshorne’s 6-11 Luke Rowton.
The Wolves trailed 25-15 at the half before getting hot and getting Rowton in foul trouble. Heavener hit four 3’s in the third quarter to cut Hartshorne’s lead to four points, two 3’s each by Rogelio Garcia and Isaac Cook.
In the featured photo above, Heavener’s Brandon Sanchez gets off an acrobatic shot during the Wolves’ win over Hartshorne. Photo by KAYDENCE McGEE.
Heavener finally took the lead with 2:15 remaining on a 3 by Spencer Clubb, only his second basket of the game and Cook was 7-8 on free throws in the final 25 seconds in the Wolves’ 53-51 victory over the Miners, who came into the game ranked 9th in Class 2A.
The Wolves improve to 8-4 going into Tuesday’s game at Talihina. Hartshorne is 8-3.
Heavener wasn’t as fortunes in the first game against the undefeated and second-ranked Lady Minors, falling 71-21. Heavener drops to 3-8 while Hartshorne is 10-0.
Boys
After getting its offense going in the second half, Heavener outscored its conference foes 38-26 in the second half to get the win. After trailing the whole game until Clubb’s 3 with 2-25 left, Heavener outscored the Miners 15-12 to clinch the win. The Wolves took the lead for good on a 3 by Garcia with 1:07 left.
Cook led Heavener with 18 points and Garcia finished with 13.
Girls
The Lady Minors buried Heavener early, jumping out to a 27-6 lead at the end of the quarter before substituting often the remainder of the game.
Taylee Baker and Mia Billings led Heavener with five points each. Katie Allen paced Hartshorne with 16 points, Jayda Moore had 11 and Ti Davis finished with 10.
Hartshorne’s next big test is Friday at Pocola, which is 9-0 and ranked third.
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