Heavener splits home openers with Spiro Tuesday

Heavener splits

Heavener splits home opening basketball games with Spiro Tuesday.

The Wolves used a 17-5 run in the third quarter to come back from a 10-point deficit at halftime to take the second game, 52-43, after the Lady Bulldogs were too much for Heavener in the opener, winning 76-51.

Heavener’s boys are now 4-1 while the Bulldogs drop to 1-4. Spiro’s girls are 2-3 and the Lady Wolves are 1-4. Heavener has another home game Thursday against Broken Bow while Spiro visits Warner, also Thursday.

After Spiro used a 17-6 advantage in the second quarter to take a 28-18 lead at the half, Heavener took the momentum back in the third quarter with the big run to take a 35-32 lead going into the final period. Heavener also controlled the fourth quarter, outscoring Spiro 16-11 to make the second-half advantage for the Wolves, 33-15.

To get the win, Heavener overcame a large heigh disadvantage as the Wolves barely topped the 6-foot-mark with their tallest player while Spiro countered with two players over 6-5. But Heavener’s constant defensive pressure seemed to take its toll in the second half.

Brandon Sanchez led Heavener with 14 points. Isaac Cook added 10 and Geren Palmer gave the Wolves a lift with 10 points off the bench.

For Spiro, Brycen Graham and Elijah Branscum each had 14

Boys

HHS 12  6 17 16–52

SHS 11 17  4 11–43

Heavener–Isaac Cook 3 2-6 1 10; Zaid Rodriguez 3 0-0 3 7; Canyon Ford 4 1-2 2 10; Brandon Sanchez 6 3-3 2 14; Geren Palmer 5 0-0 1 10. TOTALS: 21 6-11 9 62.  

Spiro– Brycen Graham 7 0-1 2 14; Preston Darneal 0 0-0 1 0; J.T. McMillan 3 0-0 2 7; Elijah Branscum 5 0-0 0 14; Cody Douthit 0 0-0 2 0; Davis Carter 4 0-1 5 8. TOTALS: 19 0-2 12 43.

Girls

Spiro’s girls outscored Heavener in every quarter and built a 35-21 lead at the half before coasting in the second half to the win.

Brynleigh Graham had 20 for Spiro and Rylee Darneal added 13. Heavener’s lone senior, Britlee Reed, had 16 to top the Lady Wolves while Taylee Baker added 11.

SHS  20 15 25 16–76

HHS 12  9 15 15–51

Spiro—Rylee Darneal 6 0-0 2 13; Jaiklyn Rogers 4 1-1 0 9; Aaliyah Harris 2 0-0 0 5; Brooklyn Adams 1 0-0 0 3; Kiana Craig 4 0-0 1 9; Laylah Steele 2 0-0 1 4; Kaylee Martin 4 0-0 3 8; Kamdyn McClure 2 1-2 1 5; Brynleigh Graham 8 4-6 2 20. TOTALS: 33 6-9 10 76.

Heavener—Taylee Baker 4 2-4 0 11; Mia Billings 1 0-0 3 3; Britlee Reed 6 2-2 4 16; Valeria Sanchez 1 0-0 1 3; Julie Cook 1 0-0 0 2; Zaidi May 2 2-2 1 7; Keira Doyle 2 4-4 2 8. TOTALS: 17 10-12 11 51.

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