Late run lifts Admirals past Wildcats
Ethan James scans the floor for an open teammate during Friday night’s game against the Farragut Admirals. (photo:ORHS Sports Media )
The Wildcats squandered a 10-point second-quarter lead and dropped their third-consecutive District 4-4A game, falling to Farragut 73-67 Friday night before a packed house at Lynn E. Sexton Gymnasium.
“Everybody looks at a game and says the team made a lot of shots and they won,” Green said. “We don’t look at it that way. You have to make them miss.”
Oak Ridge (11-9 overall, 4-4 in the district), coming off losses to Hardin Valley Academy and Bearden, started fast.
The Wildcats closed the first quarter with a 20-14 advantage and extended that lead to 31-21 midway through the second after a 9-7 run.
But the Admirals (16-7, 6-2) closed the half on a 10-0 run, tying the game at 31-31 inside the final minute on a 3-pointer by Britton Lewis.
Farragut kept the momentum in the second half, taking a 54-50 edge into the final stanza. The Admirals went up 57-50 early in the fourth on a long-range shot by Aidan Foshie with 7:42 left.
Oak Ridge answered, tying the game three times. Justice West evened things at 59 with a bucket at the 5:05 mark. The Wildcats also tied it at 62-62 and 64-64 before the Admirals closed with a decisive 9-3 run.
Charlie Taubenheim led Oak Ridge with 22 points, but scored just six after halftime. Eli Peters and Ja’Rell Jemerson each had 15 points.
Parker Lane paced Farragut with 19 points.
