A poor shooting night for OP versus Forest Park led to their second loss of the season. (photo via Amber Bonner)
Coming off the heels of a 29 point win over North Stafford on the road, Osbourn Park's confidence was high heading into their Tuesday night game versus Forest Park. Despite this, Forest Park would defend their home court, winning 57-47.
The Yellow Jackets' aggressiveness on defense was on display again as they racked up 15 steals on the night. Unfortunately too often they were unable to convert on the ensuing fast break.
Joshua Okuadido was a force on both sides of the ball Tuesday night. (Photo via Amber Bonner)
When their inside shots haven't been falling, OP has been able to boost their scoring from beyond the arc as they are 40% from there on the season. Tuesday night they would struggle, not making any.
Forest Park would take a 30-21 lead into the half. The game would be closest in the third quarter in part to a run from OP, but they remained behind 45-37 heading into the final quarter. OP had been shooting 75% as a team from the free throw line. They were unable to capitalize against the Bruins, going 7-16.
A bright spot for the Yellow Jackets was junior big man Joshua Okuadido. He was a menace defensively, accounting for six blocks while adding 10 points on 5-6 shooting. Okuadido also had eight rebounds and three steals with no turnovers.
I caught up with head coach Jeremy Coleman to get his thoughts on the game.
"Simply put- we beat ourselves. Instead of trusting in the process and our identity, we had a few pockets of panic in which we went away from who we are. This is the early season and we lack the experience of other teams. There will be growing pains and some struggles, but they will learn from them and be ready come conference time."
Osbourn Park looks to once again get above the .500 mark when they host Christ Chapel Academy Thursday night at 7:30 pm.
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