OP's starting line-up took the floor with plenty of support at home Tuesday night. (photo via Amber Bonner)
Osbourn Park took the floor at home Tuesday night versus Gainesville, having won two straight games versus Christ Chapel and Southern Maryland Christian. The Yellow Jackets came away with a 68-50 victory to move to 5-2 on the season and 1-0 in conference play.
OP would start off slow, tying the Cardinals at 11 at the end of one. By the start of the second quarter, they'd find their rhythm, jumping to a 20-15 lead which caused Gainesville to call a timeout with 5:04 left in the half. Less than two minutes later, the visitors would call another timeout after OP stretched the lead to 11 at 26-15. The Yellow Jackets would head into the half up 32-24.
Freshmen forward RJ Jones posted a career-high in points (18) and led all OP scorers. (photo via Amber Bonner)
Leading the charge all night would be freshmen forward RJ Jones. The baby-faced sharpshooter would lead the team with 18 points on 7-13 shooting (4-7 from three) and gather Player of the Game honors. I caught up with RJ after the game.
"I thought that sense we all played as a team like we have the past couple of games we played better. For me I was just taking more shots and they were going in. i’m really excited for the rest of the season."
OP would continue their strong play into the third quarter, causing Gainesville to burn two more timeouts- the second coming with 1:42 left after the Yellow Jackets stretched the lead to 17 at 49-32.
The real fun for the home faithful would come in the fourth quarter when senior Logan Dwyer found junior Joshua Okuadido for an alley-oop dunk off an inbounds pass, putting OP up 56-36. The Osbourn Park bench rose to its feet in unison. Okuadido was assessed a technical for pulling up on the rim, and Gainesville took advantage by sinking both free throws. The dunk was Okuadido's second of the night. He'd finish the night with 13 points on 5-8 shooting, 3-4 from the charity stripe and add three rebounds, one assist, two steals and three blocks.
Okuadido has had three double-digit scoring games in his last four outings, averaging 10.2 points per game.
Josh Okuadido finished with 13 points including these two monster dunks.(photos via Amber Bonner)
Sophomore guard Trey Terrell continued his string of strong scoring performances with 14 points on 6-13 shooting with three rebounds, three assists and three steals. The dynamic scorer is averaging 20 points during the recent win streak.
The team finished the night shooting 28-59 (47%) and 6-18 from beyond the arc (33%). They drastically improved on limiting turnovers with only 10 as opposed to last Saturday's 24. Head coach Jeremy Coleman spoke to that improvement and the team's solid night as a whole, which included a team season-high of 12 assists.
"The path to success includes a number of rest areas called milestones.
Last night for us was about milestones. You have a milestone at the 1st game of the season, 1st home game and 1st conference game. We knew that Gainesville would come in feeling great at 3-1. My players are full of pride, but not foolish pride or boastful pride ... but competitive pride- pride in themselves , the letters across their chest, their teammates and accomplishing milestones. OP has not won a 1st conference game in nearly 10 years and they took great pride in ending that drought.
I'm happy with our ability to take care of the ball. 10 turnovers and I'm thrilled with how Josh Okuadido commanded respect down low to include a couple rim rockers and how frosh RJ Jones displayed the outstanding array of skill that he brings to the table offensively and defensively. Trey Terrell has been consistent as such with Logan Dwyer and Daniel Salguero. That in my opinion is a top backcourt contender in the region.
Now we prepare for Friday night where we welcome back Tay Faison and an opportunity to hit another milestone."
During the current three-game win streak, Osbourn Park is averaging 72.6 points per game with an average margin of victory of 21.6 points.
Senior guard Logan Dwyer would lead his team with five assists,
including an electrifying inbounds alley-oop lob to big man Josh Okuadido.
The 5-2 Yellow Jackets go on the road this Friday for another conference game against Freedom-South Riding (1-3).
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