Friday, February 11, 2022
Osbourn Park Avenges Loss Versus Unity Reed in Opening Round
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Buzzworthy: Tavyahn Faison
Osbourn Park Loses to Unity Reed in Regular Season Finale
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Osbourn Park Beats Osbourn For Second Straight Win
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Osbourn Park Snaps Losing Skid With Win Over Unity Reed
The Osbourn Park Yellow Jackets came into Thursday night's game against Unity Reed having lost four in a row. The game was their third in as many days, and Osbourn Park came out strong by winning 60-51.
OP would jump out immediately to a 6-0 run kicked off by an RJ Jones three-pointer made possible by Tay Faison. Minutes later, sophomore Trey Terrell found junior big man Josh Okuadido for an easy layup to go up 10-4 and forced Unity Reed to call a timeout with 4:46 left in the opening quarter. Okuadido would grab an offensive rebound and try to put it back soon after and was fouled. He'd miss the free throw but the Yellow Jackets would continue to lead 12-8.
With two minutes to go, Jones would dish it to Okuadido for a poster-worthy dunk....but it was too good to be true as Jones was called for a charge on the play. OP would end the quarter up 20-16.
Fast forward to 2:46 left in the second quarter when Okuadido snags his tenth rebound and is fouled again on the putback. The OP junior would finish the first half with as double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds). A minute later, senior guard Logan Dwyer would hit a three-pointer off a Tay Faison assist to push the lead to 9 at 27-18. Unity Reed would trail 31-21 as halftime approached.
A Unity Reed layup in the third quarter would cut the lead to five at 33-28, forcing OP head coach Jeremy Coleman to call a timeout to refocus his squad. Coming out of the timeout, Trey Terrell would use a pretty pass to get Okuadido another easy bucket. Tay Faison would be fouled and hit both his free throws. The sophomore would finish the night with eight points- all by way of a flawless night at the charity stripe. He'd lead the team in assists with five, too.
Each time the Lions would look to creep back into the game, Osbourn Park shut the door on their rallies. Faison would hit another pair of free throws as would Terrell, giving OP a 43-31 lead with 1:18 to go in the third quarter.
Faison would get called for a foul on a three-point attempt by senior guard Sean Scott. He would go 1-3 from the line. As it was senior night for Unity Reed, Scott was earlier announced at having accepted a football scholarship to Glenville State University.
Osbourn Park would waste no time in the final quarter when Terrell stole an errant pass and convert it for a layup to put OP up 45-32. At the 7 minute mark, Tay Faison found Okuadido for an electrifying dunk that brought the entire Yellow Jacket bench to its feet.
Unity Reed would call another timeout at the 3:14 mark with Osbourn Park up 50-41. Terrell was not done on the night, finishing at the rim, drawing a foul and hitting the free throw which put his team up 10 points. The sophomore would finish tied for the most points on OP with 16 (shared by Okuadido). Trey would also add in 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, shooting 6-7 from the charity stripe.
A late Okuadido turnover would lead to a Sean Scott three-pointer, but OP would batten down the hatches and win by nine points. Okuadido finished the game with 16 points, 25 rebounds (8 offensive), 3 blocks with 2 steals.
Osbourn Park had 46 rebounds on the night and finished 18-23 (78%) from the free throw line as a team.
I asked Josh about his performance and what he thinks led to it.
"The team was really together in the locker room, listening to music to get ourselves hyped. It really made me want to push myself harder today. It felt great to stop the losing skid and push forward as we continue our season and towards our goal of the playoffs. Tomorrow versus Osbourn we need to go above and beyond what we did tonight."
The win puts Osbourn Park at 9-10, with a rival game at Osbourn Friday night. It is not only a road game, but Senior Night as well for the 6-12 Eagles. Tipoff is at 7:30 pm.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Osbourn Park Falls on Road to John Champe
Osbourn Park faced John Champe for the second time in two nights. While it was far more competitive than their 71-58 loss Tuesday night, the Yellow Jackets would lose 59-52.
Champe used a quick start Tuesday night to gain firm control of the game. On Wednesday, OP was dialed in immediately on both sides of the ball. With both teams knotted at 6, sophomore guard Trey Terrell would find fellow sophomore guard Tavyahn Faison for a three-pointer to take a 9-6 lead. The strong play would continue and Osbourn Park led 16-12 after the first quarter.
The Knights would answer and kick off the second quarter with a 10-3 run to go up 22-19. Junior guard Ralph Martino would throw down an electrifying dunk followed by a few layups from his teammates. The Yellow Jackets would answer right back a few minutes later, taking a 27-26 lead via a Daniel Salguero free throw. Junior big man Cam Portis would take a timely charge to give OP the ball back. Despite the gritty effort, Champe would take a slim 29-27 lead into halftime.
OP looked to pick up where they left off when in the third when senior guard Logan Dwyer would steal a ball from the Knights and draw a shooting foul on the way to the basket. He'd hit 1 of 2 and finish with 9 points on the night (2-3 from the three point line.) The Knights would take a 43-41 lead into the final quarter.
Things would get a but chippy in the fourth quarter during a scramble for the ball. Portis would be lying on the ground awaiting to get up when a Champe player intentionally dropped the basketball on his head. Portis would shove him and receive a technical foul along with his opponent.
Cam would wind up with the ball again and draw a foul while making the basket. His missed free throw would be his only on the night. (2-3).
With 7:13 to go in the game, Trey Terrell would draw a foul and get the game to within 4 points. Faison would draw another foul a few minutes later to make it 47-43, John Champe.
Trey would draw another foul on a hapless defender and sink two more free throws to give him 10 points on the night and get within three points at 50-47.
The home team would use the next two minutes to go on a small run, up 56-47 with 2:17 left to go.
Josh Okuadido would use an offensive rebound to get the ball back, but it was stolen from him. Okuadido would finish with another double-double that included 13 points and 10 rebounds. Osbourn Park's final basket would come when Logan Dwyer drilled a three-pointer off the glass to make the score 59-52.
Osbourn Park finished shooting 45% and 6-16 (38%) from beyond the arc while going 12-18 at the free throw line. The team would have a season-high 13 assists. The previous high was 12.
Osbourn Park is now 8-10 on the season, with two games left this week. Thursday night they travel to Unity Reed and Friday they are at Osbourn. Both are senior nights for the respective schools.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Osbourn Park Loses to John Champe at Home
Osbourn Park looked to rebound from their loss versus Battlefield last Tuesday as they hosted John Champe this past Tuesday night. They could not handle Champe's size and ended up losing 71-58.
John Champe would use a few three-pointers to jump out to a 13-2 lead. Osbourn Park head coach Jeremy Coleman would be forced to call a timeout with 3:51 left in the first quarter. Champe would continue to dominate the quarter as it ended with them up 22-4.
The Knights would expand their lead to 21 points at 30-9 before Osbourn Park answered with a 9-0 run to get within 12 points. The Yellow Jackets would go into the half down 36-20. Senior guard Logan Dwyer scored 12 of his 15 points in the first two quarters. He'd finish 6-11 (1-3) from the field.
Osbourn Park would keep it within 12 points at 38-26 before sophomore guard Trey Terrell was called for a very questionable offensive foul. John Champe would take advantage when junior guard Ralph Martino drained an 18-foot jumper, leading 40-26.
Sophomore Tay Faison would look to get things going, dishing two of his four assists to center Josh Okuadido and freshman guard RJ Jones. The assist to Okuadido would be a three-point play after Champe fouled him. Osbourn Park got within ten points at 45-35 forcing John Champe to call a timeout.
The Knights would use one last run to jump up 16 points at 61-45 with 4:35 left in the game. Faison would draw one final foul and sink two free throws to get it to 71-58 before the Knights dribbled out the ball to end the game.
Josh Okuadido led OP scorers with 17 points, and added in 7 rebounds (3 offensive), 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Osbourn Park (8-9, 4-6) won't have much time to process the loss as they play John Champe (11-4, 8-2) on the road Wednesday night. It will be the second leg of a back-to-back-to-back-to-back (Champe, Champe, Osbourn, Unity Reed) for the Yellow Jackets.
Game Notes:
- After being outscored 22-4 in the first quarter, Osbourn Park outscored John Champe all of the next 3 (16-14, 15-13, 23-22)
- OP had 10 turnovers in the first half and only 3 in the second half
- The Yellow Jackets would get a good chunk of their points off free throws (19-26, 73%)
-The OP defense forced 24 Champe turnovers
- Osbourn Park would have their lowest rebounding total of the season with only 18 altogether- half coming off the offensive glass.
- In Cam Portis' return to the court, he'd finish 7-8 from the charity stripe, grab 3 boards and tie Tay Faison in steals with 3.
- OP could not mount any momentum from three-point land, shooting 1-13.
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