MOUNTAINEER BASKETBALL

Story by Anita Hernandez
(11-03-07)

Mountaineers VS Bacone JV
November 03, 2007

The Lady Mountaineers continue their Homecoming week with a 77-35 victory over the Bacone JV Warriors.  The Lady Mountaineers jumped out to a 43-11 first half defensive domination. The Lady Mountaineers were led by Shaqualla Alexander, a freshman from Wewoka, scoring a game high of 25 points on the offensive end.   Scoring 12 points, adding  4 assists, and 2 steals was Nicole Harris,  a freshman out of Savanna.   Michelle Hardimon, freshman from Oklahoma City, lit it up behind the arc shooting  3 of 6 from the 3 point line, and finishing the game with 9 points.   Tossing in 8 points and 3 rebounds Ruth Stewart, freshman out of Tulsa, continued to add to the Lady Mountaineers 42 point victory over the Warriors.

The Mountaineers clinched their first win of the season with a 94-67 victory. In spite of a rough start and only a 6 point lead going into the second half, the Mountaineers turned up the heat, outscoring the Warriors by 27 in the end.  The Mountaineers were led by sophmore Manuel Liberty, out of Oklahoma City with 16 points.  Big man, Dominique Mpondo, sophmore from France, scored 14 points inside the paint.  Two Sophmores out of  Tahlequah rounded out the team in double figures.  Robert Givens added 11 points and Jake Davis found the basket with 10 points.

Women’s Box scores

Eastern     43   34    77
Bacone     11   24    35

Eastern- Alexander 25, Harris 12, Hardimon 9, Stewart 8, Wolfe 5, Leek 4, Radley 4, McFalls 3, Ward 2, Threadgill 2, Hassler 2, Pope 1

Bacone- Williams 9, Lang 8, Lena 7, Harmon 3, Carter 2, Clark 2, Friday 2, Waites 2

Men’s Box scores

Eastern    36    58     94
Bacone    30    37     67

Eastern- Liberty 16, Mpondo 14, Givens 11, Davis 10, Johnson 9, Pelley 7, Seymour 6, Harrison 5, Washington 5, Smith 3, Janneh 2, Garner 2, Albright 2, Quinones 2

Bacone-   Kanedy 18, Smith 12, Woods 8, Brown 7, Mosely 6, Hamilton 6, Kapajou 5, Gooding 3, Rector 2