MOUNTAINEER BASKETBALL

Story by Anita Hernandez
(11-01-07)

Mountaineers VS Paris
November 01, 2007

Nov. 1 marked the first game of the season for the Mountaineer and Lady Mountaineer teams.  The women were victourious with a final score of 82-51 and the men with a final score of 63-71. 

The Lady Mountaineers were lead by two freshman standouts.  Shaqualla Alexander of Wewoka and Kelli Burnette of Bethel, both lead the team in scoring with 22 points each.  Shaqualla showed off her quickness and hustle on defense by disrupting the the Lady Dragon offense and setting up numerous fast break oppurtunities.  Kelli  Burnette added to the  disruption  with her great one on one play and scoring ability 5-10 feet from the basket. Freshman Emily Leek of Tulsa, showed some great hustle with 7 rebounds and scoring 10 points.  Kayla Threadgill of Haworth and Ruth Stewart of Tulsa also added 7 points respectively.

Above Photo: Shaqualla Alexander, freshman out of Wewoka scored 22 pts helping lead the Lady Mountaineers to 82-51 victory over the Paris Lady Dragons.

The Mountaineers came up 8 points short of a first game victory with a final score of 63-71.  Despite not having all their players on the floor the Mountaineers ended the first half in a 17-34 slum.  The Mountaineers came out the second half cutting the deficit to 6 points at one time.  The Mountaineers battled back hard and made some great plays in the paint and outside the arc.  The mountaineers were lead by standout Robert Givens a freshman out of Talequah, scoring 15 points.  Sophmore Ben Hall, out of Mannford, OK, tossed in 13 points.  Other scorers were Ben Pelley, sophmore from Moore, with 9 points, Jacob Davis, Sophmore also from Tahlequah, scoring 8 points.

Photo: Dominique Mpondo, sophomore out of St. Judes Eudes, France scored 7 points in the tough loss of 63-71 to Paris Dragons.

Women’s Box scores

Eastern    45      37     82

Paris        22      29     51

Eastern: Alexander 22, Burnette 22, Leek 10,
Threadgill 7, Stewart 7, Radley 6, Wolfe 5, Harris 3

Paris: Coats 13, Proctor 8, Bennet 8, Daughtry 6, Johnson 5, Williams 5, Allen 4, Bridges 2

Men’s Box scores

Eastern  17       46       63

Paris     34         37      71

Eastern:  Givens 15, Hall 13,  Pelley 9, Davis 8,
Johnson 7, Mpondo 4, Liberty 3, Smith 2, Janneh 2

Paris: Trammiel 25, Morgan 10, Livingston 9, Funches 6, Waters 6, Moore 5, Carson 5, Smith 3, Sims 2