Titan boys drop first two basketball games of the season

The Odessa-Harrington Titan basketball season got off to a weak start for the local team, with back-to-back losses this past weekend to Davenport December 5 and to Wilbur-Creston December 6.

Against Davenport on Friday, the Titans led at the half, 42 to 34 but were unable to come back from a third-quarter surge by the Gorillas and ultimately lost by a score of 70-64.

O/H 20 21 12 11 64

D-port 17 17 22 14 70

Leading the offense against Davenport was Shane Whitaker with 26 points, which included three 3-pointers and making 7 of 9 attempts at the free-throw line. He also added 1 offensive and 4 d...