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The Titan basketball team had a tough time against a much taller Lind-Ritzville-Sprague team at home in Odessa last Friday, losing 42-69. The game does not count in league play, however, since LRS is a 2B school, while Odessa-Harrington is in a 1B league.
O-H 6 19 3 14 42
LRS 16 20 16 17 69
Carsen Weber paced the Titans with 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Sam Schafer and Dakota Largent had 6 points each, with Schafer getting 2 rebounds and 6 steals and Largent getting 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal. Colton Hunt added 4 points, and 2 rebounds to the stats.
Three players each contributed 2 points to the effort, Colt Sanford, Shane Whitaker and John DeWulf. Sanford also had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal; Whitaker 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal and DeWulf 2 rebounds and 3 steals. Steven Braun and Brad Johnston scored no points, but Braun contributed 1 rebound.
Unlike last week, foul trouble was not a problem for the Titans, as no one on the Titan team had more than 2 fouls. Overall, it was a well-played game with the Titans struggling only to overcome the height disadvantage.
Against Wellpinit at a home game played in Harrington Saturday, the Titans were able to get their first win of the season and first league victory by a score of 68-52.
O-H 12 13 15 28 68
Wellp. 5 18 16 13 52
After an unusually quiet game on Friday, Whitaker again led the Titan scoring with 33 points, hitting 50 percent from two-point range, nailing 3 of 5 from three-point range and sinking 10 of 15 attempts from the free-throw line. He also brought down a whopping 15 rebounds and 2 assists.
Weber also had a great night, pumping in 22 points, along with 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.
Schafer had 6 points and was second in rebounds with 9. He also had 8 assists and 3 steals. Hunt added 3 points, and Sanford and DeWulf had 2 points each. Sanford also had 1 rebound and DeWulf had 4. Braun and Largent saw playing time but did not score.
No Titan players fouled out, although DeWulf came close with 4 personal fouls by the time the game ended. Weber, Schafer and Whitaker had 3 fouls each, Sanford 2 and Braun and Largent 1 each.
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