After beating the Montgomery Tigers 71-64 at home on December 8, the Oakdale Warriors dropped back-to-back games on the road in Baton Rouge against Family Christian and in Lake Charles against Lake Charles College Prep before rebounding for a 92-89 overtime win against Kinder at home.
"It's always good when you can beat your rival and especially since they were selected the number one seed in the parish tournament coming up soon," said head coach Dustin Howard. "Kinder is a senior laden well coached basketball team that can really shoot the ball. They came out and handled us in the first half, but our guys never quit believing in each other and responded in a big way."
Sophomore Raymond Guillory scored 36 of his team's points on the night. He shot 11 for 30 from the field at a 37 percent clip including two of eight from behind the arc. He added 12 points from the charity stripe in 17 attempts. "(He) is currently averaging 28.9 points per game, and that ranks him 79th in the nation according to MaxPreps, "Howard said.
Malcolm Pugh was the second highest scorer against Kinder with 25 points at a 45 shooting percentage from the field. He went four for 11 from the three point line and batted three for five on free throws.
"This was a team effort, everyone played their role tonight," said Howard. "Some people got points, some people played great defense, and some rebounded the basketball like they were on a mission. I hope our young team takes away from this game that it takes a great team effort like this to win a game like that, no matter what."
Oakdale then went on to Grant to compete in the Allen Parish Tournament December 15-17. The Warriors defeated Reeves 71-52 in their first game on Thursday. The next night they met Kinder in a rematch and lost 75-52. They then defeated host team Fairview in overtime 62-53 for third place Saturday. "First time Oakdale has beaten Fairview since they won the parish tournament in 2008," Howard said.
More information about the tournament will be in next week's paper.
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