All the world for Oakdale is a stage, and the Warriors are merely players searching for a win as they traveled to Pickering and hosted Rosepine last week. However, Oakdale lost 75-49 to Pickering and lost 55-53 to Rosepine on a questionable call at the buzzer.
Oakdale was a player down as they were without Raymond Guillory and his average of 30-points a game against the Red Devils. "It probably hurt us more mentally than I expected," said head coach Dustin Howard about Guillory being out. "We were able to pass the ball better and score enough points. So we got enough offense, but we were weak just mentally. And we didn't play defense. If you don't play defense and rebound and give up 75 points, then you can't win on the road like that."
The team got the early 2-0 lead, but the lead was short lived as Pickering gets the three. Malcolm Pugh answered with a three ball. Pickering tied the game at five on its next possession then went up 7-5. Derrick Winfield got the big three pointer after hard fought offensive rebounds from his Warrior teammates kept the possession alive.
The Pickering lead grew to 10 as Oakdale called a timeout at the 2:12 mark of the opening frame. Coming out of the timeout, the Warriors get the ball into the hands of Garrett Kingan who got the score from under the net. The first eight minutes of the game ended with Pickering leading 20-10.
The lead grew to 20 at 31-11, but then Oakdale scored on back-to-back possessions as Pugh hit another three ball shot to make the score 33-22. First half ended with Oakdale trailing 35-24. Malcolm Pugh continued to carry his team in the second half with 18 points on four baskets from beyond the arc. He finished the game with 34 points overall and 24 points from three point range. However, it was not enough as the rest of his team could not rally together without Raymond Guillory who returned Friday night against Rosepine.
"We were pressing trying to get a steal," Howard said when describing the end of the game. "We knew that was the only way. They inbounded the ball and threw from out of bounds to out of bounds which is legal, but we guarded it. I thought they had inbounded the ball, and I thought we had the ball when the whistle was blown. I assumed we were going to have two untimed free throws with an attempt to tie the game. Jacob Black had the ball in his hands, but the foul was on us and time had expired."
Oakdale came out forcefully to an early 2-0 lead after a basket off the fingers of Derrick Winfield. The teams were then trading buckets as Oakdale went up 6-4 before Rosepine again ties the game. Wearing number 10 on his back, Guillory tied the game at 10 with 1:54 in the 1st quarter. He later connected on the three point play then gave his squad the one point lead as the first quarter wound down. At the end of the first quarter, Oakdale lead 15-14.
The Warriors kept the momentum on their side going into the locker rooms at the half leading 27-23. Rosepine scored a quick three points leading off the second half then knotted up the game at 27.
Oakdale tied it at 31 as the teams continued to trade baskets. The score was knotted at 35 heading into the final 8 minutes in regulation. Rosepine was hanging around and took the three point lead with under four minutes remaining on the clock.
Pugh cut it to 1, then the Warriors forced the turnover. Guillory capitalized with a three ball taking the two point lead. James Evins then scored off the assist from Guillory. Rosepine again was hanging in the game because of their ability to score from the charity stripe. Jacob Black scored from under the basket making it a two point game with .7 seconds on the clock, but the game ended on the call at the buzzer.
"It was another battle tonight, and we had our chances to win the game. We showed our immaturity on both offense and defense. For ninety percenct we executed our defensive game plan, but we slipped up a couple times at the worst possible times. And we weren't able to pull it off."
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