Oxford girls sweep series vs UV
Oxford’s Aubrey Rickard steals the ball and dribbles it up the court with UV’s Allisyn Daniell defending her and other UV defenders behind her. (Photo by Morgan Golliver)
OXFORD – After meeting in non-league play to start the 2024-2025 season, the Oxford Blackhawks and the Unadilla Valley Storm girls basketball teams met again for a league contest at Oxford High School. Oxford won both matchups, including Wednesday’s 55-30 victory. Oxford improves to 7-3 on the season.
Both teams started out slow with pressure on both ends of the court. The girls were also physical with many jump balls throughout the game. Oxford found success early on with steals and multiple offensive rebounds to help them have an edge in this contest.
Oxford led 27-16 at the half, where UV broke up their once 10-point lead. However, the lead was built back up in the second half as the Blackhawks took control with Abby Denz laying down some three’s and Margaret Rovente and Taegan Manwarren picking up steals. Kora Johnson and Adrienne Hodge had good possession for the Storm’s offense to chip in a few buckets.
Denz led Oxford with 13 points, where she hit three three’s and had seven points in the third quarter. Paige Rickard followed with 11 points as Manwarren and Rovente both finished with 10 points apiece. Aubrey Rickard had four points and Emmalee Reiss, Olivia Oliver, Emily Holbert all added two points while Colette Kappauf scored one free-throw.
Hodge led the Storm with 10 points with six of the team’s eight points in the first quarter. Shyla Roberts contributed with nine points as Kora Johnson got the start and finished with six points. Myriah Taylor hit a three in the fourth quarter and Natalie Crandall was held to just two points in the first quarter.
Oxford (7-3) hosts Sidney on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m while UV (4-5) hosts B-G on Friday at 7:15 p.m.
Scores by quarter:
UV 8 8 5 9—30
OX 8 19 16 12—55
Both teams started out slow with pressure on both ends of the court. The girls were also physical with many jump balls throughout the game. Oxford found success early on with steals and multiple offensive rebounds to help them have an edge in this contest.
Oxford led 27-16 at the half, where UV broke up their once 10-point lead. However, the lead was built back up in the second half as the Blackhawks took control with Abby Denz laying down some three’s and Margaret Rovente and Taegan Manwarren picking up steals. Kora Johnson and Adrienne Hodge had good possession for the Storm’s offense to chip in a few buckets.
Denz led Oxford with 13 points, where she hit three three’s and had seven points in the third quarter. Paige Rickard followed with 11 points as Manwarren and Rovente both finished with 10 points apiece. Aubrey Rickard had four points and Emmalee Reiss, Olivia Oliver, Emily Holbert all added two points while Colette Kappauf scored one free-throw.
Hodge led the Storm with 10 points with six of the team’s eight points in the first quarter. Shyla Roberts contributed with nine points as Kora Johnson got the start and finished with six points. Myriah Taylor hit a three in the fourth quarter and Natalie Crandall was held to just two points in the first quarter.
Oxford (7-3) hosts Sidney on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m while UV (4-5) hosts B-G on Friday at 7:15 p.m.
Scores by quarter:
UV 8 8 5 9—30
OX 8 19 16 12—55
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