GREENE— On Thursday, the Oxford Blackhawks and the Greene Trojans boys’ basketball teams faced off in a neighborly MAC league contest. Both teams were up for the challenge with a total of 134 points scored in the game. Oxford came out on top 72-62 to improve to 10-4 on the season and standing tall at 6-0 in the MAC, above Unatego/Franklin.

While Greene found its rhythm offensively, scoring 13 points or more, a 5-for-14 performance at the free-throw line hindered the Trojans' comeback.

Oxford, led by a string of standout individual performances, was simply too much to handle. The Blackhawks set the tone early, exploding for 42 points in the first half alone.

Gordon Smith ignited with 24 points to lead the Blackhawks. Smith scored 14 in the first half and knocked in two three’s and made both free-throw attempts.

Bennett Paden and Nic Dodzweit both added 14 points. Paden saw many trips to the free-throw line, where he made half of his attempts, going six-for-12.

Dodzweit had 10 of his 14 points right off the bat in the first quarter to fire up the Oxford offense.

Senior Richard Hunter had 13 points, going nine-for-14 at the line, seeing the most trips throughout the contest.

Dom Howe finished with four points as Aiden Mellem hit a three in the second quarter.

Gavin Ely led the Trojans with 14 points, where he went off with 12 of the team’s 16 first quarter points and all his points came in the first half.

Jacob Eroshevich picked up where Ely left off with good efforts in the second half. He finished with 13 points.

Liam Clark also contributed a lot in the second half, where he scored all nine of his points as Keegan Waltz added eight points in the second and fourth quarters.

Kane Winn and John Mulroy both finished with seven points while Eli Eggleston and Cooper Davis both had two points in the loss.

Oxford (10-4) hosts Delhi on Friday, January 30 at 7:15 p.m. while Greene (2-11) hosts Sidney on Tuesday at 7:15 pm.