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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Avondale rallies to nip Colts
JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT TROY — A total of 16.3 seconds, one shot, and three points. It didn’t pan out. Auburn Hills Avondale came back from a 12-point deficit in the second half Thursday at Troy, then smothered a last-second 3-point attempt for the 43-41 OAA Red Division girls basketball win. On the previous possession, […]
Another given Friday: Adams holds off Rochester for second straight week
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time in several years, Rochester and Rochester Adams’ girls basketball teams faced each other twice in the regular season. As opposed to the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the girls basketball teams from the rival schools have been in separate divisions of the […]
Watterworth’s 22 points pleads Oakland past IPFW
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A season of struggles has slowly morphed into a three-game win streak for Oakland’s women’s basketball team. Bethany Watterworth scored 22 points and OU clamped down defensively in the second half for a 67-47 win over IPFW in a Summit League play on Saturday at War Memorial Coliseum. Brittany Carnago, Sharise […]
Young, Troy bounce back to upset No. 2-ranked Community
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT WARREN — Eight games into the season, Troy finally got what it was searching out of star junior James Young. Detroit Community probably would rather not see it again. Young piled up 32 points and 12 rebounds and junior Maceo Baston added 21 and seven rebounds as Troy upset […]
JAKE’S TAKE: When the lights come on, the effort comes out
Pick any big shot. Troy star junior James Young’s 3-pointer after a drive-and-kick by point guard Zak Noor. Noor’s game-tying triple with 6:33 left. Young’s driving, acrobatic, did-that-just-happen layup with 1:30. Seniors like Bryan Martin and Leo Ayrault and sophomores Danny Wunderlich and Craig Duggan were blowing the roof off the place. The whole Troy […]
