OV’s Braeden Davis (Black) looks to get past Oxford’s John Rovente (White). Both players were the leading scorers of their respective teams. (Photo by Morgan Golliver)

OXFORD - On Friday, the Oxford Blackhawks boys basketball team hosted Otselic Valley for a Section III-Section IV matchup. Otselic Valley took control throughout the majority of the contest to win 55-43.

Aside from the usual tremendous offense from Braeden Davis, the Vikings played fierce on defense with stealing the ball and aggressively forcing turnovers. Oxford played a much better second quarter, pulling within four points in a 24-20 halftime deficit.

OV played with the same consistency in the second half, offensively producing after being tough on defense. They also earned free-throws as Oxford could not defend Braeden Davis cleanly.

Braeden posted an all scorers high of 30 points, making eight-of-12 free-throws. Owen Davis finished with nine points and had two steals.

Oxford’s John Rovente led the offense with 17 points as teammates Donovan Rickard and Caden Rifanburg each had nine points.

UP NEXT:

OV (5-10) hosts Brookfield on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Oxford (3-11) heads to Walton on Tuesday at 7 p.m.


Scores by Quarter:

OV 12 12 19 12–55

OX 4 16 8 15–43

OV: Braeden Davis 30, Owen Davis 9, Lukas Schieferstein 6, Cole Warren 5, Jacob Hackett 3, Thomas Stanley 2.

OX: John Rovente 17, Donovan Rickard 9, Caden Rifanburg 9, Eli Bennett 4, Sylas Emerson 2, Jared Sheridan 2.

Three-Pointers: OV 2 (B Davis, Hackett); OX 2 (Rovente, Rifanburg)