Points continue to be hard to come by for the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team as the Wildcats lost 66-24 at Meadowdale Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Three points in the first quarter and two in the fourth by the ‘Cats didn’t cut it and the Mavericks (2-3, 2-4) rolled to the win by getting at least 10 points in every quarter.
Meadowdale established dominance early by sprinting to a 16-3 first-quarter lead, then piled on 21 more points to go up 37-12 at halftime. They led 56-22 after three.
No Wildcat scored more than the four points put up by Kelsey Rankin and Tatiana Cumming. Jalani Bobo and Marissa Lewis each scored three; and Lia Pantoleon, Kaileen Burleson, Annie Leete, Dominique Jackson and Natalie Fiallos each had two. Jackson collected seven rebounds.
Julianne Kossian drilled five threes for Meadowdale and Margreet Barhoum scored a game high 23 points.
Oak Harbor shot only 20 percent (9-for-45) from the field while the Mavericks hit at a 47 percent clip (26-for-55). The Wildcats were also hurt by turnovers, committing 31 to 16 for Meadowdale.
Mountlake Terrace (1-5, 1-6) comes to Oak Harbor (0-5, 1-6) Thursday, Dec. 22, at 7:15 p.m.