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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Jordan Woodard (10) drives the ball upcourt under defense by Del City's Jamal Moseley (11) Friday night as Bulldogs coach Shane Cowherd walks the sidelines.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Kyle Roth (5) works against Del City's Deaunte Long (5) Friday night.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Jordan Thomas (4) takes a shot during a game between Edmond Memorial and Del City in Edmond Friday.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Andee Decker (23) works against Del City's Mariah Jackson (44) during a game between Edmond Memorial and Del City in Edmond on Friday.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Sommer Peterson (12) works against a Del City player during Friday's contest.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Alyssa Hand (14) pushes the ball down the court during a game between Edmond Memorial and Del City on Friday.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Alie Decker (22) tries to work out of a trap by Del City's Mykael Williams (13) during Friday night's game.

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  • GARETT FISBECK | SPECIAL TO THE SUN Memorial's Sydney Hill (11) lays up a shot against Del City on Friday.

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February 3, 2012

Memorial avenges only loss; Lady ’Dogs score season high in win

Ryan Piersol Special to The Sun

EDMOND — This time, Edmond Memorial thought it would see how Del City fared at a slower pace.

The answer came in the form of 19 fewer points.

Avenging their only loss of the season, the Bulldog boys basketball team handled the Eagles, 60-48, Friday night on their home court. James Woodard had 21 points to lead all scorers, while Jordan Woodard added 18. Both players came up huge in the second half.

The game started out at a frenetic pace. However, learning from the earlier meeting, Memorial head coach Shane Cowherd decided to go to a zone defense to try and slow Del City — the No. 2-ranked team in Class 5A — down a little. It worked.

“We try to give teams different looks and mix it up,” Cowherd said. “They’re a team that likes to play fast. We do too, but we can also play by grinding it out, and we wanted to see if they could play that way.”

The Bulldogs led just 18-16 at the end of the first period when they decided to move to the zone. Del City kept pace throughout the first half, trailing 31-27 at the break. The Woodard brothers scored all of Memorial’s points in the third period, as the Bulldogs upped the lead to 42-36. Still frustrated with the zone defense, the Eagles tried to get back in it using the long ball in the final frame, but they kept coming up short, and Memorial pulled away.

James Woodard had a high-scoring first quarter with nine points, then added another nine in the fourth as the Bulldogs were adding the finishes touches. His brother scored 12 points in the second half.

Memorial’s previous meeting against Del City came only three days after the Bulldogs won the Edmond Open with a grueling three-day run, and they played rather flat in a 67-62 defeat. This time, Cowherd said his team matched the Eagles’ ever-present intensity.

“The first time, they won all the hustle battles. But we did better tonight, running down a lot of loose balls,” Cowherd said. “And we defended them better. We were tougher on defense.”

 

Edmond Memorial 72, Del City 47 (girls)

The Edmond Memorial girls put up their highest point total of the season on a night when the deep ball became a trusted friend.

The Lady Bulldogs dropped in 10 3-point buckets, while also going a solid 12-of-14 from the free-throw line, en route to an impressive beating of Del City. Four different players scored in double figures for Memorial, as Sommer Peterson and Alie Decker each went for 15 points and Jenny Roy and Alyssa Hand each finished with 12.

The long-range bombs didn’t really get going until the second period, but they were effective enough to finish off Del City early. The Lady Bulldogs had 21 points in all in the second quarter to lead 34-22 at the break, then piled on another 16 in the third period and were ahead by 17 going into the fourth.

The only other time this season Memorial has reached the 70-point mark came against Moore, which is 1-17. Del City, though, is the fifth-ranked team in 5A and played the Lady Bulldogs to within 55-53 earlier in the season.

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