The Sandy Creek Cougars would fall to Norfolk Catholic in the C2-8 District final 37-26 on the Cougars’ home floor, as the 11 point loss ended Sandy Creek’s season with an impressive 20-6 record, and short of the Class C-2 state tournament.
Sandy Creek came out swinging taking an early lead in the first half, outscoring the Knights 5-4 in the first quarter and 12-9 in the second period, claiming a 17-13 halftime lead.
Norfolk Catholic, however, came out ready to play in the second half and stuffed the Cougars, holding Sandy Creek to just nine second half points, while outscoring the Cougars 24-9 overall to claim the 11-point win as Sandy Creek couldn’t get anything going on offense, with Norfolk was having their way with the Cougars defense finding open shots around the rim and behind the threepoint line.
Sandy Creek’s leading scorer on the night was Owen Oglesby as he had 11 points. Oliver Oglesby added seven, while the Knights held junior Ethan Shaw to just four points.
Sandy Creek was just 8-34 from the floor (23.5%). The Cougars were just 2-13 from three-point range and 6-20 from two-point range, while at the foul line, the Cougars drained eight of 12 shots.
The Cougars only had 19 rebounds with 12 defensive and seven offensive board, with the leading rebounders being Owen Oglesby, Zac Corman, and Wes Biltoft with four each.
The Cougars ended the game with 12 steals with Shaw leading the stat sheet with five.
Sandy Creek (20-6)...........5 12 5 4 -26 Norfolk Catholic...............4 9 13 11 -37 Scoring: FG FT Pts Owen Oglesby................................ 4-9 3-4 11 Oliver Oglesby................................ 2-6 3-4 7 Ethan Shaw.................................... 1-9 1-2 4 Zach Corman.................................. 1-4 0-0 3 Wes Biltoft..................................... 0-2 1-2 1 Kaeden Schmidt............................. 0-1 0-0 0 Jack Clark....................................... 0-3 0-0 0 Sandy Creek Totals:................ 8-34 8-12 26 Norfolk Catholic Totals:......... 12-38 9-16 37 3-pt FG: Corman 1-4, Shaw 1-4, Biltoft 0-1, Clark 0-3. Total: SC: 2-13, NC: 4-15. Rebounds: Ow. Oglesby 4, Corman 4, Biltoft 4, Ol Oglesby 3, Shaw 2, Schmidt 1, Jacob Petr 1. Total: SC: 20, NC: 24. Assists: Petr 2, Ol. Oglesby 2, Corman 1, Shaw 1. Total: SC: 6, NC: 7. Steals: Shaw 5, Ol Oglesby 3, Biltoft 1, Biltoft 1, Corman 1, Ow Oglesby 1. Total: SC: 12, NC: 13.
