Men's Basketball Alumni Game

Men's Basketball Alumni Game
What: Alumni Game, Dunk Contest, 3pt Contest and Intersquad Scrimmage
When: Friday May 23rd at 6:00pm
Where: OHS Arena
Who: Former OHS Basketball Players
Cost: $2 admission

Oxford wins in Roundball Classic

Prep roundup: Host Oxford wins in Roundball Classic
From staff reports
02-03-2008

OXFORD — With the wrestling sectionals taking place at Oxford's high school gym, Saturday's Oxford Roundball Classic was moved to Oxford Middle.

The Yellow Jackets still played like the home team, defeating Douglas County, Ga. 58-49.

Durell Hill led Oxford scorers with 25 points. Dimitri Orr had 19 points and 13 rebounds.

Oxford will host Munford Monday night. It will be senior night for the Yellow Jackets.

Oxford (7-16) will travel to Gadsden City to play the Titans in the first round of the Class 6A, Area 14 tournament Friday at 6 p.m.

Oxford’s Hugghins hits nine 3-pointers

By Bran StricklandStar Sports Editor
01-18-2008

JACKSONVILLE — Before Thursday’s quarterfinal match-up between Jacksonville and Oxford, Lady Golden Eagles coach Jeremy Harper said his girls would have to play like they had nothing to lose.

Because they had nothing. They were younger, smaller and far less experienced when it came to playing county-tournament games in JSU’s Pete Mathews Coliseum. And Harper’s plan for his girls would have worked, had it not been for one thing. Check that. One person. Andrea Hugghins drained nine 3-pointers en route to her game-high 31 points as Oxford earned a 60-53 victory on Thursday. The victory pits the Lady Jackets (8-12) against top-seeded Ohatchee at 4 p.m. today.

The senior had four 3-pointers in the first quarter, two more in the second and then three more in the third — all before she ever hit a non-3 field goal, of which she only had two.
“That’s what I can do; I can shoot from far out,” Hugghins said. “Tonight it was just open.”
She found herself open a good deal on a drawn-up inbounds play. After inbounding the ball, she ran from out of bounds, off a screen and to the opposite side of the court. After that, it was catch, release and count ’em.

“That play has worked well before,” she said. “But tonight, that’s probably the best it has worked.” Added Harper, “I know we lost her in transition, but even when we got a hand in her face, she’d hit them. She was just unconscious.”

Despite Hugghins’ 3-point clinic, Jacksonville wasn’t sitting by on a stump. The Lady Golden Eagles (9-9) did their best to answer Oxford’s sharp-shooting senior. Jacksonville had seven treys as a team, with four coming from Brittney Nunn. While Jacksonville was getting an all-around effort, it was Hugghins’ shooting — and nearly Hugghins’ shooting alone — that kept the Lady Jackets in the game. As Jacksonville raced out to an 8-0 lead, she brought Oxford back. With the score tied at 16, she had all but four of Oxford’s points.

While the Lady Jackets took over in the second quarter, it was never enough room to relax.
It wasn’t until their first two shots of the final quarter that they enjoyed their biggest lead of the night, at 10 points. “I think we approached the game with the right attitude,” Harper said. “We talked about playing loose, playing a whole game. “We did that, and I think we did it well.”
In addition to Hugghins, Kamiriel Wall added 15 points. No other Oxford player had any more than four points.

For Jacksonville, by contrast, the effort was somewhat more balanced. Eighth-grader Lacey Buchanon, sophomore Taylor Palmer and Nunn each contributed 12 points.
With the win in the books, Oxford turns its attention to the top-seeded Lady Indians. Ohatchee said on Wednesday it would have to improve its game in order to make the finals.
Oxford coach Darrell Cline said as much about his team. In particular, its free throw shooting. The Lady Jackets were a dismal 4-for-18.

“What were we — 3-for-the game?” Cline quipped. “We’re going to have be better than that. If we’re in a tight game (against Ohatchee), free throws could be the difference.
“Look at it tonight, if we’d made a few more of those, this one could have been a 10-12 point game.”

About Bran Strickland
Bran Strickland is the sports editor for The Star.

Home Basketball Game

Basketball game at home Friday, Dec. 21st against Clay-Chalkville. B-Team at 4:30, Varsity Girls at 6:00 and Varsity Boys at 7:30

Gold Squad

Gold Squad Memberships will be sold at lunch the next two weeks thru November 16th. The Gold Squad Membership shirts are $20 if you don't have a student activity card and $5 if you do. The shirts will get you into all home basketball games for free and will have special giveaways for the club members at games.

2007-08 Basketball Schedule

Nov 17, 19 & 20 Pelham Tournament Away Varsity Girls TBA
Nov 20, 21 & 23 Pinson Tournament Away Varsity Boys TBA
Nov 30 Talladega Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
Dec 3 Cleburne Co Home B-Girl-Var 4:30
Dec 7 Etowah Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
Dec 11 *Pell City Away 9th Girls-B-Girls-Var 4:00
Dec 13 *Gadsden City Away B-Girls-Var 4:30
(9th Girls/Boys @ 2nd Gym) 4:30
Dec 14 Talladega Away B-Girls-Var 4:30
Dec 15 Etowah Away B-Girls-Var 2:00
Dec 21 *Clay-Chalkville Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
Dec 22 Munford Away B-Girls-Var 2:00
Dec 27-29 Springville Tournament Away Var Boys TBA
Dec 27-29 Etowah Tournament Away Var Girls TBA
Jan 4 *Pell City Home 9th Girls-B-Girls-Var 4:00
Jan 8 Saks Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
Jan 10 Cleburne County Away B-Girls-Var 4:30
Jan 12-19 Calhoun County Tournament J.S.U. Var Girls/Boys TBA
Jan 22 *Gadsden City Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
(9th Girls/Boys @ Old Gym) 4:30
Jan 25 *Clay-Chalkville Away B-Girls-Var 4:30
Jan 29 Saks Away B-Girls-Var 4:30
Feb 1 Oxford Arena Oxford Boys 7:30
Feb 2 Oxford Middle Girls 5:30 & Boys 7:00
Feb 4 Munford Home B-Girls-Var 4:30
Feb 7 & 9 6A Area 14 Girls Tournament TBA
Feb 8 & 11 6A Area 14 Boys Tournament TBA
Feb 14 Girls Sub-Regional TBA
Feb 15 Boys Sub-Regional TBA
Feb 19-23 Regional Tournament JSU TBA
Feb 26-March 1 Final Four Birmingham Civic Center TBA
* Denotes Area Game

From the desk of Coach Slaton

Gold Squad memberships are on sale in the cafeteria through Tuesday November 20th. The Gold Squad is the student section for the basketball games. The cost is $5 for those that have a student activity card and $20 for those that don't have a card($20 includes admission into home games). The price includes a Gold Squad t-shirt and special giveaways for club members. Come join the Gold Squad and be part of the Oxford Basketball Excitement!

The basketball season is getting close with the boys and girls beginning play the week of Thanksgiving. The first regular season game will be Friday, November 30th at home against Talladega. The team is ready for an exciting season and a style of basketball that will be fun to watch. The number one goal for the basketball program at Oxford High School is to have a First Class Program. We want the players to be looked upon as fine young men who will contribute great things to this society. There are three principles at Oxford that we try to instill in our players. We want them to be good people, good students, and good players. The coaching staff takes this very seriously and goes to great measures in order to make this possible. We feel like if our players do the right things now, success will follow them in the future. Basketball is not life, just the tool we use to teach life principles.