Ocelots Top Owls In District A Quarterfinal Thanks To A Blocked Layup At The Buzzer

OVERVIEW – OAKLAND

SCORE: Schoolcraft Ocelots 72, Oakland 70

RECORDS: Schoolcraft (23-6, 9-5), Oakland (22-7, 10-4)

LOCATION: Oakland Community College

RECAP: Ocelots Top Owls In District A Quarterfinal Thanks To A Blocked Layup At The Buzzer

GAME STORY

• By shooting 42.9% from the field and 40% from 3, Schoolcraft would be able to take a 14-point lead into the locker room while scoring 41-points and holding Oakland to just 27-points and 11 turnovers.
• Oakland would limit the turnovers in the 2^nd half, just 7, while shooting 47.1% from the field to march their comeback, led by 16 points from Jordan Wright
• A missed Ocelot 3 with 19 seconds left would lead to an OCC rebound but a J'Vohn Waler steal and layup with 7 seconds left would give Schoolcraft a 72-70 lead.
• OCC would have 1 final look, a good one at that, but J'Vohn Walker would slide over to help and block the attempted game tying layup away at the final horn.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Schoolcraft .429 (27-63), Oakland .456 (26-57)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Schoolcraft .333 (5-15), Oakland .313 (5-16)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Schoolcraft .813 (13-16), Oakland .684 (13-19)
• REBOUNDS: Schoolcraft 31 (9 offensive), Oakland 34 (7 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Schoolcraft 11/7, Oakland 9/15

TOP SCHOOLCRAFT PERFORMERS

• J'Vohn Walker: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Rael Cochran: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
• Tyler Robinson: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks

UP NEXT

• Schoolcraft advances to the Great Lakes District A Tournament Semi-Final where the Ocelots will square off against Lakeland Community College at 3:30PM on Thursday. The Great Lakes District A Tournament is being held at the Ballenger Fieldhouse on the campus of Mott Community College.