PLAYING ROAD GAMES WILL SHOW YOU WHAT KIND OF TEAM YOU HAVE. THE PHOENIX HAVE HAD THEIR SHARE OF TOUGH ROAD GAMES AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM. ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARYS PLAYS WELL AT HOME NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RECORD IS. THIS GAME HAD EXTRA INCENTIVE ON IT ALSO. EVAN WEBSTER OF OLSM AND CHENE PHILLIPS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AAU WITH THE REACH LEGENDS FOR YEARS. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME THEY WOULD PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER IN HIGH SCHOOL. OLSM CAME OUT HOT AND WERE PLAYING SOLID. THE PHOENIX FOUND THEMSELVES IN A SLUMP EARLY AND THE SCORE WAS 27-19 OLSM WITH THE LEAD. THE THIRD QUARTER WAS MUCH OF THE SAME BUT THE PHOENIX WOULD CUT THE LEAD TO FOUR GOING IN THE FOURTH. THE GAME GOT INTERSTING WITH 3:00 TO PLAY WITH OLSM LEADING BY JUST TWO. ON THE NEXT THREE POSSESIONS OLSM WOULD GET AN AN -ONE AND TWO THREE POINTERS, WHILE RENAISSANCE CAME UP EMPTY. THAT 8 POINT STRECH DECIDED THE GAME AND THE PHOENIX LOSE 63-54.

SENIOR CHENE PHILLIPS STRUGGLED FROM THE FIELD BUT STILL MANAGED TO SCORE 23 POINTS. GERALD JOHNSON ALSO STRUGGLED FROM THE ARC AND SCORED 13 POINTS. MIKE HUNDLEY HAD A SOLID GAME IN THE PAINT SCORING 8 POINTS, GRABBING 7 REBOUNDS AND BLOCKING 7 SHOTS.

ALLEN ROBINSON SCORED 24 POINTS FOR OLSM AND EVAN WEBSTER ADDED 22 POINTS.

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