Gore suffers losses in district title games to Talihina
It was a rough beginning to the Class A playoffs for the Gore High School basketball teams as they both lost to the host Talihina squads in the Class A District Tournament title games Saturday night on Chris Gillespie Court at Ray Henson Gymnasium in Talihina.
The Lady Pirates suffered a 56-26 loss to the Lady Golden Tigers, then the Golden Tigers downed the Pirates 73-47.
As district runners-up, Lady Pirates and Pirates will have an all-Riverside Conference matchups in the Class A Regional Tournament consolation quarterfinals on Thursday night in Allen as the Lady Pirates will meet Arkoma Lady Mustangs at 6 p.m., while the Pirates will meet the Arkoma Mustangs at 7:30 p.m.
One more loss by either the Lady Pirates and/or the Pirates will end their season.
GIRLS
TALIHINA 56, GORE 26
The Lady Golden Tigers (148) scored the game’s first nine points of the game before the Lady Pirates (10-11) got on the board on a 3-point basket by Sophie O’Connor to cut the Talihina lead to 9-3 with 4:14 left in the first quarter. Unfortunately, that was as close as Gore got on the night.
The Lady Golden Tigers ended the period with a 12-5 run, capped by a basket by Kya Andrews with a second left, to put Talihina ahead 21-8 after the first eight minutes.
Talihina doubled Gore 12-6 in the second period to take a 3314 lead into the locker rooms at halftime.
Talihina built as much as a 30-point lead as a free throw by Jacy Moore with 58 seconds left put the Lady Golden Tigers ahead 56-26, which ended up being the final score.
In defeat, River Shoemake led Gore with nine points, followed by Emily Daily with eight points, Rayleigh Moore with four points, O’Connor with three points and Kennedy Williams with two points.
BOYS
TALIHINA 73, GORE 47
A pair of Cain Cooper free throws put the Pirates (14-8) ahead 6-4 with 3:51 left in the first quarter. It ended up being Gore’s final lead of the night.
The Golden Tigers (127) ended the period with a 11-1 run, capped by a free throw by Cy Ammons with 24 seconds left, to put Talihina ahead 15-7.
It just got worse for the Pirates as the Golden Tigers outscored them 2011 in the second quarter to get their biggest lead of the first half at 35-18, which was the score at halftime.
The Golden Tigers got as high as a 27-point lead at 62-35 on a slam dunk by Cy Montgomery with 4:15 left to play in the game.
In defeat, Cooper scored 15 points to lead Gore, followed by Keeton Rowe with nine points, Tate Brooksher with eight points, Eli Munson with six points, Logan Markou with three points and Gabe Hefley, Kaiden Denton and Cruz Ward with two points apiece.
