Oakwood Defeats Xenia at Benner Fieldhouse Classic | Dayton Daily News
Oakwood 67, Xenia 45
Oakwood held Xenia scoreless through the first quarter and didn't let them get too close the rest of the way to end a three-game losing skid.
The Buccaneers failed to score in the first and fourth quarters for all but a 40-second stretch of game time.
"It's nice when a scouting report comes to fruition," Oakwood head coach Paul Stone said. "Sometimes those baskets go in and it did not early for them. We rebounded the ball and took advantage of it."
Xenia (3-4) immediately went into a full court press trailing 17-0 to start the second quarter and slowly was able to find rhythm. Oakwood (4-3) responded to nearly every basket as freshman Andrew Woeste heated up from the outside, hitting four 3s, and the Lumberjacks were able to extend its lead to 21 by halftime.
Momentum in the third quarter was on Xenia's side as they were able to cut the deficit down to eight. The light switched flipped again for Oakwood as soon as its lead went into single digits. They scored the final six points of the quarter and didn't let the foot off the gas in the fourth.
"I've watched [Xenia] play multiple times and they don't ever stop and keep on fighting," Stone said. "I watched them at Stebbins the other day when they were down almost 20 and came back and maybe should have won.
"They were going to punch us in the mouth and did in the third quarter. We wobbled a bit and then we kind of punched back."
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