Tahlequah's Mutlipurpose Activity Center will play host to four eventful basketball games over the next 24 hours. Fort Gibson will be here on Saturday afternoon, but first up is Bishop Kelley tonight in Metro Lakes Conference games.
Here are some projected news & notes for tonight's games:
— The girls game features two top-10 teams in Class 5A. Bishop Kelley is No. 8 with Tahlequah right behind at No. 9.
— Bishop Kelley enters with four dangerous weapons offensively: Chelsea McKenzie, Madi Schulz, Haley Stephens and Seana Stoia. All four average right around nine to 10 points a game. And of the four of them, only McKenzie is a senior; the rest are juniors.
— Tahlequah has a formidable trio of its own in Randee O'Donnell, Casey Beaston and Desiree Phipps. Beaston leads the team in scoring per game at 9.9 points with Phipps at 9.5 and O'Donnell at 9.4.
— Tahlequah beat Bishop Kelley in the first meeting of the season, beating the Lady Comets 67-63 in Tulsa back in December.
— Beaston's career-high scoring mark came against Bishop Kelley in December when the junior forward logged 23 points.
— For Bishop Kelley, Stoia had 22 points in the first meeting.
— The boys game features No. 15 Bishop Kelley and No. 19 Tahlequah.
— Bishop Kelley won the first matchup in December, 60-42.
— Bishop Kelley enters having lost three of its last five games. Tahlequah, though, has won six of its last eight.
— Lain Wright leads Tahlequah in scoring with close to 15 points per game. Bishop Kelley's leading scorer is Alex Maguire with 11.8.
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