Oakland City Sweeps Morthland in Doubleheader

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill.- The Morthland College men and women basketball teams fell tonight to visiting Oakland City University at Max Morris Gymnasium. The Lady Patriots were defeated, 103-43, while the men fell, 90-82.

The Lady Patriots (0-8) could not keep pace with the hot shooting of OCU (11-8) who drained 13 three-pointers on the night. Six Lady Oak players scored in double-digits and leading the way was Chelsea Jones who scored 20 on the night.

Morthland was led by Jade Vaughn who scored a team-high 17 points while Latisha Bennett chipped in 10 points and 4 assists.

The Morthland men looked for revenge after a lose to OCU earlier in the season. The Patriots trailed by 12 after the 16-minute media timeout, battling back and forth until halftime when the Patriots trailed 41-32.

Morthland (1-15) stayed in the game with timely three’s by freshman Roby Boatright and Matt Weeks who drilled nine on the night, rallying to their first lead on the night at the 7:52 mark of the second half, but Oakland City’s Mitch LeFear made 6-of-8 three-pointers on the night and many acrobatic baskets late in the half, putting the game just out of reach of the Patriots.

MC was led by Will Carmickle who had 21 points and 16 rebounds. Three other Patriots scored in double digits including Roby Boatright (15), Matt Weeks (15) and Jordan Stanton (13).

The Morthland men will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 26 when they host Logan Chiropractic at Max Morris Gym in West Frankfort. Tip is set for 3 p.m.