Members of the Oak Ridge Wildcats boys basketball team are pictured above during the season-opener on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. From left are juniors Tyshawn Young (15), Tajion Jones (3), and E.J. Bush (2), seniors Geevantay Gee (12) and Javien Johnson (11), junior Deandre Gibson (10), and senior Darel Middleton (33). (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge boys and girls basketball teams both beat Anderson County on Friday, and both teams are now 4-0 in district games.
The undefeated Wildcats (11-0, 4-0 District 3-AAA) defeated the Mavericks 79-44.
And the Lady Wildcats (6-2, 4-0) beat the Lady Mavericks 58-31.
Oak Ridge junior Tee Higgins had the game high with 19 points in the boys game. Junior Tajion Jones scored 17, again hitting five three-pointers, as he did on Tuesday at Powell, according to Oak Ridge Wildcats.
The Wildcats outscored the Mavericks (7-5, 0-3) by 22-14 in the third quarter and by 30-7 in the fourth.
In the girls game, the Lady Wildcats outscored the Lady Mavericks (2-9, 1-2) 16-1 in the first quarter and were ahead 30-12 at halftime.
Sophomore Mykia Dowdell had 14 of Oak Ridge’s 30 points in the first half, and she finished with a game-high 24 points.
Oak Ridge has more district games on Tuesday, December 15, at Gibbs High School. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, and the boys game begins at 7:30 p.m.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats are pictured at home during a game against CAK on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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