OXFORD

–

Coming

off

a

tough

loss

to

Marathon,

the

Oxford

Blackhawks

boys’

basketball

team

returned

home

to

host

Walton/Downsville

for

senior

night.

Prior

to

tip-off,

Oxford

honored

seniors

Ryan

Humphreys,

Sylas

Emerson,

Eli

Bennett,

and

Aidan

Amin

for

all

their

hard-work

and

dedication

to

the

basketball

program.

Oxford

had

a

one-point

lead

with

a

minute

left,

but

Walton/Downsville

scored

following

to

win

52-51.

Oxford

was

off

to

a

strong

first

half

before

the

break.

Donovan

Rickard

helped

the

Blackhawks

with

10

of

his

total

13

points

in

the

second

quarter,

where

the

team

scored

20

points.

Oxford

took

a

27-24

lead

at

halftime.

Both

teams

continued

to

play

neck-and-neck

in

the

second

half,

where

Oxford

continued

to

play

consistent.

However,

Walton/Downsville

banked

in

long

three’s

in

the

final

eight

minutes

and

that

boost

gave

them

strength

to

finish

with

under

a

minute

to

go.

Oxford’s

Caden

Rifanburg,

who

finished

with

12

points

and

two

three’s,

scored

the

go-ahead

basket

with

one

minute

left.

Jared

Sheridan

had

10

points

as

Eli

Bennett

led

the

seniors

with

five

points.

Oxford

(5-10)

travels

to

Harpursville

on

Monday,

February

5

at

5:30

p.m.

Scores

by

quarter:

WD 11 13 15 13—52

OX 7 20 12 12—51

WD:

London

Gardner

16,

Landen

Stanton

14,

Tyler

Reed

9,

Max

Dutcher

7,

Seth

Hunter

4,

Anthony

Soto

2.

OX:

Donovan

Rickard

13,

Caden

Rifanburg

12,

Jared

Sheridan

10,

Eli

Bennett

5,

Ben

Sheridan

5,

Kyle

Benjamin

4,

Sam

Hendricks

2.

Three-pointers:

WD

6

(Reed

3,

Gardner

2,

Dutcher);

OX

6

(Rickard

3,

Rifanburg

2,

Bennett).