OAA White Rewind-Girls Basketball

Written Wednesday January 22nd, at 8:30 AM

The White in Girls Basketball has opened up a bit in recent days with Rochester Adams leading the league at 7-0 , Troy is a game and a half back at 5-1 while Bloomfield Hills is 4-2 in the league. Orion is 3-3, Oxford is 3-4, Rochester is 2-5, Farmington is 1-5 and Groves is 0-5.

Oxford received some good news as junior star forward Jessica Murphy returned from a broken wrist against Farmington. She had 10 points in that game Tuesday night. Murphy averaged 19.6 points per game until the broken wrist. Skye Donaldson and Sam Medici have carried the Wildcats in her absence. Donaldson had 19 points in a 51-34 win Tuesday night while Medici had 18 points against Adams in an overtime loss. The big question will be is can Murphy's broken wrist hold up or did she come back too soon??? Oxford will have a big test Friday when they will host Troy in a rematch where the Wildcats lost earlier in the season at Troy.

Bloomfield Hills have been scoring at will on opponents and Tuesday's game against Rochester was no exception, the Blackhawks put up 63 against the Falcons thanks in large part to the trio of Shannon Wilson, Shaylin Brown, and Alex Jackson. Wilson had 14 points, while Jackson and Brown each had 12 points. The Blackhawks have put up 72 against Oxford, 71 against Groves, 70 against Royal Oak, and now 63 against Rochester. Now this list may not be impressive with the competition with the exception of Royal Oak (who is decent in the Blue) and Oxford with an asterisk because they did not have Jessica Murphy in that game due to the broken wrist. The Blackhawks gets Lake Orion on Friday, a team that is very strong defensively in it's own rights and still has to play Troy and Oxford at home and then go to Adams.

Rochester Adams needed 1:20 seconds in the third quarter to turn a 15-13 lead into a 39-22 lead late in the game against Lake Orion in a 40-30 win. Jenny Ronsoke and Hannah Grieb in that game carried them while Raiven Owusu and Amber Jamison got their points late. Adams has been struggling lately despite the fact that they are unbeaten so far but the next two games could fix those problems in a hurry, they host Farmington and then go to Troy Athens next week. The schedule could be daunting, they have to play Stoney Creek, go to Troy, and Lake Orion to close the season but they do get Bloomfield Hills and Oxford to go to Rochester.

Farmington ever since the 51-42 win over Groves, the Falcons have struggled to score over 40 points. Farmington lost to Oxford 51-34 on Tuesday night, now stands at 3-9 overall. Mya Douse did return from her knee injury and should contiune to help Maria Perauah, Taylor Surremeyer, and Maddy Trevestain for the rest of the season. The schedule will be tough especially with Friday when they go to Adams and still have trips to Bloomfield Hills (twice), Lake Orion, and Troy.

Troy suffered a mind boggling 50-25 loss to Stoney Creek but they didn't have Sydney Heath in that game. Now she is back for the Colts, their team is a lot better with Heath in the lineup. Rachel Zelmanski and Rachel Grecky have been playing well for the Colts along with the emergence of Nicole Niemic. Troy travels to Oxford on Friday and still has to go to Bloomfield Hills, they have Lake Orion and Adams at home. The Colts could be a huge challenge for the league and could be a strong dark horse, they play Waterford Mott and Lauren Hung in districts.

Groves has been struggling badly and it got worse  when they were blown out by Birmingham Seaholm 65-15 on their home floor. The Falcons let Elise Tolbert score 34 points on them, which was a Maples school record and then they were blown out 71-20 by Bloomfield Hills on Thursday night of last week. Groves now sits at 1-9 and plays Rochester next then it's Ferndale University. Did I mention that they haven't played Lake Orion or Troy yet and they play them each twice, that's frightening.

Rochester has played better lately especially Alexa Haupt. Haupt had 15 points against Adams in the Crosstown showdown last week and 10 points against Bloomfield Hills. If Haupt, Zo Schultz, Ivy Schultz, and Maddy Williams, who had 15 points against Bloomfield Hills. Rochester should get a couple of wins under their belt here when the Falcons plays Groves on Friday and then Farmington next week.

Lake Orion suffered a tough loss when Hannah Hamay went out with a concussion, and there is still no timetable for her return. The Dragons are 2-1 without Hamay this season but suffered a 40-30 loss to Adams on Tuesday without her. Lake Orion's four losses this season have been by a total of 32 points. They have two tough road games at Bloomfield Hills on Friday and at Troy next week before getting Groves at home for the first time this season.

We'll see what happens folks.