Outlaw hoopsters fall to Philomath

The Outlaws lost 59-53 on the road at Philomath on Tuesday, January 10.

The game started out evenly matched and at the end of the first quarter the score was tied at 13. Sisters outscored the Warriors in the second period to take a 23-17 lead at the half.

Sisters was outscored in both the third and fourth quarters which resulted in the loss.

In the first half of the game the Outlaws pressured the Warriors and forced turnovers.

“We led by six at the half because of our execution and defensive pressure,” said Runco.

Runco said, “In the second half we shot ourselves in the foot.”

Sisters gave up 17 offensive rebounds, 11 of which came in the second half. The Outlaws also missed 10 of their 11 fourth quarter free-throws and turned the ball over 20 times during the game.

The Outlaws shot 61 percent from the line and 40 percent from the field.

“Bottom line is that when you’re on the road you just can’t do those things,” said Runco. “I wasn’t pleased with our conditioning, but we’re taking care of that!”

Runco added, “We have the right guys doing the right stuff, but we just need to take care of business. We’ve got a great group of kids and now we’re into league. Everybody is equally matched and it’s going to be a dogfight.”

Jeff Fitter led the Outlaw offense with 14 points. Carter Davenport had 11 points and both Guy Mount and Nate Jackson contributed 10.

The Outlaws will go up against Molalla at home on Friday, January 20. Tip off is set for 7:15 p.m.