Outlaws stomp Sweet Home

The Outlaws' outstanding defense earned them a big 65-36 win over the Huskies of Sweet Home at home on Friday, January 13.

Sweet Home was a scrappy opponent and played a very aggressive style, pressing and trapping all over the court.

Coach Rand Runco told The Nugget that the Outlaws did a pretty nice job of defending the Huskies and didn't allow many open three-point attempts.

Sisters jumped out early in the contest and at the close of the first period were up 17-5. The Outlaws were able to handle the Huskies' press, and by the half held a comfortable 36-18 lead.

The Outlaws came out strong in the third and outscored the Huskies 16-5 and went on to easily win by 29.

Sisters' defense limited the Huskies leading scorers to just five points each.

Runco said, "We missed too many open shots and were not used to having so many two-on-one situations. We got better as the game progressed and were able to get everyone into the game early. Sweet Home has a good program and is going to improve in this up-tempo system, and it will be interesting to see them in a month."

Ten Outlaws players contributed points in the game with John Erickson, Eli Harrison and Tim Hernandez leading the onslaught.

Erickson scored 11 points, dished out 10 assists and pulled down six boards for the Outlaws. Harrison scored 11 points and Hernandez recorded 10. Bryan Boswell put up nine points, Bryce Alderman contributed seven, and Chase Goff added six. Goff also had eight rebounds and seven assists in the game.

Sisters is 1-0 in league and 11-3 overall. The Outlaws will match up against Cottage Grove on Friday, January 20, and the following Tuesday, January 24, will play at home against Elmira. Games are set to begin at 5:45 p.m.