Stinson’s free throws lift Oak Grove past Central Davidson

Stinson scored Oak Grove’s last four points, all on free throws, in capping a 12-point effort. He sank two that cut Central’s lead to 64-63. Oak Grove (8-9, 2-2 MPC) forced the Spartans (12-6, 2-2) into a 10-second backcourt violation with 17.4 seconds to go after Central called timeout to avoid one 10 seconds earlier.

Loucas Shoaf launched a 3-point attempt from a corner with just under 10 seconds left. It came up short but Stinson was fouled when he skied trying to tip the ball in, setting up his tying and go-ahead free throws.

The time remaining allowed Central to drive the ball into the frontcourt, but the Spartans turned the ball over without getting off a shot.

Central led 64-58 before Max Van Weerdhuizen started the comeback with the last of his four 3-pointers and 21 points with just over 10 minutes left.

Oak Grove led by one at the half and the teams traded the lead in a third quarter that ended in a 54-54 tie. Van Weerdhuizen sank a 3 that put Oak Grove ahead 57-56 with 6:45 left. Central then scored six straight points, all by Caden Poole for a 62-57 advantage with just over three minutes left.

Luke Staten led Central with 18 points and Poole added 17. Dalton Van Leuvan also had 12 for Oak Grove.

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Trista Charles led Oak Grove (11-6, 3-1) with 19 points that included three 3s. Haley Long added 15 on the strength of for 3s and Zaire Jones added 12.

Alexandra Myers netted 14 points for Central (8-9, 1-3) and Brooke Young added 10.

Trailing 30-29 after going much of the first half without center and offensive threat Jones because of foul trouble, Oak Grove played tighter defense as it opened the third quarter on a 15-4 run that included six points from Jones, four from Avery Ray and a key 3 from Long.

After a Central bucket, Oak Grove scored eight of the last 10 points of the quarter for a 52-38 margin entering the fourth.