Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for O'fallon

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

01/18/25 vs Okawville	44-31
01/16/25 @ Belleville West	63-14
01/11/25 @ Normal Community	63-47
01/09/25 vs East St. Louis	82-20
01/07/25 @ Belleville East	65-52

O'Fallon had won four straight games and Haeli Tart did her part to make it five on Saturday. The O'Fallon Panthers came out on top against the Okawville Rockets by a score of 44-31 thanks in part to Tart, who went 7 for 12 on her way to 20 points in addition to five assists and five boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last eight games she's played.

Several Rockets players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jilien Harre, who posted ten points. Those ten points gave Harre a new career-high. Brynn Rhodes was another key player, putting up nine points and seven rebounds.

O'Fallon is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.9 points per game. As for Okawville, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-6.

O'Fallon wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 53-47 win against Highland on the 20th. Okawville has also already played their next contest, a 40-24 loss against Carlyle on the 20th.