The Cameron Dragons women basketball workforce, pictured with their OVAC 1A trophy after defeating Frontier 39-31 on Saturday contained in the ECO Center.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Dragons Dynasty retains on rolling.
The Cameron Dragons proved as soon as extra that they belonged atop the OVAC 1A competitors on Saturday inside Ohio University Eastern’s ECO Center, defeating top-seeded Frontier 39-31 for a exceptional sixth-straight convention championship.
“It’s really special for the girls and for the team to win a sixth straight championship,” Cameron head coach Holly Pettit stated. “You know, just, it starts with day one in November, being in the OVAC championship game is a goal from the beginning. To come and to win the championship, especially six in a row, is definitely something special.”
In a low-scoring affair, Cameron discovered sufficient offense to guide 10-5 after the primary quarter and 24-9 at halftime.
Kendra Thomas and Emma Francis every scored 11 factors to tempo the Dragons. Thomas added 5 rebounds and two steals.
Francis was named the John Howell Memorial Most Valuable Player of the sport.
“I’m so glad to see her have a game like she did today,” Pettit stated of Francis, who made a pair of 3-pointers Saturday. “You know, she took last year off, she came back her senior year and we couldn’t be happier to have her back. She shot the ball well. She had some key rebounds for us there when the game was a little bit tight and for her to step up was really important.”
For all the members of the Cameron women basketball workforce, they could wrestle to recollect a time when their hometown Dragons weren’t OVAC champions, as expectations have been raised– and sustained– inside the program for years.
“The seniors that I have this year, they got to be a part of state championship teams and I think being with some of the best players in the state shaped them into the players that they are today. Also starting with our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors that play now, you know, they work hard every day and I think it’s starting to become a tradition in Cameron.”
Frontier was led by Anna Bowersock, who scored a dozen for the Cougars, who end as OVAC runner-ups in back-to-back seasons.
Saturday was the third assembly of this season between the Dragons and Cougars, although Frontier had overwhelmed Cameron of their earlier two matchups.
“I think there was some different personnel,” Pettit stated, when requested concerning the distinction between Saturday and her workforce’s earlier encounters with Frontier. “But I told the girls that I thought that we could run the ball on them, get up and down the court a little bit better, and I think that we beat them in transition and limited second chance shots.”
Before Saturday, Pettit emphasised rebounding and limiting further scoring alternatives, and Cameron gained the rebounding battle 38-30 in opposition to the Cougars, and had 9 second-chance factors to Frontier’s seven.