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Game 8: Oran completes sweep for higher seeds
The Oran Eagles completed a first day sweep for the higher seeds by beating the Leopold Wildcats 78-62 in the match-up between eight and nine seeds.
Oran never trailed after the first quarter.
The Eagles, who were led in scoring by Cody Romas with 23 points and Kody Campbell with 22, will now face top-seeded Charleston on Thursday.
Leopold will take on Delta in the consolation bracket. Darren VanGennip had 21 points for the Wildcats, and Clayton Stoverink had 18.
ORAN 78, LEOPOLD 62
LEOPOLD | 15 | 6 | 15 | 9 | -- | 62 |
ORAN | 18 | 13 | 17 | 15 | -- | 78 |
LEOPOLD (62) -- Cody Van De Ven 4, Wade Wiseman 3, Trenton Vandeven 5, Darren VanGennip 21, Larry Nussbaum 9, Clayton Stoverink 18, Jordan Jansen 2. FG 25, FT 10-15, F 17 (3-pointers: T. Vandeven 1, VanGennip 1. Fouled out: none)
ORAN (78) -- Cody W. Dirnberger 10, Kurt Rendleman 10, Cody Romas 23, Tyler Beardslee 8, Kody Campbell 22, Jake Kluesner 3. FG 30, FT 11-19, F 16 (3-pointers: Romas 3, Campbell 2. Fouled out: none)