HOWE—Howe and Talihina split a pair of high school basketball games Tuesday night.

Howe’s girls cruised to an easy 84-35 win while Talihina’s boys bested Howe in a battle of two of the top teams in LeFlore County, 61-47.

The fourth-ranked Lady Lions improved to 10-3 with the win while Talihina’s girls dropped to 6-2.

In the boys’ game, Howe held a 12-10 lead after the first quarter before Talihina outscored the Lions 38-17 over the middle two quarters to take control.

Talihina (6-2), ranked fourth in 2A, was led by Kariim Byrd with 17 points while Nick McLemore added 12.

Howe (9-3) got 10 points from Michael Dean and Trey Nation.

The Lady Lions built a 39-17 lead at the half before outscoring Talihina 30-11 in the third quarter. Jalei Oglesby led Howe with 26 points while Justyn Lynn added 23 and Sydnie Womack finished with 12.

Morgan Burke led Talihina with 10 points.

Howe goes to Panama on Tuesday. Talihina is in the Kingston Tournament, starting Thursday. The Lady Tigers play Kingston while Talihina’s boys play Silo.

Boys
Talihina 61, Howe 47
Talihina  10  17  21  13—61
Howe      12    6  11  18—47
Talihina—Nick McLemore 5 1-3 0 12; Logan Maxey 0 3-4 0 3; Cooper Wright 2 3-4 1 7; Dylan Blair 2 0-2 5 4; Kariim Byrd 4 8-11 3 17; Kyler Baugh 4 0-0 4 9; Austin Fenton 4 1-4 5 9. TOTALS: 21 16-28 18 61.
Howe—Haydon Hall 1 1-2 2 3 Garrett Allen 0 0-0 1 0; Diego Sanchez 1 3-4 3 5; Brant Denton 3 0-0 5 7; Kaleb Brown 0 0-0 1 0; Brady Hardin 0 0-0 2 0; Reid Frasher 2 2-4 2 6; Michael Dean 2 4-5 1 10; Reece Mitchell 2 0-0 3 4; Mick Brimfield 1 0-2 0 2; Trey Nation 3 2-2 3 10. TOTALS: 15 12-19 23 47.

Girls
Howe 84, Talihina 35
Talihina  10   7  11  7—35
Howe     19  20  30  15—84
Talihina—Morgan Burke 4 2-4 3 10; Kailee Daney 0 1-2 0 1; Javen Potts 1 2-4 5 4; Sierra Stowell 0 0-1 3 0; Shay Hill 2 0-1 2 4; Dayton Holland 2 0-2 2 4; Ashley Robinson 1 1-2 1 3; Hailey McClain 1 0-0 2 2; Melina Ludlow 3 0-0 1 6. TOTALS: 14 6-16 19 35.
Howe—Elizabeth Crabtree 1 0-0 1 3; Jade McCoy 0 0-0 1 0; Sydnie Womack 4 0-0 1 12; Makayla Twyman 1 5-6 0 8; Jalei Oglesby 10 5-5 4 26; Rachel Beames 0 2-2 0 2; Hayli Baxter 0 1-2 0 1; Brittany Wann 1 0-0 3 2; Morgan Turner 0 3-4 1 3; Kennedi Cooper 0 0-0 2 0; Justyn Lynn 9 2-2 0 23; Caitlyn Stacy 0 1-2 0 1; Zoe Nation 1 0-0 4 3. TOTALS: 27 19-23 17 84.

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