AURORA | Centennial League league play is the ultimate classroom and the young Overland boys basketball team has been learning lessons the hard way.
The Trailblazers suffered their second tight conference loss in a week, letting a chance to beat Arapahoe on their home floor slip away in a 44-39 defeat Friday night at Overland High School.
Three single-digit quarters spelled doom for Overland, which got 11 points from junior T’Aren Williams, 10 from freshman De’Ron Davis and eight from sophomore Austin Conway. The Trailblazers dropped to 10-3 overall and 2-2 in the Centennial League.
Evan Walsh finished with a game-high 14 points for Arapahoe, which improved to 10-3 and 2-2 as well.
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ARAPAHOE 44, OVERLAND 39
Score by quarters:
Arapahoe 9 8 17 10 — 44
Overland 18 6 8 7 — 39
ARAPAHOE (44)
Thomas Trotman 3 0-1 7, Taven Sparks 3 2-3 8, Mitch Albyn 2 0-0 6, Evan Walsh 4 4-4 14, Matt Glasscock 0 4-4 4, Blake Nelson 0 0-0 0, Brendan Till 0 2-4 2, Ethan Brunhofer 1 0-0 3. Totals 13 12-16 44.
OVERLAND (39)
T’Aren Williams 2 6-6 11, Jaylen McDonald 3 0-0 7, Austin Conway 2 3-4 8, De’Ron Davis 4 2-6 10, Tre Thomas 0 1-2 1, Andrew Tillman 1 0-0 2, King Grant Perry 0 0-0 0, Tyler Stevenson 0 0-0 0, Reggie Gibson 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 12-18 39.
3-point field goals — Arapahoe (6): Mitch Albyn 2, Evan Walsh 2, Ethan Brunhofer, Thomas Trotman; Overland (3): Austin Conway, Jaylen McDonald, T’Aren Williams. Total fouls — Arapahoe 15, Overland 19. Fouled out — Arapahoe: Albyn. Technical fouls — None.
