Oran girls defeat Sikeston 54-24, reach .500

The Oran girls basketball team hit the .500 mark with Wednesday's trouncing of Sikeston.

Oran forced the visiting Bulldogs into more turnovers (31) than they had points in the 54-24 victory.

"We did a good job of causing some early turnovers with our full-court pressure," Oran coach Larry Boshell said. "Once the girls forced the turnovers, they capitalized by converting layups. We have some quick girls who are very productive in our press once they get in the right spots."

The Eagles (8-8) used those early turnovers to build a 25-6 lead midway through the second period.

Erica Michelsen led Oran with 15 poiints and 10 rebounds. Tiffany Glastetter had 12 points and 13 rebounds, including seven offensive. Callie Kielhofner scored 11 points with three assists and three steals.

Oran had 18 steals -- Alyson Seyer and Jodi Urhahn also had three each -- and 10 assists.

Oran 54, Sikeston 24

Sikeston 6 9 8 1 -- 24

Oran 17 9 15 13 -- 54

SIKESTON (24) -- Latoya Gipson 17, LaShawna Turner 4, Amber Minner 2, Andrea Coleman 1. FG 8. FT 7-18. F 11.

(3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).

ORAN (54) -- Erica Michelsen 15, Tiffany Glastetter 12, Callie Kielhofner 11, Alyson Seyer 7, Jodi Urhahn 6, Wendy Eftink 3. FG 21. FT 6-14. F 15. (3-pointers: Seyer 1, Kielhofner 1. Fouled out: none)

JV -- Oran won 46-39.