OLNEY - The Blue Knights took care of business at Lake Land College on Wednesday, January 29 as they beat the Lakers 90-79. Olney Central moves to 17-4 overall and 8-3 in GRAC play.
Olney Central got down by as many as seven (7) in the first half, but came back to take a 49-45 advantage headed into intermission.
In the second half, the Blue Knights got up by as much as fifteen (15) after 6'5 freshman forward JJ Kalakon banked in a three-pointer from the right wing on a pass from 6'4 sophomore guard Nick Walker at the 11:12 minute mark.
Lake Land's Maurice Harris answered with a three-pointer of his own the very next possession and then Lake Land guard Adam Price scored on a traditional three-point play to pull the Lakers back within nine (9).
Next, Walker scored on a put back but Lake Land's Jacarius Burks answered with a post move to keep the lead in single digits for the Blue Knights.
7'1 redshirt-sophomore Jason Cudd got fouled the next possession and buried two free throws to put The Blue Knights up 75-64.
After that, the Lakers went on a 11-0 run. They got baskets from Jevon Morris, Hunter White, and Ty Waller. The game was tied (75-75) at the 5:53 mark.
Kalakon split a pair of free throws to kill the run and to take a one-point lead 76-75.
A turn around jumper at the foul line by Lake Land forward Ty Waller gave the Lakers a 77-76 lead with 5:25 to go in the game.
5'10 sophomore point guard Jalen Moore buried a three-pointer from the left wing to put the Blue Knights up 79-77.
The next possession Moore took the ball to the basket and scored on a layup and a few possessions later Walker scored a dump off pass by Moore to put the Blue Knights up by six (6) with three minutes to go.
The score was now 83-77.
The last basket by Lake Land came at the 1:40 mark when Price scored a lay up.
The Blue Knights went on to close out the game and win by a final score of 90-79.
Leading Olney Central in scoring was Moore with (29), 6'8 freshman forward Elijah Farr followed with (15), Walker (13), Kalakon (10), 6'1 freshman guard Tucker Hayes (9), 6'5 freshman forward Cobie Montgomery (8), 6'3 freshman guard CE Talton (4), and Cudd (2).
Moore led all rebounders with (9), Farr (8), Kalakon (5), Walker (4), Cudd (3), Talton (3), Montgomery (3), and T. Hayes (1).
The Blue Knights shot 48% from the floor (31-64), and 12-28 from behind the arc for 43%. They were 16-22 from the foul line for 73%.
Head Coach Mike Burris on the win - "It's always good to get a conference road win. We got down early and were just going through the motions, but the guys really guarded in the second half. They (Lake Land) do a good job of spreading you out and we did a much better job of taking away their paint touches in the second half. We were flooding to the ball and keeping them (Lake Land) in front."
Next Game - Saturday, February 1 at home vs Rend Lake (3:00pm)