Memorial wins the second act

After a slow first half to the boys game, Memorial turned it up a notch in the second, beating Edmond North for the second time in two weeks, this time 56-43 to move to 5-1. The Huskies are now 4-2, with both their losses coming to the Bulldogs. The first quarter of the crosstown rivalry yielded few points, as the first basket came 7 minutes into the game on a Sean Pedulla layup, giving the Bulldogs their first lead. North’s Dalante Shannon would answer on the next possession and tie it. The back-to-back first buckets for each team were a foreshadowing, as Pedulla and Shannon finished as their respective team’s leading scorers. The second quarter was as back-and-forth as it could be, but Huskies center Abraham Aghasedo got the go-ahead bucket in the paint to give North an 18-16 lead into halftime. He would finish with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, all in the paint. But Sean Pedulla was a huge factor in the Memorial comeback. He finished with just 6 points in the first half before a scorching second half left him with 25 in total. He finished 7-of-14 from the field, and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. “Sean is one of the best offensive talents in the state,” Memorial head coach Shane Cowherd said. “Sean didn’t really settle for bad shots. He was manufacturing good offense for him, getting to the free throw line and getting to the rim.” The Bulldogs started to slip away midway through the third quarter, and never looked back, outscoring North 40-25 in the final two quarters. Shannon led North with 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field. Pedulla led the Bulldogs with 25, followed by Gabe Seat with 7. Seat didn’t miss a shot all night, going 2-for-2 from the field and flawless from the free-throw line.

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MEMORIAL WINS THE SECOND ACT

DEREK PARKER

Edmond Sun | 12/16/2019

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