OKLAHOMA CITY — Westmoore had to know. They had to find out whether their torrid start to the season was for real or built on fool’s gold.

Lucky for the Jaguars Midwest City was in town Friday to help them find out those answers. There is no better litmus than the Bombers, who are the defending 6A state champions and ranked No. 4 in the state.

However, what the Jags found out may not have been to their liking. At least for one night they were not ready for the upper echelon teams in the state. The Bombers dismantled Westmoore 76-63 on the Jaguars home court.

“I don’t think we competed,” Westmoore coach Robert Foreman said. “They were intimidated from the word go. We have not got the program where I thought it was. And that is my fault.”

Heading into the contest, Westmoore had racked up a impressive 6-1 record and were ranked ninth in the state by Coachesaid.com. Their only loss had been in the Ardmoore Tournament.

Yet, the Jaguars had not been seriously tested until Midwest City. And the Bombers didn’t hesitate to exploit a few of the Jags’ weakness, which included rebounding.

The Bombers’ Chuck Sanders, Robert Wakefield and Quinton Johnson were beast on the backboards. They collected offensive rebounds and putbacks like they were $100 bills floating from the sky.

Unfortunately for Westmoore, they were unable to match the Bombers’ enthusiasm for rebounding.

“Sanders whipped us,” Foreman said. “We didn’t have that desire to rebound. I’m disappointed in how we competed. We didn’t play with a purpose.”

Sanders and Marcus Nelson led all scorers with 21 points each. Wakefield added 14.

Matt Mobley paced the Jags with 19, but he fouled out with 3:10 left in the game. Devonte Smith posted 16 and DeJuan Smith scored 11.

While both teams were terrible from the charity stripe, the Jaguars’ 22-of-33 performance hurt the most. It was also unexpected.

Midwest City started off with a 7-0 run and never trailed in the game. The Jags (6-2) made sporadic runs at times as Mobley and Devonte Smith were able to get into the lane and make plays.

But whenever it looked like Westmoore was on its way to making a game out of it, Midwest City (4-1) accepted the challenge like defending champions are supposed to and repelled the Jags.

“When the Bombers step on the floor, they believe they will win,” Foreman said. “We don’t. In order to get to that point, we have to beat the Midwest City’s, Putnam City North and the Del City’s. Right now we don’t have that mentality.”

On a night when Foreman picked up a technical foul for arguing a call, what upset him the most was that his Jaguars didn’t accept the Bombers challenge. Midwest City came out and got physical with them and they had no response.

Foreman doesn’t see that happening again.

“We got dominated on our own floor,” Foreman said. “That will not happen again. I promise you that.”



Del City 55, Westmoore 53

The Jaguars went on the road Tuesday and faced a talented Eagles squad. Even though they played better than their last outing, Westmoore still loss to a highly ranked DC squad.

The Jags opened up a 14-8 first quarter lead before watching the Eagles swarm back in the scond and third quarters. DC led 38-35 hading into the fourth quarter.

Westmoore had a chance to complete the oomeback, but when center Louis Marshall fouled out midway through the final period, that gave the Eagle big men clear path to the basket.

The Jags (6-3) were led in scoring by DeJuan and Devonte Smith. Both had 13 points. Marshall finished with 10. Mobley, who leads the team in socring on the season, was held to a season low five points.