Final Score: Salem Academy 59 Bandon 45 Hard to watch this game and think Salem Academy isn’t the best team in 2A currently. What an incredible one-two punch Landen Mitchell and Jaren Ogelsby are, not only athletically, but offensively as floor stretchers and penetrators, and defensively as fast break starters. There really wasn’t a single phase of the game Bandon had control over in this contest, and those two are the main reasons why. Bandon looked offensively flummoxed in the first half. On virtually every possession it seemed if Owen Brown didn’t hit a deep three pointer, there was no shot for points. This can be attributed to Salem Academies defense in part, yes, but the motion within Bandon’s offense just was not creating any opportunities–easy or otherwise. The Tigers have talent, but it was plainly evident from the tip why SA is in a different category currently. Bandon has some players I really like–Eli Freitag, Sean Ells, and Will Panagakis just to name a few, but what their roadmap to Pendleton looks like is unclear at the moment.
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