Oakmont girls are flattened at Casa in CVC opener

Roseville Press-Tribune | 1/13/12
Brett Ransford

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Following a narrow loss to Roseville, Oakmont High School’s girls basketball team hoped to get back on track in its Capital Valley Conference opener Thursday night at Casa Roble.

To their dismay, though, the Vikings (10-8, 0-1 CVC) scored a season-low 28 points in a 43-28 loss to the Rams. Oakmont committed 19 turnovers and shot 9 of 17 from the foul line.

After taking a 6-1 lead, Oakmont’s scoring was lacking. Casa Roble’s 23 turnovers weren’t impressive either, but senior center Tara Prato-Morrison negated her team’s ball-handling troubles with consistent offensive rebounding and put-backs.

“You can win scoring 28 points, but we just didn’t do the basics,” Oakmont coach Al Voigt said. “We had more mental mistakes than turnovers, and we didn’t work together as a team.”

Ashley Rominger scored nine of Oakmont’s 12 points in the first half, including eight in the first quarter.

The Vikings were held to three points in the second quarter and scored fewer than 10 in each period. Oakmont pulled within 35-26 with less than four minutes to play in the game, but Casa quickly turned steals into opportunities to squash a comeback.

“We went into this game knowing we had to win it, and this is how we came out — flat,” Voigt said.