Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits cruised to a 95-60 victory over the Jordan Panthers in their Monday night matchup at Browning High. Jordan took the early lead, going up 4-0 out of the gate, but after Poly\u2019s 12-0 run in the first quarter, the Jackrabbits maintained a solid lead throughout the night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really happy with the maturity our guys showed, being able to play the right way and coming out with energy,\u201d said Poly Coach Shelton Diggs after the game.<\/p>\n
A key contributor for the Jackrabbits Jakobi Oware, who scored a team-high 18 points.<\/p>\n
The sophomore, who already has two Division I offers, has only grown into his role on the team, establishing himself as an emerging talent for the Jackrabbits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis season he\u2019s really been able to blossom into his wing position, showing what he can do defensively and offensively,\u201d said Diggs.<\/p>\n
Along with Oware, his older brother Jonas Oware, Kamarie Smith, and Isaac Hagens each finished with 13 points, helping push the Jackrabbits to victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing out there with my brother, it just gives me the confidence to come out here, and when it\u2019s my turn to go, I can go,\u201d said Jakobi Oware.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This season, the Jackrabbits have had a tough schedule in which they have faced matchups against some of the top-ranked teams in the state, including Harvard-Westlake and the Windward School.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had some tough preseason matchups, but now that it\u2019s Moore League time, we\u2019re able to play a lot of other guys, including underclassmen, give them their confidence, and continue to build our rotation as we go forward,\u201d said Diggs.<\/p>\n
For the Panthers, Alvino Duncan had one of his best games of the season, finishing with a game-high 22 points. The junior came alive in the second half, scoring 18 points\u2013all from his 6 three-pointers\u2013including one stretch where he connected on three shots in a row from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
Poly\u2019s defense was on display all night, as the Jackrabbits forced turnovers and blocked shots while disrupting the Panthers\u2019 offensive flow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt starts with the little things, just getting up, playing defense, and then just believing, having confidence, that\u2019s all it takes,\u201d said Jakobi Oware.<\/p>\n
Poly\u2019s win continues the Jackrabbits\u2019 four-game winning streak, while handing Jordan their second consecutive loss following their game against Cabrillo last Friday.<\/p>\n
Both teams will be back in action this Wednesday as Poly (13-6, 4-0)\u00a0 takes on Cabrillo, and Jordan (11-9, 2-3) will match up against Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation. The562\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-131410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}