Boys Basketball: Titans Offense Soars but Opener Ends in Overtime Loss

(Dec. 3, 2009) - The Dominion High School boys basketball team tipped off the post-DeAndre Albritton era -- the talented four-year standout who led the Titans to the school's first ever AA Dulles District title last year and all the way to the VHSL Division 3 state quarterfinals -- with an offensive flourish but the Titans could not hold a 6-point lead in the final minute of the opener and they fell, 95-91, to Osbourn in the Brown's Nissan Tip Off Classic.

The Titans had six players score in double digits including 6-foot-4 senior Brendan Lidral-Porter (17), junior Andre Evans (16), junior Jordan Chinn (14), junior Kevin Conboy (13), junior DeAndre Reaves (13) and senior Matt Care (10).

Lidral-Porter was making his varsity debut after playing junior varsity last season, and Evans was debuting for the Titans after transferring from Briar Woods where he played last season as a sophomore.

Robert Carter, second team All-Cedar Run District last year for the AAA Eagles, led all scorers with 31 and Jay Lane added 22 for Osbourn.

In the tournament opener, Fairfax beat Dunbar, 69-49.

Osbourn and Dunbar will play at 6 p.m. Friday followed by Dominion vs. Fairfax at 8 p.m.


Halftime: Osbourn, 35-32.
Regulation: 80-80.
Final: Osbourn, 95-91
Three-point goals: D 7 (Evans 4, Care 2, Huff).

Osbourn

Name 2pts-3pts-FTM-FTA Total Points

Thomas 2-1-2-2 9

Whitehead 0-0-2-2 2

Bates 6-0-4-8 16

Lane 8-1-3-8 22

Roberson 4-0-3-6 11

Delaney 1-0-0-0 2

Carter 7-2-11-17 31

Freeman 1-0-0-2 2
Totals 29 25-45 95

Dominion

Evans 1-4-2-2 16

Chinn 6-0-2-2 14

Reaves 6-0-1-3 13

Care 2-1-2-6 10

Lidral-Porter 7-0-3-5 17

Huff 1-1-1-2 6

Coleman 1-0-0-0 2

Conboy 5-0-3-5 13

Totals 35 14-27 91.