Wildcats edge Scotties 37-36 for first conference win

The Harlem Wildcats have been on the wrong side of close games it seems nearly every weekend.

Saturday the boys managed to turn one in their favor as they edged District 2B rival Glasgow 37-36 for their first conference win of the season.

The Wildcats have really stepped up their defensive effort and have become a bit accustomed to playing in low scoring down to the wire games.

Harlem was able to score one more basket in the first eight minutes to take a slim 10-8 lead into the second quarter.

Both defenses continued to contain the others as a total of nine points were scored by both teams in the second quarter.

The Scotties trimmed the Wildcat lead to 14-13 when the teams took the court to start the second half.

The third quarter was an offensive explosion comparatively. The teams combined for 31 points in the stanza with Glasgow scoring one more, 16-15 to even the contest at 29-29 entering the fourth.

Harlem regained their defensive presence in securing a 37-36 win in another down to the wire contest.

Senior Marcus Henry led the Wildcat offense with 11 points in the win.

Senior Michael Butterfly and senior Keahna Little each scored eight for the Wildcats.

Harlem will host Shelby Friday in a non conference contest. Saturday the Wildcats will head to Poplar.