Oakton Cougars Beat Westfield Bulldogs, 56-41
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Oakton Cougars Beat Westfield Bulldogs, 56-41

Oakton’s Winson Aja-Omu scores 27 points.

Noah Kim, who scored 10 points in Westfield loss to Oakton, gets shot off before Damien Brooks #10 and Chris Neary #11 can get to his shot.

Noah Kim, who scored 10 points in Westfield loss to Oakton, gets shot off before Damien Brooks #10 and Chris Neary #11 can get to his shot. Photo by Will Palenscar/The Connection

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Westfield JV Basketball Coach Jamie Shepherd is awarded a plaque for his 20 years as a Westfield coach.

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Kyle Whippon led Westfield with 12 points in a game with Oakton.

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Westfield’s Will Vetter pulls up for a jump shot.

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Kyle Whippon #3 drives to basket while being defended by Winston Aja-Omu #34.

The Westfield Bulldogs hosted the Oakton Cougars on Feb. 6.

The Cougars jumped out to an early double digit lead in the opening quarter, 14-4. Winson Aja-Omu scored 6 points in the quarter for Oakton. Chase Whippon and Samuel Johnson each had a basket for the Bulldogs.

In the second quarter, Westfield's Noah Kim would score 10 of his team's 16 points. Oakton would add 13 points behind Aja-Omu's 8 points, giving Oakton a 27-20 halftime advantage.

In the third quarter Aja-Omu would score 8 of Oakton's 14 points. Westfield's Kyle Whippon would add 5 points for the quarter, while teammate Will Vetter would add 3 points. With a quarter remaining Oakton's lead was 41-28.

Westfield would score 13 points in the fourth, with Kyle Whippon leading the way with 7 points and finishing with a team high 12 points for the game. Winson Aja-Omu would tally 6 more points in the quarter to finish the game with a team and game high 27 points.

With the 56-41 win Oakton improves to (10-10) (3-4). Westfield falls to (6-14) (1-5).