EDMOND — Jalen Montonati couldn’t help but feed into the commotion swirling in the building.
Montonati came into Tuesday night’s game fully aware that Edmond Memorial sought to break even in district play with his Owasso squad, which won by 13 points when the two faced off 130 miles east in Tulsa in early December.
With a home contest this time around, the Bulldogs’ student section made it apparent early with boisterous shouts that they weren’t going anywhere.
Neither was Montonati.
“I love playing these types of rowdy environments,” Montonati said. “There isn’t much to say back to the crowd when the scoreboard looks like it did at the end. We try to let the final score do the talking over here.”
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A driven Montonati had the final word as the Bulldogs faithful headed for the exits. He closed out the Rams’ 52-44 win over Edmond Memorial with a falling turnaround jumper that banked off the glass like a dagger.