The freshman basketball team started the season off on the right note, defeating Clayton 44-40 in overtime. The game had started going badly even before it began. Over the weekend, star wing Jack Andrews, freshman, broke his nose at practice. This knocked him out of the opener, putting the team at a steep disadvantage. After starting the night slowly, the Cats stormed back to take a 10 point lead going into the fourth quarter. But Clayton responded with a run of their own, and wound up with a 40-38 advantage with a minute to play. The young freshmen had their backs against the wall. With 30 seconds left, Jordan Hawkins, freshman, made a huge steal and threw it down court to Logan McCall, freshman, who made the easy layup to tie the game. McCall really stepped up in Andrews absence, he made a couple key shots and played tough inside. After extending it to OT, Nick Cacciarelli, freshman, took over and scored the only 4 points during the extended time. It was a rocky start to the season, but the Wildcats pulled out the W to start the season on the right side of the win-loss column.