Late Monday night, senior guard Bo Ogden walked into the gym. He was on a mission: to find his shot.

He found it in a big way and used it heavily against the Jaguars the next night. He took 10 shots from behind the arc and drained seven of them, culminating in a 30 point night, the highest of his short career at Westlake.

“His ability to shoot with range, but then he can play off the dribble, and then he can make passes,” head coach Robert Lucero said. “So he’s an excellent, not just a shooter, not just a scorer, he’s a playmaker for others as well…There’s just so many things he can do.”

The Chaps (3-0) three-point shooting abilities overwhelmed Buda Johnson (1-2), 80-45, Tuesday Night at Al Bennett Court. Last year, the Chaps only put up 80 once, coincidentally against the Jaguars as well.

Lucero pointed to the fact that due to the Jaguars defensive scheme – a zone defense – it allowed for the Chaps to not only practice a whole game against zone, but also to shoot a high volume of threes.

Ogden, a four-star Texas commit, was the major force for the Chaps in their home opener. Although he hadn’t shot well in previous games, Ogden found his rhythm against the Jaguars.

“I try not to think honestly,” Ogden said. “I thought last night, when I was trying to find my shot, I was thinking too much. I was trying to guide it when I know I’ve shot a lot of shots. I’ve practiced just trying to shoot it without thinking.”

Ogden wasn’t the only one to shoot it well from deep. Senior guard Blake Cannatti and Junior guard Mack Martin added four threes on seven shots apiece. En route to four made threes in a row, Martin put up a three from the left side corner. Falling back, Martin nailed the shot and blew a kiss toward the baseline as the referee whistled for an and-one.

“There’s a bunch of guys on the team that are really good shooters, and they spend a lot of time [practicing],” Lucero said. “Bo is an elite shooter. Blake,…Mack can shoot it. Just go down the line.”

Playing to what Lucero called the strength of the team, Westlake took 29 shots from three but only 19 from two. They made 16 of the long balls and accounted for 60% of their points.

“[On] a drive-and-kick and they collapse, and [Westlake] kick it out, you’re supposed to shoot it, and if you don’t, you’re hurting the team,” Lucero said. “I think defining what a really good shot is helps the conscience of the shot. It’s not, ‘Oh, should I shoot it or not’? Tonight, nobody forced the shots, even the ones we missed. [ sophomore guard Hayes Goldman] is an excellent shooter, [but] missed on the corner. It was the right shot, so it doesn’t matter.”

Without an empty seat in the house, the students and families packed out Tony Salazar Arena for the home opener. For Ogden and Martin, it was their first ever game at home as a Chapparal. Both guards transferred in this year, Ogden from St. Michaels and Martin himself from the Jaguars.

“I’m so glad those guys have come,” Ogden said. “I’m new here at the school, but it was really cool to see all my new friends and stuff coming out to the game. I was really excited to see that.”

The Chaps will look to continue their offensive domination tomorrow against Rouse, who plays a different type of defense than Johnson.

“If Rouse played the way they played last year, it’s switching man,” Lucero said. “So we’ll have to look at the film and then decide how we’re gonna be able to use our strengths against that type of defense.”