Thursday night, December 22nd, the Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders took on the visiting Chesaning Indians in an MMAC showdown which features two undefeated conference opponents. Ovid-Elsie would come away with the victory, 54- 15.
Senior Kiah Longoria came out and scored 10 first quarter points to pace the Lady Marauders to a 23-3 first quarter advantage. Ovid-Elsie followed it up with an 11-5 second quarter and a 18-1 third quarter before surrendering the fourth quarter 7-2. Ovid-Elsie led by as many as 44 points which brought a running clock into play.
Photo by Denise Burgess
“I’m just so impressed with our defensive intensity,” said Head Coach Ryan Cunningham. “That’s the third straight game we’ve held our opponent to under ten points in the first half. Our girls take great pride in our defense and it really showed tonight. It was probably the most compete game – offensively and defensively – that we have played this season.”
Junior Evalyn Cole led all scorers with 20 points while adding 8 steels and 6 rebounds and fellow classmate Braeden Tokar added 11 points and 4 assists. Ava Bates added 8 points and 5 rebounds while Ellyanna Carman chipped in with 3 points and 3 rebounds and Izzy Loynes had 2 points to round out the Marauder scoring.
The Lady Marauders collected 18 steels on 33 Indian turnovers and handed out 12 assists on 21 made baskets. Rebounding was deadlocked at 25-25 but Ovid-Elsie out shot Chesaning 41% to 21% from the floor. Ovid-Elsie committed just 8 turnovers on the night.
Ovid-Elsie (5-2, 4-0 MMAC) will be idle until Ithaca (6-0) comes to town on January 3rd. Chesaning falls to 4-3 and 3-1 in the MMAC.
Cover Photo – O-E Lady Marauder District Champs
(Back row l-r) Chris Parker, Coach Cunningham, Lilly Bates, Ava Bates, Braeden Tovar, Evelyn Cole, Katie Lori, Danika Campbell, Erin Witt and Jason Tovar.
(Middle Row l-r) Alexa Murphy, Izzy Lorne’s, Hailee Campbell, Rylee Lewis, Kia Longoria, Kadley Bukantis.
(Front row l-r) Braylon Byrnes, Caitlyn Walter and Kaylee Hall. Congratulations Ladies!! See story page 13 and pages 10, 11 and 12 for more sports coverage. Photo by Denise Burgess
