OVID-ELSIE — The Lady Marauders limited MMAC title contender New Lothrop to just 16 points and kept their perfect conference record intact here in girls basketball action. Evalyn Cole and Ava Bates each scored nine points and Braeden Tokar added eight points as coach Ryan Cunningham’s O-E cagers improved to 3-2 overall, and first place in the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
(MMAC), with a 30-16 victory.
The visiting Hornets fell to 2-2 overall with their first MMAC loss. “I was really proud of our defensive effort tonight,” said coach Ryan Cunningham. “Our defensive focus and energy has been there all year but we need to help ourselves out offensively by hitting our bunnies. Our energy seems to flow with our scoring.” Bates added seven rebounds, three blocks and three steals for a stifling Marauder defense.
Izzy Loynes contributed 2 points, Ellyana Carman one and Hailee Campbell one to the O-E scoring ledger.
O-E girls get big game from Bates, cruise past Rams 54-40
MONTROSE — Junior Ava Bates erupted for 25 points s the Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders cruised past Montrose, 54- 40 in MMAC girls basketball play. Bates added 6 rebounds an “It was the kind of night we have been waiting for from Ava,” said Head Coach Ryan Cunningham. “She is more than capable and tonight she was hitting on all cylinders.”
Montrose came out swinging and took a slight 15-13 advantage after the first quarter but O-E stormed back with a 22-8 second stanza, in part because of Bates’s 17 first half points.
“We were a little slow getting out of the gate,” Cunningham said. “We made some adjustments in our press and I think we were a little off in our assignments. But in that second quarter, we got things worked out and built a nice lead. It was a great win and it was great to see every kid get into the game and contribute in some fashion.”
The Lady Marauders continued their high scoring affair with a 15-8 third quarter before relinquishing a 9-4 fourth quarter to the Rams. Evalyn Cole hit double digits once again with 13 points to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists while Ellyanna Carman chipped in with 5 points and 4 rebounds and Hailee Campbell 4 points and 3 rebounds. Kiah Longoria added 3 points, 4 assists and 2 steals with Aubrey Kurka and Braeden Tokar (3 assists and 3 steals) rounding out the Marauder scoring with 2 points each.
Ovid-Elsie handed out 13 assists on 20 made baskets and collected 16 steals off of 32 Montrose turnovers. In the rebound category, the Marauders and Rams were dead even at 28 caroms each.
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