Okoboji won a thrilling 58-56 game in Milford vs West Lyon on Tuesday night. The game was close throughout with neither team taking a lead larger than seven points. The Wildcats would jump out to a 4-0 lead, but two Peyton Schmitz baskets quickly pulled Okoboji even. The rest of the quarter was back and forth with West Lyon taking a 13-12 lead into the second frame. West Lyon would get up 15-12 but a Riley Meyer three-pointer would tie it at 15 with 6:30 left in the quarter. West Lyon would take the lead back and push it to 23-19 before a Peyton Schmitz basket right before halftime would make it a 23-21 game. West Lyon would take their largest lead of the game at 28-23 midway through the third quarter, but an 11-4 Okoboji run, fueled by two Riley Meyer three pointers would give Okoboji a 34-32 lead. West Lyon would regain the lead with a 6-0 run to make it 38-34 before Okoboji ended the quarter on a 12-3 run, including five straight points by Brynn Ness to take a 46-41 lead into the final quarter. The Pioneers got up 48-41 but West Lyon went on an 8-2 run to trim the lead to 50-49. Okoboji again answered, with four straight points to make it 54-49 but the Wildcats would not go away and cut the lead to 55-53 with just over 1:00 to play. The Pioneers would get some key stops and free throws by Riley Meyer and Ava Packebush would put the game away. Riley Meyer led Okoboji with 21 points to go along with 8 rebounds and 2 assists; Peyton Schmitz had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Ava Packebush added 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Annie Metzger and Kyndra Gramstad led West Lyon with 10 points each. Okoboji improves to 3-11 on the season while West Lyon falls to 7-5.
Quotes from Coach Adams
“We are just so happy for this group to pull out a victory over a really good West Lyon team. These girls have stuck together and kept working and playing hard through some tough losses, and to see the excitement and joy on their faces after the game was awesome. Peyton had a great game and really got us going in the first half with 12 of her points, she was so active on the offensive glass with 9 offensive rebounds. Riley had another great game and helped us get the lead with some big buckets and free throws. Ava was great on both ends of the court and just does such a great job of leading this group. Brynn Ness had some great minutes for us and her flurry at the end of the third quarter really gave us some great momentum heading into the fourth quarter. To score 58 points against such a good defense like West Lyon will hopefully give us some confidence moving forward.”
