Okoboji fell at home to West Lyon 49-36 on Tuesday night. Both teams got off to a hot start with West Lyon taking a 4-0 lead before Okoboji answered with and 8-0 run of their own to take the 8-4 lead. The Wildcats, however would end the quarter with a 14-7 run to take an 18-15 lead into the second frame. Both defenses would step-up in the second quarter, but West Lyon was able to pull away at the free throw line and on second-chance points to take a 30-18 lead into halftime. West Lyon would build that lead to 37-20 but the Pioneers would not go away and cut the deficit back to 12 entering the fourth quarter trailing 39-27. Okoboji turned up the defensive pressure to start the frame and trimmed the lead to 43-36 with 4:00 left but the Pioneers would get no closer as the Wildcats pulled away for the 13-point victory. Lynnae Abrahamson led Okoboji with 10 points with Makenna Helmers adding 9 points. Emily Terwee led West Lyon with 19 points while Gianna Klarenbeek added 15 points. Okoboji dropped to 5-9 on the season while West Lyon improves to 9-3.
Quotes from John Adams
“I loved our effort and energy tonight, just didn’t execute well enough on the offensive end of the court, but give West Lyon credit for that, they really get after you on defense and make it hard to score in the half court. When we were scoring early, we had a hard time not rebounding the ball, and then when we cleaned that up, we had a hard time hitting shots. This conference is so hard night in and night out, and we’ll get ready now for two tough road games on Thursday and Friday.”
