Okoboji picked up their third straight win on the season with a 66-56 victory at Boyden-Hull on Tuesday night. Lynnae Abrahamson got the Pioneers off to a quick start with two straight three-pointers to give Okoboji a 6-2, lead but the Comets would answer with a 13-4 run to end the quarter and take a 15-10 lead into the second frame. Boyden-Hull would keep the Pioneers at bay in the second quarter and take a 33-29 lead into halftime. Okoboji responded in the third quarter with a quick 7-1 run to take a 36-34 lead midway through the third quarter and then hold onto a slim 47-46 lead entering the final frame. Okoboji started the fourth quarter on a 10-3 run to take control of the game at 57-49, and they would melt the game away with late free throws by Ava Packebush. Packebush and Abrahamson each scored 18 points to lead the Pioneers, who also got 9 points from Carly Carstens and 8 points from Courtney Bockman. Rylee Kelderman led Boyden-Hull with 18 points with Elly Moret and Ashtyn Kelderman adding 10 points each. Okoboji improves to 3-6 on the season while Boyden-Hull drops to 2-5.
Quotes from John Adams
“We are really proud of the girls and how they responded in that second half. We struggled to get much going in the first half and let Boyden-Hull get too comfortable on offense. The girls did a great job in that second half of picking up their intensity as well of taking care of the basketball better. Ava had a phenomenal second half and was big for us getting to the rim as well as hitting some big free throws. Lynnae hit six threes on the night and continues to shoot it at a high level. Carly was very solid on both ends of the court, Olivia and Courtney each hit some big shots and Lydia, Zoe and Emma were big for us off the bench in that second half. We challenged the girls after our first six games to find our identity on the defensive end of the court and we’ve done that the last three games. We’ll take some time off for Christmas Break now and then get ready for the second half of the season with practices later next week. This is a very fun group to be around and we’re excited to keep this positive momentum going.”
