Okoboji won their second straight game with a hard-fought 50-44 victory at George-Little Rock on Friday night. The Mustangs would jump out to a 7-2 lead and would push that to 14-7 at the end of the first quarter. Okoboji started the second quarter with an 8-3 run to climb back to 17-15 before GLR would take a 24-21 lead into halftime. The Pioneers would take their first lead of the game late in the third quarter on a bucket by Ava Packebush and would maintain a small lead at 34-32 entering the final quarter. Okoboji pushed that lead to 43-38 but the Mustangs would answer with a 6-0 run to take a 44-43 lead with 3:00 left in the game. A three-pointer by Courtney Bockman put the Pioneers back on top 46-44 and a later lay-up by Bockman put the game away in the final :20. Makenna Helmers led a balanced Okoboji attack with 9 points and 3 assists, and she was followed by Ava Packebush with 8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Lynnae Abrahamson with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Carly Carstens with 8 points and 3 assists, Courtney Bockman added 7 points and Zoey Holmes led Okoboji with 10 rebounds. Lindsey Haaken and Wyleigh Steenhoven each score 10 points for GLR. Okoboji improves to 7-12 on the season while the Mustangs fall to 3-13.
Quotes from John Adams
“Another battle in the Siouxland Conference tonight. Both teams played extremely hard, and we were able to just get a few more stops at the end of the game to pull it out. Makenna showed her toughness, chipping a tooth in the 3rd quarter but coming back in the game to hit a huge 3-pointer and helping us get some huge stops. Zoey Holmes was really good on the glass and guarded extremely well and Court, Ava, Carly, Nae and Olivia Lorenzen all hit some big shots for us in that second half. It was a great team win and we’re extremely proud of how this group continues to stick and grow together.”
