The Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders traveled to Pewamo-Westphalia Friday night for a non-conference tilt which saw the Lady Pirates turn away OE, 39-35.  Ovid-Elsie falls to 1-1 while PW stands at 1-0.

The Lady Marauders came out strong and led 9-0 before PW came storming back but OE led 13-10 at the end of the first stanza.  PW held a slight 7-6 advantage in the second quarter but Ovid-Elsie hung on to the lead 19-17 at half.  The third quarter saw PW outscore OE 9-5 while PW also outscored OE 13-11 in the final stanza.

"This is the kind of test we wanted," said OE Head Coach Ryan Cunningham.  "We built a tough non-conference schedule and while we want to win each game, we also need to prepare ourselves with some tougher opponents.  This was just a great high school basketball game and it was everything we thought it was going to be."

PW held a slight advantage at the free throw line connecting on 9 of 12 attempts while OE hit just 6 of 12.  However, the Lady Pirates outrebounded Ovid-Elsie 28-19.

Evalyn Cole led the Ovid-Elsie attack with 12 points and 4 rebounds while Braeden Tokar added 10 points and 3 assists.  Hailee Campbell chipped in with 6 points, Ellyanna Carman 3 points, and Ava Bates and Kiah Longoria 2 points each.  Bates added 5 rebounds while Longoria had 3 steals.

Ovid-Elsie collected 7 steals off of 9 PW turnovers and shot a respectable 36% from the field.  The Lady Marauders also handed out 10 assists on 14 made baskets.

Ovid-Elsie will host Dansville (2-0) on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. for their annual Tribute to Service Night.  There is no JV game scheduled.