The Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders wrapped up conference play Friday night with a 67-34 victory over Chesaning.  Ovid-Elsie clinched their third straight undefeated conference championship.  Ovid-Elsie improves to 18-2 on the season with two games left before District play.

Ovid-Elsie opened the game with a 21-7 first-quarter surge and followed it up with a 14-7 second-quarter to lead 35-14 at the half.  Chesaning picked things up in the third quarter, but OE still outscored the Indians 20-13 before finishing them off with a 12-7 fourth quarter.

"I thought we did a nice job defensively again tonight, especially in the first half," said Head Coach Ryan Cunningham.  "They made a bit of a run in the third quarter but we were able to answer it with some nice offensive sets."

Braeden Tokar had a team-high 14 points to lead the Lady Marauders but it was the play of Alyson Moore and Ellyanna Carman that caught the attention of Cunningham.

"Carman was all over the place in the first half with 11 points and then Aly got hot.  I've been talking with her lately about just catching the ball and shooting and tonight she did just that," noted Cunningham.

Moore finished the game with 13 points which included going 4 of 4 from behind the arc.  Carman also finished with 13 points.

"That is the great thing about this team," added Cunningham.  "We are not made up of one or two players, we are a team.  Nobody cares who gets the credit as long as we put a notch in the win column.  These kids are genuinely excited for each other when they do well."

Tokar also added 5 assists and 2 steals while Carman added 5 rebounds and 6 steals.  Hailee Campbell scored 9 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, handed out 5 assists, and collected 6 steals while Evalyn Cole added 7 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals.  Dannika Campbell chipped in with 6 points, Tava Kvalevog 3 points, and McKenzie Keck 2 points.

Ovid-Elsie shot 51% from the floor on the night including 59.4% from 2-point range.  The Lady Marauders out-rebounded Chesaning 25-19 and collected 23 steals on 30 Indian turnovers.  OE also handed out 21 assists on 26 made baskets.

The Lady Marauders will be back in action next week as they travel to Genesee Christian on Tuesday before wrapping up the regular season at home on Friday night against Napoleon.  Both games are slated for 7:00 p.m.