The Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders improved to 2-0 with a 50-29 win over the visiting Bath Bees (0-1) Thursday night.  Ovid-Elsie led by as many as 24 during the contest.

"Tonight was a great team effort," said Head Coach Ryan Cunningham.  "A lot of kids saw action tonight and we did some really good things both offensively and defensively."

Ovid-Elsie used a 12-3 first quarter surge to put Bath at bay but the Fighting Bees fought back with an 11-10 second quarter to only trail by 8 at half, 22-14.

"We felt that we left a lot of points on the floor during that second stanza.  We missed several easy shots," Cunningham noted.

Coming out of the locker room after half, Ovid-Elsie once again turned up the pressure and built a 41-21 lead with a 19-7 third quarter surge.  A 9-8 fourth quarter made the final score OE 50, Bath 29.

Braeden Tokar led the Marauders in scoring with 14 points while pulling down 3 rebounds.  Caitlyn Walter added 9 points, 2 steals and 2 assists while Kiah Longoria filled the stat sheet with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.  Braylong Byrnes added 5 points, Ava Bates 4 points and 10 rebounds, Kaylee Hall 3 points, Evalyn Cole 2 points and 4 steals, Hailee Campbell 2 points and 4 steals, Murphy Alexa 2 points, and Katie Lorio a free throw to round out the Marauder scoring.

Ovid-Elsie handed out 13 assists on 18 made baskets and collected 20 steals while turning Bath over 31 times.  The Lady Marauders also only committed 11 turnovers on the night.

Ovid-Elsie will host Lansing Eastern on Tuesday, December 7th for it's annual Military Appreciation Night.  Game time is slated for 7:00 p.m.