The Ovid-Elsie Lady Marauders used a staunch third-quarter defensive effort to help turn away the visiting Durand Railroaders Friday night en route to a 57-19 MMAC victory.  During that third-quarter stretch, Ovid-Elsie was able to keep Durand off the scoreboard with a 17-0 run.

The Lady Marauders also held scoring advantages in each of the three other quarters - 16-8, 17-8, and 7-3.

"I thought we played with a lot of energy in the third quarter," said Head Coach Ryan Cunningham.  "We pride ourselves on playing great defense and we knew we made a couple of defensive mistakes in the first half and wanted to correct that."

Ovid-Elsie would go on a 25-0 scoring streak and push the lead to as many as 40 points before Durand would claim three points in the fourth stanza.

Ava Bates led all scorers with 16 points while Evalyn Cole had another great all-around game scoring 12 points and adding 7 steals and 7 assists.  Hailee Campbell added 8 points and 5 rebounds while Ellyanna Carman chipped in with 7 points and 3 rebounds.  Braeden Tokar added 4 points to go along with 8 assists,  Tava Kvalevog and Alyson Moore added 3 points and Francesca Giacobbe 2 points.

The Lady Marauders out-rebounded Durand 25-13 while handing out 22 assists on 23 made baskets.  Ovid-Elsie would connect on 51% of their shots while holding Durand to just 21% from the field.  Ovid-Elsie also collected 15 steals off of 23 Railroader turnovers.

Ovid-Elsie improves to 7-0 (5-0 MMAC) and will be back in action next Friday night at Durand.