The JV Lady Marauders topped Lakeville 23-2 in a conference matchup that helped move OE to 11-3 (9-0 MMAC) on the season. Despite a dismal shooting performance (19% from the field), the ladies stood strong on the defensive end against the Railroaders.

“We really struggled to put the ball in the hoop overall as a team tonight,” Coach Belill stated, “but defensively we did well overall and we limited our turnovers as a team, too.”

Despite the struggles shooting, OE would turn the Railroaders over 29 times (19 of them steals), out rebound them by a 35-28 margin, and assist on 7 of 10 made baskets.

Hailie McCreery did an awesome job of keeping a shooter’s mentality throughout the overall team shooting slump and ended up with 7 points to lead the team. Haylee Palus (5 steals, 4 rebounds), El Carman (5 steals, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), and Trinity Ziola (2 rebounds) each added 4 points. Katie Thornton (3 rebounds, 2 steals) and Aubrey Kurka (3 rebounds, 2 blocks) rounded out the scoring with 2 points each.