Girls Game
Okoboji fell to #4 Class 2A Central Lyon 78-50 in Rock Rapids on Tuesday night. Both teams struggled early in the game to score as the Central Lyon held a 6-4 lead midway through the first quarter but the Lions would go on a 13-5 run to end the quarter and take a 19-9 lead. Okoboji cut that lead to 19-11 early in the second frame but a 7-3 run would give the Lions a double digit lead they would never relinquish. Central Lyon built that lead to 38-23 at the half. Okoboji kept cut the lead to 43-29 but would never Central Lyon pushed that advantage to 59-34 at the end of the third and would never look back while cruising to the 28 point victory. Ava Packebush led Okoboji with 12 points to go with 4 rebounds; Ella Stoll added 9 points with 5 rebounds, Olivia Lorenzen had 8 points and Carly Carstens chipped in with 7. Central Lyon had all five starters score in double figures with Kaylee Davis, Addison Klosterbuer and Desta Hoogendoorn all scoring 14 points. Okoboji falls to 3-3 on the season while Central Lyon improves to 5-1. Okoboji will take on their third ranked foe in a row when they travel to Class 3A #2 West Lyon on Friday.
Comments From Boji Coach John Adams
Give Central Lyon all the credit tonight, they came out and really took it to us early with their pressure defense and how hard they attacked the glass. They’ve got a great team and you saw that tonight with their balanced scoring and tough defense. Ava did a very good job of getting in the paint and scoring and Carly gave us some really nice minutes on both end of the court. We need to do a much better job as a team on the defensive end of the court and obviously on the glass as I believe we were outrebounded by almost 20; that’s on us as coaches to figure out and we’ll definitely spend the next two practices working on it. I know this group will work hard and improve and we’ll continue to grow together.
Boys Game
The Pioneers traveled to Rock Rapids Tuesday night to take on the Central Lyon Lions. The first quarter ended 15-10 in favor of Central Lyon. The game remained close until the end of the second quarter when Central Lyon made a run to lead 42-19 at the half. The third quarter ended 63-31 in favor of the Lions and game closed with a final of 79-53 Central Lyon. The Pioneers were led by Lucas Lorenzen’s 17 points. Aidan Dahms finished with 12 points as Okoboji falls to 2-2. Central Lyon improves to 4-0.
Comments From Boji Coach Ryan Stumbo
We started the game doing a nice job trying to impact their offensive rhythm, but we did not value the basketball like we needed to tonight. We gave a really good team to many extra opportunities. Give them a lot of credit. They are an athletic team with a lot of weapons and guard well. The game gave us an opportunity to learn and we will need to keep working hard going into break.
