Girls Game
Okoboji came away with a 52-28 win at George-Little Rock on Tuesday. The Pioneers jumped to a 10-1 lead behind strong post play from Montana Wilson and never looked back, building that lead to 16-2 at the end of the first quarter. Okoboji would continue to guard well in the second frame and take a 26-6 lead into halftime. The third quarter was played fairly even as GLR went on a 7-0 run late in the quarter to trim the Pioneer lead to 36-15 at the end of the third. The Pioneers would play all 14 of their suited players in the final frame and cruise to the victory. Montana Wilson led Okoboji with 15 points and 8 rebounds and also topped the 500 career rebound mark on the night. Lynnae Abrahamson scored 10 points and Carly Carstens added 9 to go along with 5 assists; 10 different Pioneers would score on the night. Wyleigh Steenhoven led the Mustangs with 7 points. Okoboji improves to 9-8 on the season while GLR falls to 0-16.
Comments From Head Coach John Adams
Super proud of Montana for reaching that awesome career milestone of 500 rebounds; talk about a kid who has just put her head down, worked hard and has done whatever is asked of her. I was proud of how the girls came out focused, especially on the defensive end of the court. Lynnae hit some nice shots for us, and Carly did a great job of controlling our offense. Makenna Helmers and Olivia Lorenzen did a phenomenal job of being disruptive on the defensive end of the court and all 14 kids did a great job tonight.
Boys Game
The Pioneers traveled to George Tuesday night to take on the Mustangs in another Siouxland Conference matchup. Okoboji got out to a good start taking a 18-9 lead at the end of the first. The Mustangs fired back throughout the second quarter to take a 26-24 lead going into halftime. The Pioneers answered with a 44-37 lead going into the final quarter and ended the game with a 57-44 victory.
The Pioneers were led by Lucas Lorenzen’s 27 points. The Mustangs were led by Isaiah Johnson’s 15 points. Drew Denekas contributed 13.
Comments From Head Coach Ryan Stumbo
We got out to a great start but settled too much offensively throughout the game and had too many moments where we lost focus defensively in the second quarter. Give GLR credit for taking advantage of that and competing hard. We had a great spark off of the bench from Josh Leman tonight who we thought was a difference maker in the game. Lucas Lorenzen was also obviously a huge deal for us, helping to settle us in throughout the second half and playing crucial defense throughout the night protecting the paint when we needed stops and boards.
With his performance tonight, Lucas Lorenzen has now become the all-time leading scorer in the history of Okoboij Boys Basketball. It is another incredible accomplishment for an outstanding player who has worked so hard and given so much throughout his career. We are so proud of Lucas and this team and look forward to building on all the positives moving forward with this group.
