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Ellie Koep (Parkers Prairie Girls Basketball)

By Craig Olson, 01/28/25, 8:30AM CST

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Senior Ellie Koep of the Parkers Prairie girls’ basketball team is the Olson Oil Company Athlete of the Week.  In three wins last week Koep had 86 points as the Panthers improved their winning streak to six games and their overall record to 11-6.

 

In the first game of the week, a 49-45 win over Brandon-Evansville on Tuesday, Keop’s line showed her with 17 points, including 11-of-15 from the free throw line, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 deflections, 3 steals and 3 blocked shots.

Koep scored 23 points in a 69-52 victory over Battle Lake on Thursday night, while adding 4 rebounds, 9 deflections, 3 steals and 3 blocks, and then scored a career high 36 points to lead Parkers past Benson 75-41 on Saturday night.  She had 23 of her 36 in the first half, including 5 of her 7 3-point baskets.  She was 7-for-9 from behind the arc and 14-for-23 overall.  In addition, she snagged 6 rebounds, had 3 deflections and a pair of steals.

“Ellie was locked in all night, and it started on the defensive end,” noted head coach Hunter Haggenmiller.  “She was a great teammate in the second half as well, as she moved the ball around well to set up her teammates for scoring chances.”