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Otter Girls Finish Strong in 52-40 Win Over Brainerd

By Craig Olson, 01/29/19, 11:15AM CST

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The Fergus Falls girls basketball team closed the game on a 23-8 run on Thursday night, overcoming a 32-29 deficit to beat the Brainerd Warriors by the score of 52-40 for their seventh consecutive victory.  The win improves the Otters to 15-3 on the season and 8-2 in Central Lakes Conference play.

 

"I liked the way we stepped up without Lily Pearson in the lineup tonight," said Fergus Falls Head Coach Brad Strand.  "We also had a good ending to the game.  In the beginning it looked like we hadn't practiced for a few days, but I thought our execution was good down the stretch."

Fergus Falls made ten 3-point field goals and hit 8-of-11 from the free throw line.  Ellie Colbeck made five 3's and was perfect on six free throw attempts, finishing with a game high 21 points.  Tori Ratz connected on four 3's, scoring 14 points, and Sam Evavold added a dozen.  Sabrina Fronning led the Otters with 5 assists, 4 steals and 5 rebounds.  Ratz added 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Evavold had 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and Colbeck dished out 3 assists.

Courtney Russell was the lone Warrior to reach double figures, scoring ten points.

Each team had 19 turnovers in the game.  The Otters held a 26-16 edge on the boards.

In the JV game Fergus Falls lost to Brainerd, 43-38.  Carlie Meis led the Otters with 12 points as they dropped to 15-2 on the year.  In the 'C' game Fergus Falls won 65-22, improving to 15-1 on the season.  Hannah Polejewski led the way with 12 points.

The Otters will have a makeup game on Monday in Detroit Lakes and will host St. Cloud Apollo on Tuesday.