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Owls Knock Off Battle Lake Girls 51-35

By Craig Olson, 02/11/19, 10:00PM CST

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The Monday night encounter between the Hancock girls basketball team and Battle Lake was tight at halftime with the visiting Owls leading 24-19, however, Hancock took control in the second half and finished with a 16 point win, 51-35.

Three Hancock girls were in double figures, led by Alexis Staples with 15 points.  Lindsey Matson and Carlee Hanson contributed 13 points each.

Makenna Tysdal led Battle Lake with 10 points.  Grace VanErp and Allison Marso added 9 points apiece.

"We had a pretty good first half, defensively, but we struggled to put the ball in the basket," stated Battle Lake Head Coach David Marso.  "Unfortunately, in the second half the Owls widened the gap and posted a 16 point win."

Battle Lake (4-17) will play at Frazee on Thursday night.