The Hancock Lady Owls played a rough first half against a solid, once-beaten Minneota Vikings squad on Friday night at the Lac qui Parle Valley Holiday Invite Championship. After regrouping at halftime and playing a much more competitive second half, they whittled a 14-point deficit down to five points with two minutes remaining in the game. Their hustle and smart play down the stretch was not enough, however, as the Vikings held on for the win. The girls making up the Minneota team are very talented, as they went an unbelievable 30-0 in volleyball this past fall, winning the Class A championship.
The Vikings hit free throws down the stretch to hand the Lady Owls their first loss of the season. Both squads finished the night with an 8-1 record going into the New Year.
The Lady Owls kept it close in the game's first eight minutes, down 12-10 after Tara Thielke hit a glass shot in the paint against tight defense. It was only the Lady Owls' third field goal of the game at that point. Eighty seconds later the Vikings had scored three straight field goals (a trey, a transition layup, and a paint shot) to take a 19-10 lead with 8:50 left before halftime.
The Lady Owls shot only 36 percent for the game (20 of 56) and 12 of 21 from the charity stripe.
Their next action is at Hancock High School on Tuesday, January 2nd, returning to Pheasant Conference action against the Wheaton-Herman-Norcross Warriors.
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