It was HUGE! Owls girls basketball hands Brandon-Evansville first loss of the season, 58-55 in OT

The Hancock Owls handed Brandon-Evansville their first loss of the season in a thrilling 58-55 overtime win on their home court. Hancock's outstanding junior guard, Bree Holleman, made two 3-pointers and two free throws in the overtime period to drop the 5th-ranked Class 1A Chargers to 21-1 overall. The 6th-ranked Owls improved to 17-3.

The hosts led 32-27 at halftime. Seven Owls hit the scoring column, and every point was needed in this huge team win for the injury-plagued Hancock girls basketball team.
(Two key players for Hancock are out indefinitely)

The Owls travel to Barnesville to end the regular season this Thursday (Feb 26) with a non-conference game. The Trojans are 7-17 overall and 6-12 in the Heart O' Lakes Conference.

Scoring: Bree Holleman 16, Lauren Nelson 12, Illissa Koehl 9, Hannah Newhouse 8, Kendra Schmidgall 7, Lindsie Cunningham 4, Shae Brown 2. 3-point shots: Holleman 4, Koehl 2. Rebound leaders: Schmidgall 9, Nelson 5, Cunningham 5, Holleman 5, Newhouse 5. Assist leaders: Nelson 4, Holleman 4. Steal leaders: Koehl 2, Nelson 2.