Megan Hastings stole the ball from Southfield’s control with ten seconds to go in overtime.
The freshman followed it up with a layup and ended the score, 55-51.
‘We played well the whole game and played hard,? said Co-Captain Connor Daugherty.
‘I thought it was really cool how the whole team was into it. No one on the bench was sitting down. We had to hold each other off the floor. It was team bonding and playing well together on the court.
The girls had seen Southfield earlier in the season and they were ready to take another win from them.
‘Southfield played a man-to-man defense and made it tough to do what we wanted to do on the offensive end,? said Lady Wolves Head Coach Tim Wasilk. ‘We battled and found a way to crawl back in the fourth quarter and in overtime found a way to win. I thought it was nice to see our girls come together in the game and in overtime.?
The girls played Rochester earlier in the week and won, 38-35.
They went into the second half of the game three points behinds the Falcons. They scored 15 points during the third quarter adding a boost to lead the game.
‘We got some quick shots out and the girls did a good job adjusting to the different defenses Rochester threw at us,? said Wasilk.
‘The big thing was we played four quarters of good basketball.?
Mikaela Parrish led the team against the Falcons with 13 points, and Kaleigh Kenny added 11 points.
Jena Manilla, Kayla Brimacombe, and Hastings added one 3-pointer each to the score.
The team is going to use the wins as they go into the final games of the regular season. This week they host Troy and North Farmington.
‘We are pretty optimistic,? said Wasilk.
They played North Farmington a few weeks ago and are going to use the loss they had to their advantage.
‘They have a nice press. We did well in the last game, just didn’t shoot that well,? said Wasilk.
They played Troy on Tuesday and play North Farmington on Thursday.
JV begins at 5:30 p.m., varsity follows.
‘We are going to protect our home court,? said Daugherty. ‘We are going in with the same attitude we do every game – let’s get it done, let’s play the whole game.?
They will play at West Bloomfield next Tuesday and will finish the regular season with their last home game against Pontiac Northern on Feb. 27.
The girls? record is 6-8.