OTSELIC – Trailing the McGraw Eagles 21-15 at the halftime break, the Lady Vikings of Otselic Valley closed the third quarter still down by eight points. With 45 seconds remaining in the contest, OV’s Gracie Costa hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 34-34.

30 seconds later, Leah Kalin of the Vikings hit one of three attempts at the foul line to take a 35-34 lead. Playing smart defense, Otselic Valley held onto the lead for their second straight win.

McGraw held a 13-5 advantage after the first quarter but the Vikings answered by outscoring the Eagles 10-8 in the second, closing down the lead to six points.

Otselic Valley score 14 points down the final stretch and held their opponent to just five points in the quarter.

Costa finished with nine points while teammate Maygan Roy ended the night with a team-high 10 and pulled down eight rebounds in the late game comeback.

Jessica Comfort added eight boards in the win for the the Vikings and Cassie Argen recorded seven rebounds and eight points. Kalin chipped in six points, including the game-winning free throw and had four steals in the contest.

OV picked up their first win of the season at Afton on Friday night when they beat Cincinnatus at the Crimson Knights annual Tip-off Tournament.

The Vikings lead 15-10 at halftime and with their 28 point second half, they went on to beat their conference foe in the non-league consolation game, 43-28.

Agren led OV in the scoring column with 15 points while Roy added 13 in the contest. Kalin also scored in double digits, finishing with 10.

The Vikings Agren also led the team in their loss against Laurens in the first round, scoring 16 points.

Otselic Valley (2-2, 1-1) travels to Cincinnatus for an early season rematch on Thursday for their third league game of year. Game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Otselic Valley 35, McGraw 34

McG 13 8 8 5 – 34

OV5 10 6 14 –35

McGraw: Elyssa Fish 1 0-0-2; Emily Fish 3 1-4-7; Andrea May 0; Karissa Wilbur 5 2-2-13; Greta Simmonds 0; Taylor Conklin 2 0-0-4; Aleixs Stiles 2 0-0-4; Abby Augur 1 2-4-4. TOTALS: 16 5-10-34.

Otselic Valley: Lexi Hazzard 0; Gracie Costa 3 0-2-9; Maygan Roy 4 2-3-10; Cassie Agren 3 2-10-8; Maddisyn Mackrell 0; Victoria Reichard 0; Jessica Comfort 1 0-4-2; Leah Kalin 2 2-7-6. TOTALS: 13 6-26-35

Fouled out: (M) Emily Fish and Karissa Wilbur; (OV) None. 3-point goals: (M) Karissa Wilbur 1; (OV) Gracie Costa . Officials: J. Lowe and S. Porter.

Franklin 37, Oxford 22

FRANKLIN – The host Franklin Purple Devils held the Blackhawks of Oxford to just six made field goals as they went on to win 37-22 Monday night.

Franklin led 12-2 after one quarter of play but the Blackhawks responded in the second, outscoring the Purple Devils 10-4.

Leading 16-12 at halftime, Franklin came out of the break and held Oxford to just 10 points for the entire second half while the host team put up 21 on the scoreboard in the final 16 minutes.

The Blackhawks shot just 13-percent from the floor for the game and finished 10-for-23 at the foul line.

Karley Miller ended the game with a double-double, her third this season, as she grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and scored a team-high 11 points. Allison Beckwith and Madalyn Barrows each pulled in seven boards off the glass while Beckwith chipped four points.

Franklin’s Kayla Campbell scored a game-high 16 points, shooting a perfect 4-for-4 at the foul line while hitting two 3-pointers. She also pulled down eight rebounds to lead her team in the win.

Julie Archibald added ten points for the Purple Devils and teammate Madelynn Ackley had seven rebounds.

With the loss to Franklin, Oxford ends their three game win streak.

The Blackhawks third straight win came over the weekend against the Marathon Olympians with a final score of 42-36 at home. Oxford led at the end of the first half by a point but a 13-7 run in the third quarter aided in the six point win.

Marathon outscored the Blackhawks in the final quarter of play 12-11 but the eight minute stretch out of the intermission gave the host team the win.