The Lady Raiders hosted the O’Neill Eagles last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. Wagner would jump out to an early 7-0 lead and hold a 21-15 edge after the first quarter. The Raiders would continue to pour in the points in the second quarter out scoring the Eagles 25-13 and hold a 4628 advantage going into half. Wagner’s defense would step up and only allow the Eagles to score 16 points in the second half and finish the game with a 66-44 victory. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with 27 points, grab 9 boards and dish out 4 assists. Macy Koupal would net 19 points, 6 boards and dish out 4 assists. Lydia Yost would finish with 9 points, 4 boards, 3 steals, and 2 assists. Braxton Nedved would finish with 5 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Hayden Fischer would also tally 5 points, 2 boards and 2 assists. Rico Fischer would round out the scoring with 1 point. Wagner would shoot 26 for 50 for 54% while holding the Eagle’s to 15-54 for 27%. Wagner would out rebound O’Neill 27-25. The Raiders would commit 6 turnovers compared to 11 from O’Neill. “We did a great job of taking care of the basketball in the halfcourt and then executing out of a lot of sets. Defensively we really got after it in the second half. We gave up 10 offensive boards for the game and only got 4 ourselves. We need to do a better job of limiting teams to 1 shot attempt and playing complete games.”

The JV lost a hard fought battle in OT 37-41. Hannah Holzbauer led all scorers with 19 points. Mateya Bruguier and Ravyn Medricky added 6 and 5 points respectively. Brooklin Neilsen and Rico Fischer each finished with 3 points and Jazlyn Lhotak rounded out the scoring with 1 point.