On January 12, the Lady Rockets faced the Greenville Lady Comets. In the first quarter, the Lady Rockets came out strong, holding the Lady Comets to just 4 points, while scoring 13 themselves. In the second quarter, Okawville scored twice as much as Greenville did, making the score 25-10 at the half. Coming out of the locker room, both teams scored 13 points in the third. Going into the fourth quarter, the score was 37-22. In the fourth quarter, the Lady Rockets scored 5 compared to the Lady Comets’ 2. The final score was 42-24 with Okawville coming out on top. The leading scorer was Brynn Rhodes with 14 points. Also contributing was Josephine Schmersahl with 12, Kenley Hackstadt with 9, Taylor Statler with 3, and Lily Helbig and Addison Hasheider each had 2 points. Addison Hasheider also had 7 rebounds.
On January 15, the Lady Rockets faced another conference match-up, the Red Bud Lady Musketeers. In the first quarter, Red Bud came out hot and outscored the Lady Rockets by 6. In the second, Red Bud kept up the heat and scored twice as much as Okawville, making the score 26-14 at the half, Red Bud leading. In the third quarter, Okawville came out strong, scoring 24 compared to Red Bud’s 8. The score going into the 4th was 38-34, Okawville on top. In the fourth quarter, Okawville outscored Red Bud by 1, making the final score 45-40, with Okawville coming out on top. The leading scorer was Rhodes with 21 points and 7 rebounds. Also contributing were Schmersahl with 13, Hackstadt with 9, and Hasheider with 2 points and 7 rebounds.
