MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s girls are creating a little March madness in November.
The Wildcats played games on Monday and Tuesday, and in three of the four contests, the games went down to the wire.
On Monday, Marmaton Valley’s A team eked out a 20-19 win over visiting Yates Center, by hitting 4 of 5 free throws down the stretch, and stifling Yates Center’s scoring chances in the waning minutes.
Jacee Mattox scored 12 points, followed by Braelyn Sutton with six and Addisyn Drake with two.
On Tuesday, Marmaton Valley traveled to Uniontown, where Sutton hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in regulation and forced overtime.
Mattox took over from there, scoring all seven of the game’s overtime points to secure the 31-24 victory.
Sutton chipped in with 12 points; Drake had four.
IN B TEAM play, Marmaton Valley crushed Yates Center, 27-4, on Monday, behind Tay Blevins’ 10 points. Jae Beachner added eight, Jetta Matthews four and Makayla Beal two.
On Uniontown eked out a 14-12 sudden-death victory after the score was tied, 12-12, after two overtimes.
Andersyn Carr, Blevins and Beachner each scored four for Marmaton Valley.
“The girls are really improving and work hard playing our man-to-man defense,” head coach Jamie Cole said.
