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OTTAWA – Elida knew they would have to be sound with the basketball against Ottawa-Glandorf’s pressure defense Thursday night.
And while the Bulldogs worked on handling the Titans pressure in practice, the results were less than desirable once the game started. The Titans’ full-court pressure took its toll on the young Bulldogs as O-G forced Elida into mistakes that helped O-G walk away with a 52-35 Western Buckeye League win at the Robert J. Hermiller Gymnasium.

While Elida worked on handling the Titans full-court pressure in practice, they still had troubling handling it when it counted as they turned the ball over 21 times, compared to just nine for the Titans. The extra chances with the ball allowed O-G to build on their lead throughout the contest.

“We had 21 turnovers in the game and they had nine,” Elida co-coach Elise Jenkins said. “We told the girls it was going to be man-to-man, in-your-face defense; we worked on it in practice but our girls are not quite basketball smart yet. It’s frustrating because they do not take it from practice to the game.”