The Lady Jays of Bondurant-Farrar beat the Oskaloosa Indians 44-23 Tuesday night.  Oskaloosa was down 12-2 late in the first quarter with the only points scored by Marleigh Denburger with 5:30 left in the period.  A basket by Amanda Fay with less than a minute left in the quarter made it 12-4. Ashley Drost scored the first points of the second quarter, but the Indians went 2 1/2-minutes without scoring before Denburger scored with three minutes left in the half.  That proved to be the final points they would get in the half as Bondurant-Farrar would lead 23-8 at the intermission.  The Indians had 19 turnovers in the game.

While Oskaloosa was unable to snap a five-game losing streak, it was able to limit its mistakes for the most part.

“We definitely did a better job on the defensive end,” Oskaloosa coach Jacie White said. “That’s a pretty good team we held to 44 points and dug in defensively. We still too many turnovers. When we turn the ball over as many times as we are it makes it tough. I told the girls they should be encouraged by the fact we can play the majority of the game on the defensive end and still play well. When we get ourselves to take care of the basketball, good things are going to happen for us.  I was happy with our defense.”

Oskaloosa plays Friday night when it takes on Grinnell.  The girls’ game will start at 5:00pm and the boys’ will start at 6:45pm.