By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth girls recorded a pair of road basketball victories since Saturday.The Panthers secured an 11-point victory over Remsen St. Mary’s in Remsen, Iowa, Saturday before topping Lakeview by six points in overtime Tuesday in Cottonwood.Ellsworth, 9-5 overall and 5-2 in the Camden Conference, hosts Canby tonight and Westbrook-Walnut Grove Monday before playing in Dawson Tuesday.Ellsworth 58, Lakeview 52A stunning comeback for the Panthers led to a six-point overtime victory over the Lakers in Cottonwood Tuesday.Trailing by 14 points with 2:01 left in regulation play, EHS shocked Lakeview by trimming the difference to three points before Laurel Drenth banked home a three-point shot with four seconds remaining to knot the score at 46, sending the game to overtime.Rosie Lewis scored six points when the Panthers outscored the Lakers 12-6 in overtime to win the game by six."This was the most satisfying come-from-behind victory for the Lady Panthers in my five years as head coach," said EHS mentor Dean Schnaible. "The girls just wouldn’t give up."Drenth recorded a triple-double for EHS by scoring 11 points, nabbing 12 rebounds and passing for 10 assists.Rachel Kvaale netted 15 points for the Panthers. Amy Tiesler and Brittney Kramer collected nine and eight rebounds respectively.Box scoreTiesler 3 0 3-5 9, Kvaale 5 1 2-4 15, Ly.Drenth 0 0 0-0 0, Lr.Drenth 3 1 2-6 11, Lewis 2 0 5-6 9, Groen 1 1 1-2 6, Kramer 0 0 1-4 1, Timmer 3 0 1-2 7.Team statisticsEllsworth: 20 of 52 field goals (39 percent), 15 of 30 free throws (50 percent), 41 rebounds, nine turnovers.Lakeview: 18 of 39 field goals (46 percent), 13 of 27 free throws (48 percent), 29 rebounds, nine turnovers.Ellsworth 54, RSM 43Outstanding individual efforts by Marla Groen and Amy Timmer lifted the Panthers to an 11-point victory in Remsen, Iowa, Saturday.Groen set an EHS record by canning five three-point shots during the game and Timmer turned in what Panther coach Schnaible said was her best floor game of the season. Groen netted a team-high 21 points, scoring 15 of her counters during a second-half comeback that helped erase a two-point (19-17) halftime deficit. Timmer scored 11 points and collected five rebounds for the winners."The play of Timmer and Groen were two main reasons why we were able to come from behind and win," Schnaible said.After a sluggish first half, Ellsworth converted nine of 23 field goals in the second half to outscore RSM 36-24 and win by nine.Laurel Drenth scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed for five assists for EHS. Kramer collected six rebounds, three steals and three deflections. Tiesler added five rebounds and Groen three assists to the cause.Box scoreTiesler 3 0 0-0 6, Kvaale 1 0 2-2 4, Ly.Drenth 0 0 0-0 0, Lr.Drenth 3 0 4-6 10, Lewis 1 0 0-0 2, Groen 3 5 0-0 21, Kramer 0 0 0-1 0, Timmer 5 0 1-2 11.Team statisticsEllsworth: 21 of 63 field goals (33 percent), seven of 11 free throws (64 percent), 25 rebounds, 13 turnovers.RSM: 16 of 44 field goals (36 percent), six of six free throws (100 percent), 33 rebounds, 32 turnovers.
