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If the Lady Rebels’ game against Walton-Verona last Wednesday ended at the end of three quarters, the home crowd would have driven home happy. Unfortunately, high school basketball has four quarters.

The game was tight in the first half as both teams held leads. Owen County’s Hannah Neeley scored in the final seconds to give what appeared to be a halftime lead of 22-20. The Lady Bearcats answered when they scored with less than a second left in the half to tie the score at intermission.

Ask any college student and they will tell you that exam week can be tough. It is a week with little rest and many tests. Now imagine having to take those tests after you lost two of your textbooks the night before.

That might be how Owen County Head Coach Devin Duvall felt going into this week. The Rebels were going up against three tough regional opponents without two of the team’s top players.

The week before Christmas, Owen County hosted Gallatin County and Henry County. The Rebels defeated the visitors from Warsaw and then lost to the Wildcats from New Castle. The teams squared off again last week.

First, the Rebels traveled to take on Gallatin County. Owen County defeated Gallatin County 77-56 in Owenton. That night, it was the Rebels who wore down the Wildcats with their dominating play in the paint.

The last time Owen County played Gallatin County and Henry County in the same week the results were not what the Lady Rebels had hoped for, dropping both games to their rivals.

Last week, the game sites changed and so did the results.

Owen County first traveled to Gallatin County Jan. 5. The Lady Rebels were looking for some revenge after Gallatin County defeated Owen County 54-50 in December. Freshman Hannah Neeley poured in 17 points to lead the Lady Rebels to a 51-36 win. 

The Lady Rebels held a six-point halftime lead and never looked back.