Falcon Girls Post Fourth Straight Win (in OT)

For a third straight game, free throw shooting and Kandace Sikkink’s play were critical in FC’s girls posting a win.  A close contest with Southland saw the Falcons never trail in the second half.  The Rebels pulled even at 51, forcing overtime.  There, FC got a couple quick baskets (Kassidy Broadwater, Sikkink).  Paige Donlinger hit 4 of 4 free throws.  The Falcons out-scored Southland 10-3 in OT for a 61-54 win.  Sikkink led the way for a third straight game (career-high 22 pts, 10-13 FTs, 12 rebs).  She scored 18 in the second half and OT.  Donlinger (11 pts, 5-6 FTs) also hit double figures.  Broadwater (6 pts, 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls) and Emma Breitsprecher (8 pts, 5 stls) helped.  After shooting 98 total freebies in two holiday games (fouling out seven foes), FC went 18 of 34 versus Southland (fouling out three more).  First half free throws were rough for FC (1 of 9), the second half (11 of 15) and OT (6 of 10) much better.  The Rebels made 16 of 28 freebies.  Over the past three games, Levi Olstad’s team is 73 of 132 at the line.  The percentage (55%) isn’t great, but they’ve scored almost 40% of their points (73 of 188) while play is dead.  Sikkink has gone 28 of 39 (71.8%).  The win improves FC’s record to 5-2, 8-4.  The Falcons are ranked fifth in the QRF behind #8 Goodhue (11-2), #4 GM (12-0), Hayfield (6-6), and L/P (11-3) in Section 1A.