The Lady Oracles were able to wear down a talented Faith Christian team with a furious fourth quarter rally in a dramatic come-from-behind 55- 53 victory in the final seconds Saturday afternoon in Delphi.

Delphi (6-8) had a lot to overcome as the Eagles made their first seven field goal attempts, including three threepointers, to jump in front to a 17-7 lead midway thru the first quarter on the way to a 26-15 at the first break, which was extended to 39-26 at the halftime intermission.

Faith Christian, which featured a very skilled starting lineup, used only one substitute for a very brief stint in the opening half, while shooting an impressive .552 percent (16-of- 29) overall from the field and an extraordinary .714 percent (5-of-7) from behind the threepoint arc.

But the second half, specifically the fourth quarter would tell another story and would expose the lack of depth off of the Eagle bench after three starters fouled out and a fourth one had four fouls.

Having to substitute more freely due to foul trouble in the third quarter, Faith Christian (10-3) slowed from its torrid offensive pace, shooting only 2-of-8 (.250 percent) and scoring only nine points in the period. But the Lady Oracles were unable to capitalize, shooting 1-of-12 (.083) themselves in the quarter, to still trail 48-34.

Methodically as the fouls continued to mount against the Eagle starters, Delphi was able to creep back in the final period, using a full-court pressure defense to force several turnovers. They slowly trimmed the lead until finally pulling within two points at 53- 51 on a Whitney Arion threepointer with just under two minutes to play.

After yet another Faith Christian turnover, Hannah Strasser tied the game at 53-53 for the first time since it was 2- 2 just after the opening tip.

Taking advantage of missed free throws, turnovers and limiting the Eagles' offensive opportunities, the Lady Oracles finally took their first lead since Chanler Norman's basket on Delphi's first possession of the game on two Jordayn Jargstorf free throws with 23.3 seconds to play.

Faith Christian had a chance to tie the score, but missed a pair of free throws in the final seconds. Strasser snared her game-high 12th rebound off of the second miss to seal the victory.

Delphi outscored the Eagles 21-5 in the final period, limiting them to just five field goal attempts (made one, .200 percent) while forcing eight of the 20 total Faith Christian turnovers during the quarter.

Arion led the Oracles with a career-high 21 points, including 5-of-9 from three-point range, while Strasser added 15, Jargstorf nine, Kari Lake four, Norman three, Dani Burge two and Randee Schultz one.

It was Delphi's only game of the week after its home game against Clinton Central scheduled for Thursday night was postponed due to weather.

There was no Junior Varsity contest since the Faith Christian does not have a JV team.

Delphi played at Rossville on Tuesday night (too late for print in this week's edition of the Comet), and will return home to host Hoosier Conference foe Sheridan on Saturday for a varsity game only scheduled for 11 a.m. and Tri- County on Tuesday with a 6 p.m. JV tip-off.