The short drive that the Lady Cougars had to take to visit the Delphi Oracles last Wednesday just about lasted longer than the competitiveness of the game that followed. After a low scoring first period, the Cougars exposed their claws and ripped their way to a 42-22 victory.

With Delphi leading 5-2 after one quarter and 7-2 early in the second, Carroll began a run that was capped off by a Jess Yoder bucket, Whitney Arion broke the string of points with a score just before halftime. In between that 7-2 Delphi lead and the basket by Arion the Cougars scored 16 unanswered points to put Carroll up 18-9 midway through the game.

Carroll continued to pull away in the third, outscoring Delphi 18-5. With the game decided each team emptied its bench in the final quarter. With the Oracles unable to hit from the outside the Cougars packed the inside with a zone defense that completely stifled Delphi.

Jessica Yoder, Abby Reinke and Quinci Eller combined to score 40 of Carroll’s 42 points while the Oracles were led by Whitney Arion with 7 points.