The Danbury girls’ basketball season opened with a 53-45 loss to Genoa despite 19 points from Laker K.C. Oxendale.
Genoa took a 24-17 halftime lead and held on through a fast and furious third quarter that saw both teams combine for 35 points.
The Comets were led by Julie Swartzmiller’s 17 points and Jessica Feller added 15. Emily Mock scored eight points, Rachel Johnson had five points, Alyssa Meis had four points, Brandi Schimming three points, and Nicole Kraemer one point for Genoa. Swartzmiller and Schimming each had one three-point goal for Genoa.
For Danbury, Heather Bahnsen and Tori England each scored seven points, Kayla Oxendale had five points, Christine Longer scored four points, Brittany Isom scored two points and Devin Pollock scored one point. Oxendale and England each had one three-point goal for Danbury.
Danbury did out rebound Genoa 27 to 25 as Longer grabbed seven for the Lakers and Meis had eight for the Comets. But Danbury committed 33 turnovers to Genoa’s 18.
The Lakers shot 50 percent (7-of-14) from the free throw line and 33 percent from the field, while the Comets shot 68 percent (17-of-25) from the free throw line and 31 percent from the field.
Danbury came right back and won its next two games, defeating Tiffin Calvert 64-54 and Old Fort 40-33 to start the season 2-1.
In the win at Calvert, the Lakers had to come from behind as they trailed by a field goal, 32-30 at the half. But Danbury scored 34 second half points and held on for the 10 point victory in a physical contest.
The game was marred with a total of 52 turnovers, 30 by Calvert and 22 by Danbury. Calvert out rebounded Danbury 30 to 25 as Bowers grabbed 11 for the home team and K.C. Oxendale had nine for the Lakers. Both teams combined for 80 trips to the charity stripe, and 37 points resulted from free throws.
For Danbury, Isom fouled out and five other Lakers had three or more personal fouls. For Calvert, two players (Cleo Bowers and Michelle Senslove) fouled out and two other players were in the game with four personal fouls.
Danbury shot 40 percent from the field and 44 percent from the free throw line, while Calvert shot 24 percent from the field and 49 percent from the free throw line.
For Danbury, Bahnsen scored 18 points and England had 10 points. Pollock and K.C. Oxendale each added eight more, Kayla Oxendale and Kelsey Clemons each had three points, and Brittany Isom scored two points. Longer had two 3-point goals and Pollock and England each had one.
For Calvert, Ali Mann scored 19 points, Cleo Bowers had nine points, Brittony Peery scored eight points, and Kelsey Sikora scored seven points. Alexa Franks, Michelle Senslove, and Erin Gross each had three points — Franks’ came on Calvert’s only 3-point goal.
In the victory at Old Fort, the Lakers were led by K.C. Oxendale’s 12 points and Bahnsen’s 11 points. Christine Longer had nine points, Kayla Oxendale had six points, England five points, and Isom three points. For Old Fort, Hailey Koebel scored 14 points.
Danbury shot 50 percent from the free throw line and 28 percent from the field, while Old Fort shot 24 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line. Isom led Danbury with eight rebounds. Old Fort slipped to 0-4 with the loss.
In junior varsity action, Genoa defeated Danbury 43-29 and Calvert defeated the Lakers 28-14.
On Dec. 8, Danbury traveled for another non-league contest, this time against Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic. The Lakers open Toledo Area Athletic Conference play Thursday night in a varsity-only contest at Emmanuel Christian (6 p.m.). On Tuesday, Dec. 15, both the varsity and JV get back into action with a non-league contest at Port Clinton.

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