The Lady Bears improved to 7-0 on after a 71-68 victory over a very talented Oak Harbor squad on Thursday night at the Launch Pad. The Lady Bears were tested in every way and then some! The Lady Bears trailed by 2 points at the end of the first quarter, but picked up the defensive pressure in the 2nd quarter and four Ellyse Schaefer 3 pointers gave Margaretta a 32-21 lead at the half. The 3rd quarter would be a back and forth game, but the Lady Bears would still hold a 12 point advantage, but Oak Harbor's Layni Schmidt would drill a three pointer to trim the Margaretta lead to 46-37 going to the 4th. The Rocket defense would crank up the intensity and the Lady Bears would struggle to get much offense in the 4th quarter as Oak Harbor would storm back tying the game with just under 10 seconds left. The Lady Bears would have the last possession in regulation but an entry pass to Cassidy Lane would be intercepted and the Rockets would force overtime. In the first overtime both teams battled trading baskets, but it was the Lady Bears holding onto a 3 point lead with under 10 seconds left, but Oak Harbor's Brookelynn Tabbert drilled a deep three pointer to tie the game. After a Margaretta timeout their last second three pointer was off the mark and we headed to a second overtime. Again, it was a battle, this time it was Margaretta that needed a play to extend the game. After a Reagan Markely three pointer that gave the rockets a 1 point lead with 12 seconds left, Kenadie Saylor raced up the floor and attacked the basket, but was fouled on the shot attempted with 5.7 seconds left. Kenadie would miss the first, but make the second. The Lady Bears would get a stop forcing the game into triple overtime. In the third overtime, Thea Wybinsinger would get the Bears on the board first with a lay-up. The Bears would lead by 3, with 5.7 seconds left in the game and decided to foul Tabbert. She would make both free throws, on the in bounds Oak Harbor Lillian Belak and she made both free throws to give the Lady Bears the victory! From the Sandusky Register: OAK HARBOR — Margaretta's girls basketball team remained unbeaten with a 71-68 triple-overtime win at Oak Harbor on Thursday. The Polar Bears led by nine points after three quarter before the Rockets outscored Margaretta 12-3 in the fourth to force overtime. In the first two overtimes, Oak Harbor made late contested 3-pointers. Margaretta's Kenadie Saylor made a free throw in the final seconds of the second overtime to force a third. The Polar Bears trailed in all three overtimes before rallying for an entertaining win. "It was a great game and one we needed," Margaretta coach Ray Neill said. "A lot different than some of the running-clock games we've had recently." Oak Harbor made two free throws with five seconds left in the third overtime to cut the Bears' lead to one point. Margaretta's Lillian Belak made two clutch free throws with two seconds to play to ice the non-conference victory. Ellyse Schaefer led Margaretta (7-0) with 24 points and six made 3-pointers. Cassidy Lane added 23 points for the Polar Bears, who visit Edison on Monday. Oak Harbor (6-2) was led by Brookelynn Tabbert, who scored 27 points. Reghan Markley added 18 points for the Rockets, whose only other loss this season came against unbeaten Bellevue. "It was a very entertaining game," Neill said. "Two good teams going at each other and playing well. There was a lot of good stuff in that gym." MARGARETTA (7-0) Ashlyn Kingsborough 0 0-4 0, Lilly Belak 0 2-2 2, Lani Schaefer 1 2-3 4, Thea Wybensinger 2 3-4 8, Cassidy Lane 9 5-7 23, Ellyse Schaefer 9 0-0 24, Kenadie Saylor 1 8-12 10. TOTALS 22 20-32 71 OAK HARBOR (6-2) Karder Haas 1 4-6 7, Laney Schmidt 2 0-0 4, Brookelynn Tabbert 10 4-7 27, Haylee Robinson 4 0-4 8, Kendall Gaines 1 2-3 4, Reghan Markley 6 2-2 18. TOTALS 24 12-22 68 Margaretta 15 17 14 3 7 7 8 — 71 Oak Harbor 17 4 16 12 7 7 5 — 68 Three-point goals: Margaretta 7 (Schaefer 6, Wybensinger); Oak Harbor 8 (Markley 4, Tabbert 3, Haas)