Dec. 17—The Packer girls basketball used its defense to offset some ball handling problems as they outlasted Owatonna 43-27 in Ove Berven Gym Friday night.
The Packers (4-2 overall) committed 24 turnovers, but they didn't give an inch on the defensive end of the court as they swarmed Owatonna (1-4 overall) throughout the contest.
"We have a lot of bodies that we can play with and we expect them all to give it everything that they've got," Austin head coach Eric Zoske said. "We play ten plus players and that's a fun system.