Look out for Edmond North?!?!

By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com 

On Thursday night, the Edmond North girls basketball team upset sixth-ranked (4A) Idabel. It wasn’t the win that was shocking, but the 56-40 handling of Idabel was.

Kevin Korstjens’ girls followed that with a victory over Ada, the host team of the East Central Classic.

It was a cute little story, but there was no way the Lady Huskies could topple Choctaw, right?? And not after trailing 18-1 in the first quarter, right?

Wrong. Behind stellar play from wise-beyond-her-years freshman Elizabeth Donohoe, Edmond North pulled off a fitting end in the final act, winning 54-53 on a game-winning free throw by Donohoe with eight seconds left.

That’s just how quickly 4-7 becomes 7-7.

Korstjens credits the turnaround to something basic: being healthy. He said no one has been severely injured or anything like that, but girls have been nicked up for a while.

Donohoe has been the spark for the Lady Huskies. This team was 6-16 last year and is another example of a fine turnaround.

Right now, Donohoe is playing in the post, but Korstjens said it varies as Donohoe has a fine perimeter game as well.

All ‘n all, a pretty good week for the Huskies. The boys won the consolation championship at McGuinness with a convincing 65-43 victory over Northeast.

It just gets tougher from here as Edmond North is at Choctaw on Tuesday night. You know full well the Lady Yellowjackets have revenge on their mind – should be fun.