By ERIC VICCARO
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For basketball fans, Tuesday’s Nocona-Iowa Park girls’ game had a little bit of everything.
Nocona played strong full-court pressure defense when it mattered most. First-year varsity player Emma Meekins made a pair of critical free throws late in the game. It went to overtime. And there were fouls.
Yes, there were a lot of fouls.
Nocona and Iowa Park combined for 73 free-throw attempts and there were 54 overall fouls as the Lady Indians defeated the Lady Hawks 68-65 in overtime. Thirty of those infractions were called in the first half alone.
And it marked Bradley McGann’s first-ever varsity head coaching victory, too.
“I am really impressed with this group of girls,” McGann said. “They work hard and fight all the way through the game. It was a crazy, hectic game to start the season. But, it showed us what we are capable of.”
Nocona (1-0) played on Saturday evening in Vernon. The game was pushed back from Friday because of the football playoffs.

Nocona’s Makenzie Franklin, the game’s leading scorer with 28 points, bolts on the fastbreak during Tuesday’s game versus Iowa Park. The Lady Indians won 68-65. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)