The Ottawa boys basketball squad held a four-point lead over Pontiac at halftime of Friday’s game at the Dean Riley “Shootin’ the Rock” Thanksgiving Tournament at Kingman Gym.

But in the second half the Pirates turned the ball over 12 times, leading to 16 Indians’ points and allowing Pontiac to claim a two-point lead with under a minute to play.

From there, Ottawa misfired on a pair of potential lead-taking 3-point shots, the final attempt coming with two seconds remaining, and fell short in a 49-45 loss to finish the event 2-1.

Saturday’s scheduled games were canceled due to the expected snowstorm.

“On both those [late-game] possessions, we got the shot we wanted and the guy shooting it that we wanted,” Ottawa coach Mark Cooper said. “The shots just didn’t go down for us.

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