Both Ottawa and Dixon ’s girls basketball teams forced double-digit turnovers Wednesday night, but it was the Duchesses who turned their forced turnovers into points while the Pirates struggled to score throughout as Dixon came away with the 37-19 victory in Kingman Gym.

“Yeah, I thought that was a huge difference tonight,” Ottawa coach Brent Moore said. “I think nearly every turnover Dixon scored on, where we had good looks but just couldn’t get shots to fall.”

The Pirates came out with energy and solid play to start, as freshman Kennedy Kane took the Euro-step into the lane for the first points of the game, then followed that up with a 3-pointer for a 5-0 Ottawa lead.

It was all Dixon after that.

Reese Dambman started things off hitting one of two shots from the charity stripe. P

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