John Marshall’s Rilee Storm looks for a pass while Wheeling Park’s Adriana Moses defends Wednesday evening inside the John Marshall Fieldhouse.

MOUNDSVILLE — Coming into their home game Wednesday against the Wheeling Park Patriots, John Marshall girls basketball coach wanted to win with defense.

It was mission accomplished Wednesday inside the John Marshall Fieldhouse, as the Monarchs forced 24 turnovers and held the visiting Patriots to 33 points in a 59-33 victory.

John Marshall, now 2-1 on the season, was coming off a tough 74-40 road loss to Greenbrier East.

“It was a big bounce back from Greenbrier,” Melko said. “You know, we were coming off a big game last week, and having a big game coming up Friday, it was good to get a win here. Our, big focus was winning with our defense. And

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