Kelly Rosebrugh (30) and Amanda Jameson are all smiles after Rosebrugh's baseline jumper with four seconds left lifted the Falcons to a 42-39 victory over Roscommon. Ashley Thompson added a steal and buzzer-beating basket for the final margin as Ogemaw improved to 5-5.
Ogemaw's Renee Wangler lofts a turnaround jump-hook over Roscommon's Rachel Peterson.
Brent Baker
Alicia Brown dribbles past a Rosco defender during Thursday's contest.

OGEMAW HEIGHTS - Sep. 28, 2006 - Kelly Rosebrugh scored just five points in Thursday's non-conference girls basketball game against Roscommon, but among those were the biggest basket of the night for the Falcons.

Rosebrugh drained a short baseline jumper with four seconds to play to give Ogemaw its first lead of the fourth quarter, and Ashley Thompson added a steal and buzzer-beating basket to give the Falcons a 42-39 victory over the Bucks.

"We got a bit lucky," said Ogemaw coach Tim Hansen. "Roscommon played hard, played a good game and is a well-coached team. So we should feel fortunate."

The Falcons trailed 39-35 with 1:50 to play, but Jamie Lucas had a big hand in setting up Rosebrugh's game-winner with several key plays down the stretch. Lucas hit a short jumper with a minute to play that made it 39-37, then made a steal at half court with 20 seconds left and was fouled while going for the game-tying layup. Lucas made one of the two free throws. Roscommon missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 18 seconds left to give Ogemaw a chance to win it.

"Jamie has been playing very well," Hansen said. Lucas finished with 16 points, including seven in then final quarter.

Ogemaw led by as many as six points in the first half and opened up a 24-18 lead early in the third quarter on back to back buckets by Renee Wangler, who freshman guard Ashley Thompson found inside on successive possessions.

"Renee has been kind of getting beat on in the post because of her size," Hansen said. "But she's been playing great.

"Ashley (who moved up from the JV last week) gives us a ballhandler and an outside threat. She's been a big help already and should be a fixture for the next three and a half years."

Roscommon made a 12-3 run to end the third quarter that gave the Bucks a 30-27 lead.

Thompson and Wangler each had six points for the Falcons, who improved to 5-5. Rosco was led by Stephanie Mitchell's 12 points.