After suffering its second loss of the season on Friday, the Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team narrowly avoided its third on Monday.

Trailing after each of the first three quarters, the Hawks (5-2, 4-2 South Iowa Cedar League) rallied in the fourth to earn a 45-42 victory over the Tigers in Marengo.

“We started out slow the first quarter, but the girls did a good job of fighting their way back into the game,” L-S coach Jerry Hulsing said. “We really did a good job on the defensive end forcing Iowa Valley into some contested shots and we rebounded the basketball well.”