Today's morning-game victory, done with more grit than finesse, put the Potters in what would be the championship game of their Thanksgiving tournament, against Lincoln this evening. Both teams are 3-0 in the round robin event.

Richwoods was the bigger, stronger team, largely dependent on committing so many pushing/hacking fouls that referees grow tired of blowing their whistles. Still, so egregious was the physicality, the Potters shot lots of free throws, and they're having trouble there this season, today's trouble meaning they made only 24 of 41, 58.5 percent.

So Richwoods banged its way to a 40-all tie with 5:36 to play. From there, Morton gathered its bruised pieces long enough to go on game-turning 14-3 run.

Addy Engel led Morton's scoring with 16. Ellie VanMeenen had 15, Izzy Hutchinson 12, Abby VanMeenen 6, Paige Selke 5, and Anja Ruxlow 2.