Aw, nuts!

The Acorns dropped a loss on the Quilcene girls basketball team in a hard-fought overtime game Friday on the Rangers’ home court.

It was a frantic, low-scoring affair as Oakville hung on the varsity win, 31-24.

It was an even contest early on. The teams traded baskets in the first period, with Ashley Jones taking it to the tin for seven points for the Rangers while Savannah McBride chipped in two.

With the score at 9-all going into the second period, the Acorns added offense from Sadie Dupont and Alyssa Forsyth to forge a slim, 13-9 lead.

Quilcene crept back in the turnover-plagued contest in the third, with the Rangers outscoring the Acorns 8-5.

Shelby Love, Ashley Jones, and McBride powered the Quilcene offense, and the score was tied at 17-17 going into the final stanza.

The Rangers looked like a lock to tie up the game, but Dupont and Forsyth forced overtime after bringing the Acorns back into the contest and knotting the score at 23-23 at the end of regulation play.

Quilcene couldn’t match the Acorns’ offense in overtime, as the Rangers struggled with offensive fouls and ball control and the scoring duo of Dupont-Forsyth put the game away.

Jones paced Quilcene with eight points. Love finished with five points for the Rangers, while teammate Abby Ward added three. McBride contributed five points, and Sierra Grounke added a pair from the line.

The loss pushed the Rangers to a season record of 1-4. The Quilcene girls were scheduled to play Mary M. Knight High School at home early this week, with a second chance to crack the Acorns coming on the road Thursday in Oakville.