REINBECK – From the starters to the end of the bench, Tuesday’s 44-minute marathon called upon contributions from everyone.

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team got just enough to survive the Cougars, 79-73, in an NICL West Division triple-overtime thriller.

Nicole Adair led a quartet of double-digit scorers with 20 points and Hanna Christopher added 18 as the Rebels (2-3, 1-3) picked up their first win in league play and snapped AGWSR’s five-game win streak.

Kyleah Dugan tallied 11 points and Hayley Weber contributed 10 in a back-and-forth battle of attrition that amassed 58 fouls, 77 free throws and six players fouling out.

“We had a lot ball-handling issues tonight that we need to clean up but for the most part everyone who came in off the bench did a good job and gave us great minutes even if it was for 30 seconds here or there,” G-R coach Scott Crandall said. “Megan Oelschlager played an awesome game off the bench, Tessa Sienknecht played well in the post and Lauren Husmann had a big game off the bench.

“We made just enough shots, just enough rebounds and just enough free throws. We’ll definitely take it as a starting point.”

Megan Marlette paced the Cougars (5-2, 3-1) with 23 points before picking up her fifth foul in the second overtime, while Maddie Brandt supplied 21.

Adair opened the third overtime with a 3 to put the Rebels up 71-68 as G-R scored the first seven points of the session to pull away for the win. The Rebels hit 5-of-8 free throws in the final overtime and finished 22-of-34 for the game, while the Cougars made 16-of-33.

Adair extended the game past regulation on a layup with 17 seconds left to knot the score at 53-all as Rachel Frazier’s putback came just after the horn.

G-R led nearly the entire first overtime and stretched its cushion to 61-56 on Dugan’s close-range jumper with 53 ticks left before Brandt scored the last five for AGWSR. The sophomore scored inside to make it a one-possession game and, following a Marlette steal, Brandt buried a corner trey to lock the game at 61 apiece.

G-R had one more look but Weber’s 3-point attempt was off the mark.

Marlette fouled out with 2:17 in the second overtime after tying the game at 63 and Christopher retook the lead for G-R with two free throws before both teams went 1-for-2 in successive trips. Mel Morones drove through the paint unimpeded for a wide-open layup to level the score at 66 with 57 seconds to go but Weber found a loose ball off a scramble at the other end and laid it in to put G-R back in front with 26 seconds on the clock. Alana Groninga ripped down an offensive board, was fouled and sank both free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to send the game into a third overtime before the Cougars finally ran out of steam.

AGWSR lost three starters to fouls as Becca Wiarda and Morgan Kappel also picked up five forcing Cougars coach Laura Gann to call upon some less experienced members on her roster.

“We lost some key players and had to go to some young players, which was a bit of a struggle,” Gann said. “In the first half we didn’t get after it defensively like we have in other games and kind of just dug ourselves a hole. We had a lot of reaching fouls that we can’t afford to have. We put them on the foul line too much and it just adds up to a disaster in the making.

“But I’m proud of the kids the way they fought at the end and tried keeping it alive, it’s just a tough loss for our program.”

Groninga tacked on nine points, while Morones and Wiarda each had six for the Cougars, who were coming off an overtime win over Class 1A No. 7 Rockford on Saturday.

G-R led 19-18 at the break in a stop-and-start first half that included 19 fouls and sloppy offensive play at both ends. AGWSR used a 13-4 run to pull ahead 37-30 late in the third before the Rebels scored six of the last seven to pull within 38-36 entering the fourth.

Amber Berendes and Megan Oelschlager scored eight apiece for the Rebels, who had lost their previous two games by a combined eight points against Hudson and BCLUW.

“I tell our players we should compete with just about everybody that we play and we just have to have a little bit of confidence,” Crandall said. “Our girls really respond to playing at home. It was a tough game and they’re a good team; they’re going to beat a bunch of people the rest of the year too. We’re glad to get this one and we’ll move forward and hopefully build some momentum heading into the holiday break.”