Take out one three-minute stretch at the end of the second quarter, and the Creston and Glenwood girls basketball teams looked like two evenly matched teams trading shot after shot.

But, several costly turnovers led to an 11-0 Glenwood run to close the final three minutes of the first half, giving the Rams a 26-12 advantage at the break in a 51-39 win over the Panthers here Wednesday in a Class 4A Region 7 quarterfinal.

“We just had about a three-minute stretch where we turned the ball over about four times and they got layups, and that was pretty much the difference in the game. It really was,” Creston head coach Larry McNutt said. “We battled them hard, and I was pretty proud of the girls. We really did a good job. Take out that little stretch, and we’re right there.”