Basketball Briefs: January 31, 2022

Girls’ Basketball

Thursday, January 20

M-P-B 84,

Barnes Co. N. 15

It was all M-P-B, all the time in a runaway victory over the winless Lady Bison.

Four players scored in double figures for the Thunder, led by 18 points from Lilly Bohl. Allison Thomas had 15 points, Maddie Gefroh had her career-high of 13 points and Ryleigh Martin added 10 more.

The lone negative for the Thunder (8-3 following the win) was their performance at the free-throw line, going just 11-for-23 for a rate of 48 percent.

Jayden Samek led BCN (0-9) with nine points.

Nondistrict Girls’ Basketball

M-P-B 84, Barnes Co. North 15

at Leal

M-P-B 26 21 19 18 84

BCN 2 3 6 4 15

M-P-B: Lilly Bohl 18, Allison Thomas 15, Maddie Gefroh 13, Ryleigh Martin 10, Alaina Bosche 9, Isabel Schmidt 8, Abigail Reich 4, Kalen Kinzell 3, Cale Redlin 2, Briallen Thu 2. Totals: 36 FG, 11-23 FT, 10 fouls. Three-pointer: Thomas.

Barnes Co. North: Jayden Samek 9, Addison Amann 2, Brooke Bundy 2, Ashley Weiss 2. Totals: 5 FG, 3-8 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: Samek 2. Fouled out: Bundy.

Saturday, January 22

Griggs/Midkota 51,

Maple River 50

What a way to break a losing streak.

A 10-point hole at the end of the first quarter couldn’t stop the Titans from winning their first game in six tries, as they rose up to shock Maple River by one in Cooperstown.

G-M weathered a 24-point game by the Raiders’ Chloe Wetch to improve to 4-7 for the season.

Lauryn Halvorson led the Titans in scoring for the first time this year, finishing with 13 points and seven big tallies in the final quarter. Jenna Larson also contributed 12 in the victory.

Adyson Hannig went 5-for-6 from the line and had nine points for Maple River, who fell to 3-10 with the heartbreaking setback.

Next up for the Titans will be District 5 games in Leal against BCN tonight (January 31) and back home in Glenfield the following evening with league leader E-K-M. On Saturday, G-M ventures out of regional play to face Fargo Oak Grove on the road.

Nondistrict Girls’ Basketball

Griggs/Midkota 51,

Maple River 50

at Cooperstown

MR 19 12 10 9 50

G-M 9 15 10 17 51

Griggs/Midkota: Lauryn Halvorson 13, Jenna Larson 12, Josie Johnson 7, Emma Kollman 7, Asia Becherl 6, Medora Brandner 6. Totals: 13 FG, 11-18 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointer: Brandner.

Maple River: Chloe Wetch 24, Adyson Hannig 9, BriElle Killoran 5, Claire Ihry 4, Jordyn Ewine 3, Kiana Lerud 3, Iris Richman 2. Totals: 15 FG, 13-22 FT, 23 fouls. Three-pointers: Wetch 2, Ihry, Ewine, Lerud. Technical foul: Maple River bench.

Boys’ Basketball

Monday, January 24

M-P-B 48,

Maple River 39

In non-region play, the M-P-B Thunder kept their momentum rolling with a nine-point win against the Raiders in Tower City.

Two-thirds of the Thunder’s offense came from the able hands of Rylen Wick (18 points) and Josh Moser (14). A second-quarter surge gave M-P-B a lead they would never see threatened.

Freshman guard Carter Baasch’s 14 points were tops for the Raiders (1-6 overall record.)

Nondistrict Boys’ Basketball

M-P-B 48, Maple River 39

at Tower City

M-P-B 8 15 10 15 48

MR 10 8 10 11 39

M-P-B: Rylen Wick 18, Josh Moser 14, Mark Thomas 5, Gage Magstadt 4, Adam McClellan 3, Sawyer Wanzek 3, Hunter Mitchell 1. Totals: 16 FG, 14-24 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointer: Thomas. Fouled out: Wanzek.

Maple River: Carter Baasch 14, Evan Richman 9, Clay Hovelson 8, Hayden Smith 3, Wyatt Sylling 3, Caleb Kocka 2. Totals: 16 FG, 6-15 FT, 18 fouls. Three-pointer: Sylling. Fouled out: Richman, Hovelson.

Tuesday, January 25

M-P-B 63,

Center-Stanton 47

M-P-B’s boys’ team boosted their record to 7-3 with a 16-point win in Medina over the Wildcats.

The Thunder had their hands full with 6’1” C-S guard Jayden Hall, who finished with 27 points and four treys, but kept the rest of the team in check as no other player scored more than eight.

Josh Moser led with 18 points for M-P-B, followed by 15 from Rylen Wick and a nice 14-point game by Gage Magstadt.

The Thunder have games Tuesday, Thursday and Friday against Kidder County, South Border and Wilton-Wing.

Nondistrict Boys’ Basketball

M-P-B 63, Center-Stanton 47

at Medina

C-S 9 11 12 15 47

M-P-B 17 16 16 14 63

M-P-B: Moser 18, Wick 15, Magstadt 14, Wanzek 8, McClellan 6, Thomas 2. Totals: 23 FG, 12-20 FT, 17 fouls. Three-pointers: Magstadt 3, Wick 2.

Center-Stanton: Jayden Hall 27, Hunter Hoffman 8, Jarret Henke 6, Derin Sailer 4, Mike Thompson 2. Totals: 16 FG, 6-7 FT, 14 fouls. Three-pointers: Hall 4.