Basketball Briefs: January 30, 2023

Girls’ Basketball

Thursday, January 19

M-P-B 62,

Barnes Co. North 9

M-P-B rolled to a 47-0 score at the half, and the junior varsity got the remainder of the action in a 53-point win over Barnes County North.

Junior Allison Thomas led the Thunder (7-6) with 14 points, and delivered on four three-pointers in the runaway victory. Brynn Sorenson came off the bench to score 10 for M-P-B, and three others, Alaina Bosche, Samantha Reister and Isabel Schmidt, each had six points.

Jayden Samek was the top scorer for BCN (0-11) with seven.

Nondistrict Girls’ Basketball

M-P-B 62, Barnes Co. North 9

at Pingree

BCN 0 0 4 5 9

M-P-B 19 28 8 7 62

M-P-B: Allison Thomas 14, Brynn Sorenson 10, Alaina Bosche 6, Samantha Reister 6, Isabel Schmidt 6, Lilly Bohl 5, Maddie Gefroh 5, Kalen Kinzell 4, Cale Redlin 2, Savannah Reister 2, Abby Ryun 2. Totals: 26 FG, 4-10 FT, 10 fouls. Three-pointers: Thomas 4, Sorenson 2.

Barnes Co. North: Jayden Samek 7, Carlee Barnes 2. Totals: 4 FG, 0-3 FT, 9 fouls. Three-pointer: Samek.

Saturday, January 21

Oak Grove 62,

Griggs/Midkota 27

Junior guard McKenna McIllone’s long-range accuracy was true for the visiting Grovers, as she connected on six three-pointers on her way to 22 points in the Region 1 squad’s win over the G-M Titans in Glenfield.

The Titans dropped to 0-13 with the defeat, and joint scoring leaders were Olivia Larson and Kennedy Reidman, each scoring six.

Oak Grove (8-5) also had a strong supporting evening by Hailey Neumann with 10 points.

Nondistrict Girls’ Basketball

Fargo Oak Grove 62,

Griggs/Midkota 27

at Glenfield

OGLHS 23 20 18 1 62

G-M 12 2 8 5 27

Griggs/Midkota: Olivia Larson 6, Kennedy Reidman 6, Ryan Johnson 4, Jessa Spickler 4, Bailey Ehlers 2, Kaylee Johnson 2, Vanessa Vollmer 2, Kylie Johnson 1. Totals: 11 FG, 5-11 FT, 17 fouls. Three-pointers: None.

Oak Grove: McKenna McIllone 22, Hailey Neumann 10, Taylor Christenson 6, Paightyn Downs 6, Sophie Geiger 6, Azahna Luschen 5, Mari Bolme 3, Ellie Machayya 2, Ellie Sokolofsky 2. Totals: 23 FG, 6-12 FT, 18 fouls. Three-pointers: McIllone 6, Geiger 2, Downs, Luschen. Fouled out: Sokolofsky.

Monday, January 23

Larimore 36,

Griggs/Midkota 25

She may stand just 5’1”, but eighth grader Peyton Benson stood tall above all else for Larimore in their 11-point win over the Titans.

The Polar Bears’ guard had 10 points and a pair of three-pointers to lead all scorers. Another eighth grader, Allison Larson, had seven points for Larimore to boost their overall mark to 3-10.

Lauryn Halvorson led the Titans, still looking for their first win of the season, with six points.

G-M plays Barnes County North tonight (January 30) in a District 5 game for the right to get out of the loss column, and returns to league play tomorrow at E-K-M in Kulm. On Thursday, February 2, the Titans hit the road to play Hatton-Northwood in Hatton.

Nondistrict Girls’ Basketball

Larimore 36, Griggs/Midkota 25

at Larimore

G-M 4 11 2 8 25

Lar. 6 9 16 5 36

Griggs/Midkota: Lauryn Halvorson 6, Reidman 4, Vollmer 4, Ka. Johnson 3, Ky. Johnson 2, R. Johnson 2, Larson 2, Spickler 2. Totals: 12 FG, 1-7 FT, 15 fouls. Three-pointers: None.

Larimore: Peyton Benson 10, Allison Larson 7, Kendra Gemmill 6, Sadie Aamodt 5, Brooke Bruske 2, Carly Pietron 2, Micayla Sharp 2. Totals: 13 FG, 4-9 FT, 10 fouls. Three-pointers: Benson 2, Gemmill 2, Larson, Aamodt.

Boys’ Basketball

Monday, January 23

M-P-B 51,

Maple River 39

The Thunder’s dynamic tandem of Josh Moser and Rylen Wick scored 16 of the team’s 18 points in the third quarter, and gave M-P-B valuable breathing room to eventually take a 12-point win over the visiting Raiders.

Moser would finish with 20 in the game, while Wick had 18 more for the Thunder to help them improve to 8-2 for the season.

Maple River dropped to 2-8 with the loss, and were paced in the books by Wyatt Sylling’s 11 points. Carter Baasch added nine and Clay Hovelson and Caleb Kocka seven apiece.

Next up for M-P-B are District 6 games in Medina Tuesday night against Kidder County and Thursday at Ashley versus South Border, and the team travels to Wilton Friday to take on Wilton-Wing in a nonregion matchup.

Nondistrict Boys Basketball

M-P-B 51, Maple River 39

at Pingree

MR 9 9 8 13 39

M-P-B 13 11 18 9 51

M-P-B: Josh Moser 20, Rylen Wick 18, Sawyer Wanzek 6, Chase Ova 5, Gage Magstadt 2. Totals: 19 FG, 10-15 FT, 13 fouls. Three-pointers: Moser, Wick, Ova.

Maple River: Wyatt Sylling 11, Carter Baasch 9, Clay Hovelson 7, Caleb Kocka 7, Tee Sylling 5. Totals: 14 FG, 6-13 FT, 15 fouls. Three-pointers: W. Sylling 3, Kocka, T. Sylling.