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Left: M-P-B's Kalen Kinzell takes a shot as the Rockets' Madisen Myhre rushes in to attempt to block the shot from behind. Pictured at right is Lora Wobbema of the Rockets. Kinzell finished with six points for the Thunder in their 60-42 loss to NR-S.
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the District 6, Region 3 Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder.
After the Rockets' recent losses against the Carrington Cardinals and the North Prairie Cougars, they were itching for a win.
The Rockets came out in the first quarter, scoring 11 points against the Thunder, only allowing them to score a total of eight points.
With five drives to the basket by Kelsie Belquist in the second quarter, along with 3-pointers from Kaiya O'Connor and Katie Allmaras, the Rockets took a 15-point lead over the Thunder. Not even the two 3-pointers by Lilly Bohl could bring the lead down.
And the Rockets kept pushing in the second half of the game.
Both the Thunder and the Rockets scored 10 points each in the third quarter, which meant the Rockets were still ahead by 15.
But there was no stopping the Rockets. Another 14 points were scored in the fourth quarter for NR-S, with M-P-B only scoring 11. The Rockets had defeated the Thunder, 60-42, bringing their overall record to 13-6.
Isabel Schmidt led the Thunder, with a total of 12 points. Scoring in double digits for the Rockets were Belquist and Ava Peterson with 18 each and O'Connor with 15.
While NR-S' regular season continues, M-P-B's regular season came to a close with a final record of 9-10.
The Thunder entered the District 6 Tournament this past Thursday in Napoleon as the number four seed, and faced the fifth-seeded South Border Mustangs in the first round.
The other first round game featured Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter, the number three seed, taking on sixth seed Strasburg-Zeeland.
Earning first-round byes were top seed Kidder County and #2 Linton-HMB.
Nondistrict Girls' Basketball
NR-S 60, M-P-B 42
at New Rockford
M-P-B 8 13 10 11 42
NR-S 11 25 10 14 60
M-P-B: Isabel Schmidt 12, Allison Thomas 8, Lilly Bohl 7, Maddie Gefroh 7, Kalen Kinzell 6, Alaina Bosche 2. Totals: 16 FG, 8-14 FT, 14 fouls. Three-pointers: Bohl 2.
NR-S: Kelsie Belquist 18, Ava Peterson 18, Kaiya O'Connor 15, Katie Allmaras 8, Lora Wobbema 1. Totals: 25 FG, 7-15 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: O'Connor 2, Allmaras. Fouled out: Peterson.
