By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ basketball team completed a 10-14 regular season by entertaining Lincoln HI in Luverne Friday.The game was close most of the way before the Rebels put together a late run to secure a 60-45 victory.Luverne will host another game to open the South Section 3AA Tournament Saturday. The fourth-seeded Cardinals will take on No. 5 Murray County Central at 7 p.m.LH dictated the tempo during Friday’s game against the Cardinals."They played a zone, and it was a slow-paced game," said Cardinal coach Tom Rops. "We just couldn’t get things going. We did cut their lead to four points in the fourth quarter, but we couldn’t get over the top."LH sported 16-13 and 26-21 leads at the first two quarter breaks before increasing the difference to eight points (45-37) in the third quarter. The Rebels outscored the Cards 15-8 in the fourth period to win by 15.Jared Pick, Brandon Deragisch and Josh Lange scored 10 points each for Luverne. Lange led the Cards with five rebounds. Andy Stegemann and Deragisch registered three assists. Deragisch and John Tofteland charted three steals each.Box scorePick 4 0 2-3 10, Herman 2 0 2-4 6, Deragisch 2 2 0-0 10, S.Boelman 1 0 0-0 2, Heronimus 1 1 0-0 5, Lange 2 0 6-6 10, Stegemann 0 0 2-2 2.Team statisticsLuverne: 16 of 37 field goals (43 percent), 12 of 15 free throws (80 percent), 23 rebounds, 23 turnovers.LH: 24 of 39 field goals (62 percent), 17 rebounds, 14 turnovers.
