By LaDonna Sandstede
Hills-Beaver Creek boys' basketball team lost a home game Tuesday, Dec. 18, against Murray County Central. The game went into double overtime making it an interesting contest to watch.
The Patriots had trouble controlling the tempo of the game, and as a result they threw the ball away giving the Rebels a chance to score.
"The team fought hard," said patriot coach Steve Wiertzema. "They had many chances to win and failed to capitalize."
Lyle DeBoer, who scored 16 points and was two for two in free throws, fouled out toward the end of the game along with Darin DeBoer who had six points before his fifth foul. Matt Buck made 16 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and contributed five assists to the team cause. David Top had 12 points and four assists.
The Patriots couldnÕt make their free throws, making a small impact to the final score of 62-75.
MCC's leading scorers were Grant Harm and Nick Bruning with 22 and 19 points respectively. The Rebels were a good shooting team at the free throw line which played a key part in the overtime scoring.
H-BC was unable to make its shots drop and came up short in the end.
Box score
D.DeBoer 006-8 8, J.Van Maanen 000-2 0, B.Haak 2 0 3-4 7, L.DeBoer 792-2 16, D.Top 4 0 4-6 12, M.Buck 6 0 4-10 16.
Team statistics
H-BC: 21-57 field goals (37 percent), 20-34 free throws (58 percent), 42 rebounds, 2 turnovers.