The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team fell to Southwest Christian on Thursday night in Hills and to Elkton at the Crossover Classic in Elkton, South Dakota, Saturday before rallying against Edgerton Public Monday night in Edgerton.
With the two losses and one win, the Patriots now stand at 6-6 overall and at 4-3 in conference play. They will host Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Thursday night.
SWC 76, H-BC 43
The Southwest Christian Eagles got off to an early lead and were able to maintain it all the way through Thursday night in Hills. The Eagles’ scoring came as a team effort as all 13 players scored in the game and the leading scorer had just 13 points.
The Patriots also managed to have 10 different players score, and it was Troy Durst (8 points) who led the way. Cole Baker (7 points), Ty Bundesen (6 points), Brayden Metzger (5 points), and Oliver Deelstra (5 points) were all contributors for the Patriots’ offense.
The Pates’ defense also played well at times, forcing the Eagles into 20 turnovers in the game.
But 26 turnovers of their own was too much to overcome as the Patriots fell 76-43.
Box score:
Baker 2 0 3-4 7, Deelstra 2 0 1-2 5, Raymon 1 0 2-2 4, Harnack 1 0 0-0 2, Page 0 0 0-1 0, Leenderts 0 0 2-2 2, Bundesen 3 0 0-1 6, Gehrke 1 0 0-0 2, Metzger 1 1 0-0 5, Taubert 0 0 0-0 0, Tatge 0 0 0-0 0, Durst 4 0 0-1 8, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 1 0 0-0 2, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 17 of 47 (36 percent), 8 for 13 free throws (62 percent), 20 rebounds, 26 turnovers
SWC: 29 of 59 (49 percent), 11 for 22 free throws (50 percent), 37 rebounds, 20 turnovers
Elkton 57, H-BC 40
It was a lopsided fourth quarter that helped the Elks pull away from the Patriots Saturday in Elkton. It was the first game of the day of the Crossover Classic at Elkton Public Schools featuring matchups between South Dakota and Minnesota schools.
The Patriots found themselves only trailing 39-35 heading into the final quarter before being outscored 18-5 in the final eight minutes.
Ty Bundesen led the way for the Patriots with 11 points and six rebounds. Cole Baker and Oliver Deelstra also scored in double digits with 10 points each. Andrew Harris also had six points to round out the scoring for the Pates who head to Edgerton to take on the Flying Dutchmen Monday night.
Box score:
Baker 2 2 0-0 10, Deelstra 2 1 3-4 10, Raymon 0 0 0-0 0, Harnack 0 0 0-0 0, Page 0 0 0-0 0, Leenderts 0 1 0-0 3, Bundesen 3 1 2-3 11, Gehrke 0 0 0-0 0, Metzger 0 0 0-0 0, Taubert 0 0 0-0 0, Tatge 0 0 0-0 0, Durst 0 0 0-0 0, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 3 0 0-0 6, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 15 of 37 (41 percent), 5 for 7 free throws (71 percent), 16 rebounds, 14 turnovers
Elkton: 23 of 46 (50 percent), 9 for 11 free throws (82 percent), 24 rebounds, 10 turnovers
H-BC 68, Edgerton 40
The Patriots were able to cruise to victory with ease on Monday night in Edgerton.
It was a lopsided victory from the start as the Pates built a 32-17 halftime lead. Cole Baker (21 points) and Drew Leenderts (15 points) each had 10 in the first half.
The second half was more of the same as the Patriots increased their lead on their way to a 68-40 victory.
Andrew Harris and Oliver Deelstra each contributed for the Patriots with 10 and nine points respectively.
Box score:
Baker 3 4 3-4 21, Deelstra 4 0 1-7 9, Raymon 0 0 1-2 1, Harnack 0 1 0-0 3, Page 1 1 0-0 5, Leenderts 3 3 0-0 15, Bundesen 0 0 0-0 0, Gehrke 0 0 0-0 0, Metzger 1 0 0-0 2, Taubert 0 0 0-0 0, Tatge 0 0 0-0 0, Durst 1 0 0-0 2, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 5 0 0-1 10, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0