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Drake Anamoose’s Mariah Mack goes up for a layup in entrance of a trio of Our Redeemer’s defenders through the second half of a District 6 contest on Monday, Dec. 22.
Christmas remains to be a pair days away, however the Drake-Anamoose women basketball group acquired to open up an early vacation current that was on all of the Raiders’ listing – their first District 6 victory of the season.
The Raiders acquired off to a quick begin, used their aggressiveness on offense to get to the free-throw line and locked down defensively, leading to a 44-38 street victory against Our Redeemer’s on Monday, Dec. 22, of their last recreation earlier than the vacation break.
Eighth grader Quincy Bruner led all scorers with 18 factors, doing most of her harm from the free-throw line, the place she hit 11 of 18 free throws. With the win, the Raiders have already matched their district win complete from a yr in the past, the place they completed 1-9 in district play with their solely victory coming against Velva.
“We’ve been practicing all week for this and this is just a big game and our first district win,” Bruner stated. “I’m really proud of our team.”
While free throws performed an enormous think about Drake-Anamoose’s offensive manufacturing all through the ultimate three quarters, it was the 3-point recreation within the opening eight minutes that allowed the Raiders to get out to an enormous lead early. Olivia Fahy knocked down a pair of pictures from distance and Bruner hit her lone 3-pointer within the opening body, because the Raiders scored 12 of the sport’s first 14 factors.
“They do an awesome job of moving the ball around and they have players that can create space and get their teammates open,” Our Redeemer’s coach Hart Andes stated. “They play an awesome game of team ball and they get everyone involved, which is fun to see.”
Drake-Anamoose (3-3 general, 1-1 District 6) hit simply 4 area objectives over the course of the subsequent two quarters, but by no means fell behind regardless of the Knights making a run that finally led to them pulling even early within the second half. The Raiders acquired to the road seven occasions throughout that stretch, flattening 9 of 14 pictures from the charity stripe.
Our Redeemer’s (3-2, 0-2) made its run late within the first half when pictures started falling. Trailing 17-8, the Knights closed out the first half on a 12-3 run, highlighted by a buzzer-beater from nicely past the 3-point line by Tessa Carlson that banked off the backboard.
A 3-pointer from Kadyn Braun tied the sport at 21 with 5:25 left within the third quarter earlier than the Raiders closed the stanza on a 7-2 run. Fahy linked on her third 3-pointer of the competition and added one other basket, whereas Bruner knocked down 4 free throws throughout that stretch.
“That banked-in 3 at the half, that one hurts when it goes in and you have a lead and it gets cut to two right before the half,” Drake-Anamoose coach Brian Hauff stated. “But it didn’t even phase them. They came out in the third quarter and extended the lead. I was a little nervous, but they responded. I’m really proud of these girls the way they played tonight.”
The Knights discovered themselves in foul hassle all through the course of the sport. They had been whistled for 19 fouls. Braun picked up her third foul midway via the second quarter and each Peterson and Carlson discovered themselves in the identical scenario within the third quarter. Carlson would foul out with 4:37 remaining within the fourth quarter with the Knights trailing 33-27.
“Lot of fouls, but I thought the girls that came in stepped up and filled some good roles and knocked down some shots, but for the most part, foul trouble did hurt us,” Andes stated.
The Raiders went the first half of the fourth quarter and not using a made area aim, however knocked down 4 within the span of the subsequent two minutes to stretch their result in double digits at 41-31 with 2:04 remaining. Shaylee Hase, Mariah Mack, Giselle Mayer and Bruner all hit pictures throughout that run to make sure their first district win of the season.
“It feels really good. We really need it for our team,” Mack stated. “The hard work we put in showed it pays off. We just really hustled and worked together as a team. It will really get us excited and give us the mindset that we can do this and beat those other hard district teams as well.”
Mack completed with seven factors for the Raiders. Fahy joined Bruner in double figures with 15 factors.
Hauff is hoping a win of this caliber could have a long-lasting impression on his group transferring ahead.
“Feels good to go into the Christmas break with a win like that,” Hauff stated. “We’ve been kind of on the cusp of getting one of those wins that some would say we were the underdog and it feels good to finally get one of those wins against a really quality team like Our Redeemer’s.”
Braun led the Knights with 11 factors.
Our Redeemer’s returns to the court docket to participate within the Hoopster Classic. The Knights’ first recreation is Monday, Dec. 29, against Langdon Area/Munich at 4 p.m. on the Minot Municipal Auditorium. Drake-Anamoose hosts Surrey on Saturday, Dec. 27.