By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ basketball team fell from the unbeaten ranks when it lost a one-point home decision to Lennox, S.D., Tuesday.The loss came after Luverne beat Redwood Valley for the first time in 12 years Friday in Redwood Falls.Luverne, 10-1 overall, plays in Windom Friday.Lennox 59, Luverne 58Luverne’s 10-game winning streak came to an end during a thrilling game in Luverne Tuesday.The Cardinals rallied from an 11-point deficit to tie the game late in the second half, but Lennox used a free throw with 5.2 seconds left to play to win the game by one.Lennox, which led by two points at the intermission, scored the first four points of the second half on the way to opening a 38-29 lead with 14:43 remaining.The visitors increased their lead to 11 points (49-38) at the 8:22 mark of the second half, but they couldn’t put away the Cardinals.After drawing within two points with 3:27 left to play and one point with 1:35 remaining, Luverne senior Nick Heronimus tied the game at 58 when he hit a three-point shot with 30 seconds showing on the scoreboard.Lennox held the ball before calling a timeout with 8.7 seconds left. When play resumed, Luverne was whistled for a foul when it looked like the Cardinal defender made a clean block of a Lennox shot.Lennox’s Jason Loe toed the free-throw line with 5.2 seconds remaining. After missing his first attempt from the line, Loe buried his second charity shot to give his team a 59-58 lead.Lennox then stole the in-bounds pass after the free throw, ending any chance of a late-second miracle for the Cards.Luverne, which led by as many as five points in the first half before falling behind 27-25 at the break, received a 13-point effort from Derek Boeve. Nick Heronimus scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds and passed for four assists. Marc Boelman led the Cards with six rebounds and four blocked shots.Box scoreWard 0 0 0-0 0, Haakenson 1 0 0-0 2, Boelman 4 0 1-4 9, Miller 2 0 2-2 6, Hendricks 1 1 1-2 6, Clark 1 2 0-0 8, Boeve 5 0 3-4 13, DeBoer 1 0 1-2 3, Heronimus 3 1 2-6 11.Team statisticsLuverne: 22 of 44 field goals (50 percent), 10 of 20 free throws (50 percent), 15 rebounds, 16 turnovers.Lennox: 22 of 41 field goals (54 percent), 13 of 25 free throws (52 percent), 16 rebounds, 13 turnovers.Luverne 67, RWV 56The Cardinals accomplished something no other LHS team has in 12 years when they traveled to Redwood Falls Friday.By posting an 11-point win on the road, the Cardinals became the first Luverne squad to win at Redwood Valley since the 1993-94 team defeated RWV in February of 1994."It was nice to finally beat them," admitted Luverne coach Tom Rops."We really played well for the most part. We had a very balanced attack with a lot of guys chipping in between six and 18 points."The game was tight most of the night.Luverne led 36-31 at the intermission before outscoring the hosts 31-25 in the second half to prevail by 11."We were lucky to make enough plays to finally beat them," Rops said.Boeve led the charge for LHS with an 18-point, six-rebound effort. Jake Hendricks finished the contest with 13 points, seven assists, six rebounds and four steals.Box scoreHaakenson 1 1 1-1 6, Boelman 2 0 5-8 9, Miller 1 2 0-0 8, Hendricks 1 1 8-11 13, Clark 1 0 0-2 2, Boeve 3 3 3-4 18, Heronimus 2 0 4-8 8, Ward 0 1 0-2 3.Team statisticsLuverne: 19 of 44 field goals (43 percent), 21 of 34 free throws (68 percent), 27 rebounds, 11 turnovers.RWV: 22 of 59 field goals (37 percent), five of nine free throws (56 percent), 25 rebounds, 14 turnovers.