The Luverne Cardinal boys have lost three games all season, with two of those losses coming at the hands of the Marshall Tigers.
Marshall defeated Luverne on Tuesday, March 2, 69-50.
Luverne bounced back with an 83-50 win over Fairmont on Thursday, March 4.
On Monday, March 8, the Cardinals edged Redwood Valley 69-68.
Marshall 69, LHS 50
The Cardinals battled against Marshall on Tuesday, March 2, but ultimately were tripped up by the visiting Tigers 69-50.
A Bailey Cowell three-pointer put the Tigers up 3-2. Cowell hit another three-pointer to give the Cardinals a 10-5 lead.
A Gannon Ahrendt three-point play put the Cardinals up 13-8 lead.
An Ahrendt basket gave the Cardinals a 19-8 lead.
Following Ahrendt’s basket, the Tigers went on a 19-2 run to take a 27-21 lead.
At halftime, the Tigers led the Cardinals 30-26.
A Cowell three-point play trimmed Marshall’s lead to 32-29.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals the Tigers slowly pulled away from Luverne to pick up the 19-point victory.
Cowell finished the game with 19 points.
Ahrendt reached double figures with 14 points.
LHS 83, Fairmont 50
The Cardinals scored 41 points in the first half to build a 41-29 lead against Fairmont Thursday.
The Cardinals kept their foot on the gas to outscore Fairmont 42-21 to pick up the 83-50 victory.
Jayson Rop scored a team-leading 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
Ahrendt reached double figures with 18 points.
Nathaniel Cole-Kraty scored nine points. Cole-Kraty also grabbed eight rebounds and recorded three steals.
Cowell scored eight points and dished out eight assists and recorded four steals.
LHS 69, RV 68
Redwood Valley outscored Luverne 34-32 in the first half of Monday’s game.
Luverne outscored Redwood Valley 37-34 in the second half to edge Redwood Valley 69-68.
Ahrendt and Cowell both scored 20 points to lead the Cardinals.
Ethan Beyer reached double figures with 12 points.
With the win the Cardinals improved to 12-3 overall.
The Cardinals will wrap up the regular season on Thursday, March 11, when they head to Pipestone to take on the Arrows. Pipestone defeated Luverne earlier this season 64-51.
LHS 26 24 50
Marshall 30 39 69
Points: Cowell 19; Ahrednt 14
LHS 41 42 83
Fairmont 29 21 50
Points: Rops 20; Ahrendt 18; Cole-Kraty 9; Cowell 8; McClaughlin 6; Beyer 5
Rebounds: Cole-Kraty 8; Rops 7
Assists: Cowell 8
Steals: Cowell 4; Cole-Kraty 3