The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team had a busy stretch of games over the past week when they faced several conference foes at home and away.
They rolled to an easy 75-54 win over Heron Lake Okabena-Fulda on Feb. 15, but fell to the Luverne Cardinals Feb. 17 (see the related story) and Mountain Lake Area 68-61 Feb. 18.
The Patriots are 10-10 overall and 8-6 in the conference.
They were scheduled to face Southwest Christian (19-4) in Edgerton Tuesday night and RTR at home Friday before hosting the Edgerton Dutchmen Monday.
HBC 75, HLOF 54
The Patriots were in control from start to finish Tuesday night, Feb. 15, in Hills when they took down Heron Lake Okabena-Fulda 75-54.
Seniors Cole Baker (23 points) and Liam Raymon (19 points) helped lead the Pates past the Coyotes.
The game started slow, but it picked up when Baker hit two threes in two-straight possessions to give his team an 8-6 lead.
The Patriots never looked back from there as they worked themselves into a 34-21 halftime lead.
The second half was more of the same, although the Coyotes did cut the lead to 7 points with just over five minutes remaining in the game.
The Patriots would end the game on a nice little run to come away with a 75-54 victory.
Oliver Deelstra (11 points and 8 rebounds) and Andrew Harris (10 points) each scored in double digit for the Patriots who hit 8 of their 19 three-point attempts in the contest. Ty Bundesen also contributed for the Patriots with 9 rebounds and 7 assists.
Baker 3 5 2-8 23, Deelstra 2 0 7-8 11, Raymon 6 2 1-1 19, Harnack 1 0 0-0 2, Page 0 0 0-0 0, Leenderts 0 1 0-0 3, Bundesen 1 0 0-0 2, 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 2 0 0-0 4, Scholten 0 0 1-2 1, Harris 4 0 2-4 10, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team statistics
HBC: 27 of 59 (46 percent), 13 for 23 Free Throws (57 percent), 41 Rebounds, 7 Turnovers
HLOF: 18 of 63 (29 percent), 13 for 18 Free Throws (72 percent), 32 Rebounds, 11 Turnovers
MLAC 68 HBC 61
It was the Wolverines who ultimately came out on top after a tightly contested game Friday night in Hills.
Drew Leenderts (5 points) hit a 3 pointer from 5 feet behind the line just before time expired to tie the game at 24-24 headed into halftime.
Mountain Lake pulled away a little bit in the second half but the Patriots managed to keep it within single digits for most of the game.
The lead did grow as large as 15 but the Patriots pulled within 5 points after a three pointer by Liam Raymon (15 points) with just over 2 minutes remaining.
The Wolverines were able to put the game away at the free throw line to come away with a 68-61 victory.
Seniors Cole Baker and Oliver Deelstra also scored in double digits for the Pates with 18 and 12 respectively. Deelstra also had 9 rebounds and 6 assists while Ty Bundesen had 5 rebounds.
The Patriots (10-10) fall to 8-6 in conference play. They travel to Edgerton Tuesday night to take on the Southwest Christian Eagles (19-4).
Baker 5 2 2-4 18, Deelstra 3 0 6-7 12, Raymon 1 4 1-1 15, Harnack 0 0 0-0 0, Page 0 0 0-0 0, Leenderts 1 1 0-0 5, Bundesen 2 0 1-2 5, 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 1 0 0-0 2, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 2 0 0-2 4, Wiersema 0 0 0-0 0
Team Statistics
HBC: 22 of 57 (39 percent), 10 for 16 Free Throws (63 percent), 32 Rebounds, 18 Turnovers
MLAC: 25 of 60 (42 percent), 14 for 31 Free Throws (45 percent), 35 Rebounds, 13 Turnovers