Cardinals, Patriots meet in cross county contest

The Luverne boys came away with a victory over Hills-Beaver Creek in the second matchup between these two teams Thursday night in Luverne.
The Cardinals claimed a 48-32 victory in a low scoring matchup the first time around in a game in which each team was missing one of their top scorers. Gannon Ahrendt from Luverne and Oliver Deelstra from H-BC were both out with injuries.
The scoring notably picked up in the second matchup as Luverne got out to an early lead and went into the break with a 43-32 advantage.
The Patriots battled back in the second half, outscoring the Cardinals 29-26 after halftime.
The game stayed within single digits for most of the game, and the Patriots cut it to 71-66 with just under 3 minutes remaining.
That’s the closest it would get before Luverne pulled away for a 79-71 victory.
Ahrendt was the leading scorer in the game with 31 points. Connor Overgaard (14 points and 9 rebounds) and Casey Sehr (12 points) were also contributors for the Cardinals
Cole Baker led the way for the Pates with 19 points while Ty Bundesen had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Deelstra added 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. 
HBC Boxscore:
Baker 4 2 5-7 19, Deelstra 2 2 4-6 14, Raymon 3 1 0-0 9, Harnack 0 0 0-0 0, Page 0 0 0-0 0, Leenderts 1 2 0-0 8, Bundesen 2 3 2-4 15, Durst 3 0 0-1 6, Scholten 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0
 
Luverne Boxscore:
Cole-Kraty 3 0 0-0 6, Schoeneman 1 2 2-2 9, Sehr 6 0 0-0 12, Radtke 1 0 0-0 2, DeBeer 1 1 0-0 5, Ahrendt 11 3 0-1 31, Overgaard 6 0 2-2 14
 
Team Statistics
HBC: 25 of 56 (45 percent), 11 for 18 Free Throws (61 percent), 33 Rebounds, 18 Turnovers
 
Luv: 35 of 67 (52 percent), 3 for 5 Free Throws (60 percent), 28 Rebounds, 9 Turnovers