The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team got back into the win column with a Dak-12 Conference win against Tri-Valley on Friday, February 2nd on Senior Night. The Quarriers won 45-39 over the Mustangs at Dell Rapids High School in the final regular-season home game.
After a slow start and being held scoreless for the first three and a half minutes, the Quarriers offense got rolling and took a 13-9 lead after the first quarter of play. Dell Rapids pushed their lead to eight points at 21-13, but the Mustangs outscored Dell Rapids 6-1 over the final 2:30 of the half to cut the lead to 22-19 by halftime.
Tri-Valley cut the lead to 28-27 with 4:00 to play in the third quarter. Dell Rapids held the Mustangs scoreless the remainder of the quarter and push their lead back to four points at 31-27 heading into the fourth quarter. Tri-Valley scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 31-31. Emma Paul pulled down an offense rebound and scored to give the Quarriers a 33-31 lead with 6:15 to go in the game. Dell Rapids then went on an 8-1 run to lead 41-32 with 3:40 to go and held on down the stretch for the win.
Paul led Dell Rapids with 16 points. Regan Stone added six points. Aspen Hansen, Kaylee Hennen, Sydney Stofferahn, and Arial Hoffman all had five points each.
The Quarriers (10-5) will play Milbank Area on Saturday, February 3rd in Madison at the Dak-12/NEC Classic. The game will be played at 4:00 p.m. in the auxiliary gym.
The 2017-2018 seniors are Tiffanie Dorale, Kaylee Hennen, Regan Stone, Sydney Stofferahn, Kali Graham, and Arial Hoffman.