The Tri-Valley Mustangs erased an 11-point third quarter deficit to beat the Dell Rapids Quarrier girls on Friday, February 6th, by a score of 47-45 at Tri-Valley High School.
The Quarriers jumped out to an early 8-2 lead to start the game, and led 15-10 at the end of the first quarter. Dell Rapids extended the lead to 21-14 with 4:45 to go in the second quarter before Tri-Valley tied the game at 25-25 with just under a minute to go. The Quarriers, however, scored four points in the final :40 to take a 29-25 halftime lead.
With just under 5:00 left to play in the third quarter, Tri-Valley pulled within three points at 31-28. Over the next two minutes and thirty seconds, Arial Hoffman scored eight straight points to give Dell Rapids their largest lead of the game at 39-28 with 2:11 to go in the quarter. Tri-Valley answered right back with five straight points to end the quarter and close the game to 38-33 at the end of the third quarter. Over the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, each team scored two points to keep Dell Rapids in the lead at 40-35. Tri-Valley scored 1o points in row over the next two minutes to take a 45-40 lead. Hoffman made a break-away layup with 2:00 to go to pull Dell Rapids within 45-42. After a made basket by the Mustangs, Hoffman hit a three-point shot from the right wing to make it a two-point game at 47-45 Tri-Valley, but the Quarriers could not get off another shot and the Mustangs picked up the come-from-behind win.
Dell Rapids falls to 9-7 overall, and 7-3 in the Dak-12. The Quarriers will host Mt Vernon/Plankinton on Tuesday, February 10th. The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Dell Rapids | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 45 |
| Tri-Valley | 10 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 47 |
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