For the second time this month, the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals defeated the Estelline Redmen. This time the Cardinals beat Estelline 50-16 at the Entringer Classic on Saturday, December 31st, at Brookings High School. The Cardinal defense only allowed 10 points total after the first quarter and forced 20 turnovers on 17 steals to lead St Mary to the win.
Estelline scored the first four points of the game and held the Cardinals scoreless for the first four minutes of the game. However, St Mary’s offense found it’s rhythm outscoring Estelline 13-2 through the rest of the first quarter and held a 13-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Cardinals then held Estelline to just three points in the second quarter, and St Mary pushed their lead to 31-9 at halftime. The Cardinals would score the first nine points of the third quarter and never looked back in the second half.
The Cardinals finished the game shooting 20-53 (38%) from the field, 6-21 (29%) from three-point area, and 4-6 (67%) from the the free-throw line. St Mary had 38 total rebounds, 16 offensive and 22 defensive, along with 17 steals and 13 assists. Estelline finished the game shooting 7-38 (18%) from the field in the game.
Connor Libis led the team with 27 points, five steals and three assists. Luke Brown had five points, four rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Logan Gaspar and Zach Geraets both had four points. Gaspar also had eight rebounds, and Garret Frost had six rebounds. Austin Welbig finished with four steals. Libis was also named the game’s MVP.
St Mary has now won three games in a row and has improved their record to 4-3. The Cardinals will travel to White to play the Deubrook Area Dolphins on Friday, January 6th. Big Sioux Media will have a link to Deubrook Area’s Cube video stream.