The winning streak ended at four games for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys basketball team. The Parker Pheasants defeated the Cardinals 66-27 on Tuesday, January 10th, in Parker to end the streak.
The Pheasants shut down the Cardinal offense in the first quarter allowing just three points. Parker lead 28-3 after the first quarter. The St Mary offense got going in the second quarter, and the Cardinals even outscored Parker 16-14, but the Pheasants still lead 42-19 at halftime. The Cardinals then had a rough offensive second half only scoring a total of eight points.
St Mary finished 11-52 (21%) from the field, 4-22 (18%) from three point area, and 1-4 (25%) from the free-throw line. The Cardinals also had 18 total team rebounds, five assists, nine steals and 12 turnovers. Parker finished the game shooting 51% from the field and had 38 total team rebounds.
Connor Libis finished with 13 points for the Cardinals. Austin Welbig had six points. Luke Brown had three points and five rebounds. Garret Frost also had three points for St Mary.
The Cardinals (5-4) will host Lake Preston on Friday, January 13th, as part of a double-header with the girls. The games can be seen on Big Sioux Media.