The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals fell to a tough De Smet Bulldog team in girls basketball action on Monday, December 18th, at Dell Rapids St Mary High School. The Bulldogs beat the Cardinals 72-37.
De Smet only led by nine points at the end of the first quarter at 22-13, but increased their lead by halftime to 44-20 by holding St Mary to only seven points. The offense of De Smet kept rolling in the second half as they outscored St Mary 28-17 in the final two quarters for the win.
Clare Klein led the team with 14 points in the game. Ella Heinitz finished with 12 points. Maddie Schwebach added seven points. De Smet was led by Kristen Poppen with 23 points.
St Mary (3-2) will not play again until Tuesday, January 2nd, when they travel to Chester to take on the Flyers in a Region 4B matchup.