The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys found a way to grind out a 57-45 over the Colman-Egan Hawks on Friday, December 13th to open up the 2019-2020 basketball season.
After a back-and-forth first quarter, Colman-Egan found themselves leading 11-10 after a last-second three-point shot by Ty Hiller. The Cardinals got into an offensive groove in the second quarter, scoring 24 points, and held a 34-29 lead at halftime. The Hawks cut into the lead by the end of the third quarter as St Mary held a slim 41-38 lead. Colman-Egan scored the first three points of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 41-41, but St Mary answered with a 12-0 to go ahead 53-41 to take the victory.
Connor Libis finished the game with 22 points for the Cardinals. Sam Palmer added 17 points. Colman-Egan was led by Dalton Voelker with 17 points.
St Mary (1-0) will travel to Mitchell to play Mitchell Christian on Tuesday, December 17th in a double-header with the girls. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.