Photo taken and used with permission by Tammy Chamley
The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys handed the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders their first loss of the season at Rutland on Saturday, January 15th. The Cardinals led for all but a few seconds at the beginning of the game in a 75-48 victory.
The Raiders made first basket of the game, and that was their only lead. The Cardinals went on an 8-0 run from there and never looked back. St Mary built an 18-11 lead by the end of the first quarter. That lead grew to 18 points at 36-18 by halftime. The game continued to go the Cardinals way throughout the second half as well. St Mary led 56-31 after three quarters of play and extended the lead to 65-31 early into the fourth quarter on the way to the win.
The Cardinals shot 43% (25-58) from the field, 20% (4-20) from three-point area, and 75% (21-28) from the free-throw line. The Raiders finished 34% (20-59) from the field, 14% (4-28) from three-point area, and just 33% (4-12) from the free-throw line.
Four players finished in double figures for the Cardinals, and two of them had double-doubles. John Pica had 21 points, 11 rebounds, two steals, and two assists. Dylan Mathis had 10 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Ty Brown had 16 points and six rebound. Nic Gaspar added 12 points and three rebounds. Gabe Lindeman had eight and six rebounds, and CJ Smith also had eight points with four rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
St Mary (6-3) will travel to Castlewood on Tuesday, January 18th.