The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals scored the first sisx points of the fourth quarter and held a 34-33 lead with 4:08 to go in the game, but the Canistota Hawks closed out the game on an 11-3 run to win 44-37 on Thursday, January 12th, at Dell Rapids St Mary High School.
The Hawks led by as many as seven points in the first quarter, but the Cardinals were able to close the gap to 11-7 by the first quarter break. St Mary rallied to tie the game at 19-19 at halftime. St Mary led 26-25 with 4:15 to play in the third quarter before Canistota ended the third quarter on an 8-2 run to lead 33-28 heading into the final quarter. St Mary regained the lead at 34-33 with 4:30 to play after Maddie Schwebach made a layup before Canistota made their run for the win.
Sydney Cook finished the game with nine points. Ella Heinitz and Kennedi Mullaney both added six points. Lexi Klein pulled down quite a few rebounds in the game for St Mary as well.
St Mary (3-7) will host Lake Preston as part of a girls and boys double-header on Friday, January 13th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.