The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys basketball team lost to the Colman-Egan Hawks on Saturday, December 27th, at the Entringer Classic in Brookings by a final score of 52-38.
Colman-Egan started the game scoring the first 12 points to take a 12-0 lead with 4:45 to play in the first quarter. The Cardinals were able to get a little offense going late in the first quarter and trailed 18-6 after the first. St Mary made their run in the second quarter. Trailing 22-10 with 5:30 left in the half, the Cardinals went on a 13-5 run to end the quarter and trailed the C-E Hawks 27-23 at halftime.
St Mary scored the first basket of the third quarter with 6:30 remaining to pull within two points at 27-25. Colman-Egan scored the next four points to extend their lead to 31-25. Noah Fiegen hit two free throws to close the gap to 31-27 with 5:34 left in the third quarter, however, the Cardinals were only able to get two more points in the quarter. The C-E Hawks pushed their lead to 40-29 at the end of the quarter. St Mary pulled within 10 at 41-31 with 5:50 to go in the game, but that was as close as they would get as Colman-Egan went on a 9-0 run to put the game away.
The Cardinals finished the game shooting 36% (16-45) from the field, 17% (1-6) from three-point area, and 50% (5-10) from the free-throw line. St Mary had 35 team rebounds, seven assists, nine steals, and 25 turnovers.
Fiegen finished with 20 points and seven rebounds in the game. Ryan Welbig and Mitch Brown each had four points.
The Cardinals fall to 0-5 on the year. St Mary will travel to Bridgewater on Saturday, January 3rd, for a make-up game with Bridgewater-Emery. Tip-off is at 2:00 p.m.
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