The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls lost to the Elkton/Lake Benton Elks on Friday, February 6th, in Dell Rapids by a score of 66-50.
With the Elks leading 9-6 early in the first quarter, the Elks went on a 10-0 to take a 19-6 lead late in the quarter. St Mary scored the final three points to pull within 10 at the end of the first quarter 19-9. But the Cardinals went on a 12-2 run in the first three minutes of the second quarter to tie the game at 21-21. The Elks answered back with a 12-4 run to take a 33-25 lead. St Mary closed the gap again to 34-30 by halftime.
Unfortunately, that was as close as the Cardinals would get as the Elks took their largest lead of the night at 16 points with 1:13 to go in the third. Elkton/Lake Benton led 50-34 at the end of the third quarter, holding St Mary to just four points in the third quarter. The Cardinals scored 16 points in the fourth quarter, but were unable to gain on the Elks.
St Mary finished the night shooting 27% (12-45) from the field in the game, making just three field goals in the entire second half. They were 18% (2-11) from the three-point area, and 65% (24-35) from the free-throw line. The Cardinals had 35 team rebounds, but turned the ball over 28 times.
Lindsey Wolles finished with 18 points in the game. Jackie Wolles added 13 points along with six rebounds. Ally Mullaney had eight points and eight rebounds for St Mary.
The Cardinals fall to 4-13 on the year. St Mary will host Canistota on Monday, February 9th. The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Elkton/Lake Benton | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 66 |
| Dell Rapids St Mary | 9 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 50 |
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