Ty Hoglund reached the 1,000 point milestone for his career on Friday, December 11th. Hogland was only four points away from 1,000 entering the game against the West Central Trojans. Hoglund hit a three-point shot three seconds into the game to give him 999 points. With the score tied 8-8, Hoglund drove the length of the court after a rebound and made the left-handed layup with 4:33 to go in the quarter to give Dell Rapids a 10-8 lead…a lead they would hold on to the rest of the game…and give him 1,001 points for his career.
Hoglund finished the game with 36 points, three steals and five assists for Dell Rapids. Sheldon Siemonsma had 14 points, while Mason Schmidt had 12 points. Siemonsma also had nine rebounds. Sam White and Jeffrey Schuch both had eight rebounds a piece. Carson Rentz dished out four assists in the game.
Dell Rapids led 22-13 after the first quarter as the Quarriers out-scored West Central 12-5 after Hoglund’s milestone layup. The Quarriers continued the offensive momentum into the second quarter outscoring the Trojans 21-13 to give Dell Rapids a 43-26 halftime lead.
The Quarriers scored the first seven points of the third quarter to give them their biggest lead of the night at 50-26 with 6:30 to go in the quarter. West Central, however, went on a run the remainder of the quarter to close the gap to 66-54 by the end of the quarter.
Noah Vettrus hit a three-point basket, three of his 33 points in the game, with 6:00 to go in the game to pull the Trojans within seven points at 70-61. That was as close as West Central would get as Dell Rapids was able to hit enough free throws down the stretch to maintain about a 10-point lead and pull out the win 82-70.
Dell Rapids (1-0) will host Tea Area in their next game on Friday, December 18th, as part of a double-header. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.