The Lake Preston Divers beat the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys for the second time this year on Thursday, January 21st, at the Dakota Valley Conference Tournament in Arlington. The Divers won 46-36.
Lake Preston held a three-point lead after the first quarter at 13-10. St Mary, however, only scored four points in the second quarter, and the Divers led 25-14 at halftime. St Mary was able to cut the lead to 32-25 at the end of the third quarter, but the Divers outscored St Mary 14-11 in the final quarter for the win.
The Cardinals were only 13-50 (26%) from the field in the game. They also finished at 18% (2-11) from three-point area, and shot 67% (6-9) from the free-throw line. The Divers out-rebounded St Mary 40-29 and forced 11 Cardinal turnovers.
Luke Brown has 12 points in the game along with three rebounds. Noah Fiegen had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Austin Welbig had seven points. Zach Geraets finished with five rebounds, four steals and three assists.
The Cardinals (1-11) will play Estelline in White on Saturday, January 23rd, at 1:00 p.m.