Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rentz
A late fourth quarter rally was not enough to erase an early deficit for the Dell Rapids Quarriers as they fell to the Tea Area Titans 80-60 on Friday, December 14th at Tea Area High School.
Tea Area raced out to a 13-2 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Dell Rapids went on an 8-2 run to close the game to 15-10, but the Titans scored the last bucket of the quarter for a 17-10 lead after the first period. Tea Area outscored Dell Rapids 15-12 in the second quarter to take a 35-22 lead into halftime.
The Quarriers cut into the Titan lead early in the third quarter. A layup by Drew Van Regenmorter with 5:15 in the quarter cut the Titan lead to 11 points at 40-29. The Titans then outscored Dell Rapids 18-11 over the rest of the quarter for a 58-40 lead heading into the final quarter of play. Dell Rapids started the fourth quarter on a 12-2 run. Van Regenmorter knocked down a three point shot from the left wing with 6:00 to go in the game to cut the Titan lead to 10 points at 60-50. The Quarriers couldn’t keep the momentum going as Tea Area scored 14 points in a row over the next three minutes to extend their lead to 74-50 and put the game out of reach for Dell Rapids.
Dell Rapids (0-2) will host Baltic as part of a girls and boys double header on Tuesday, December 18th. Both games can be seen on Big Sioux Media.