The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys basketball team head their four-game win streak snapped on Tuesday, January 9th . The Cardinals lost to Class A Parker Pheasants 73-40 at Parker High School.
St Mary trailed by only five points after the first quarter at 17-12, but Parker pushed the lead to 11 points at 35-24 at halftime. Parker then used a 30-12 third quarter difference to take complete control of the game. The Pheasants led 65-36 after the third quarter. Parker then outscored St Mary 8-4 in the final quarter.
The Cardinals shot 31% from the field in the game, but just 21% from three-point area and 33% from the free-throw line. St Mary also had 22 team rebounds and 10 steals.
Connor Libis had a team-high 17 points. Luke Brown added seven points. Connar Kangas had six points. Weston Geraets had a team-high three steals, and Max Herber had a team-high seven rebounds. Parker was led by Trey Christensen with 19 points.
St Mary (4-3) will travel to Lake Preston for a double-header with the girls on Friday, January 12th. Both games of the double-header can be seen on Big Sioux Media.