On a night in which the ’94-’95 Quarrier boys basketball team was honored at halftime, the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball team had no trouble earning their fifth win of the season. The Quarriers defeated the Chamberlain Cubs 71-31 on Friday, January 9th, in Dell Rapids.
Head coach Jason Fersdahl said, “It was great to visit with these past players and our team really wanted to play hard with those guys in attendance.”
The Quarriers started the game on a 13-0 run over the first five minutes and led 21-3 after the first quarter. Dell Rapids continued their strong defense in the second quarter. They held the Cubs to just six points in the second quarter while scoring 24 to take a 45-9 lead into halftime. Both teams scored 16 points in the third quarter, and Dell Rapids led 60-25 after the third quarter. The Quarriers out-scored Chamberlain 10-6 in the final quarter on their way to the win.
Dell Rapids shot 46% (29-63) from the field, 35% (8-23) from the three-point area, and 100% (5-5) from the free-throw line. The Quarriers also had 31 team rebounds, 21 assists, and 17 steals.
Ben Hammer had 12 points and three rebounds in the game. Ty Hoglund added 12 points, three rebounds, and three steals. Sam White had eight rebounds, and Riley Schmidt and Hunter Hansen each had four assists.
Fersdahl said, “Our team came out with great energy on the defensive end, and we were able to get out into the passing lanes to get deflections and steals early in the game. We settled for some jump shots early in the game, but once we got into the flow we were able to find cutters going to the basket and our guards did a nice job of breaking down the Cubs’ defense with dribble penetration. We rebounded the ball very well in the first half and did not give up many second chance opportunities.”
The game was the first basketball action the team was able to have since Tuesday’s (January 6th) win over Pipestone Area.
“It was a rough week with all of the disruptions due to the weather as we missed out on three days worth of practice. We need to keep getting repetitions in practice to keep building toward establishing some consistency when we hit the court, and we need to keep working at improving our shooting percentage by getting more shots up in practice,” said Fersdahl.
The Quarriers improved to 5-0 on the year. Dell Rapids will travel to Sioux Falls to take on region-foe Sioux Falls Christian Chargers on Tuesday, January 13th. A link will be provided on Big Sioux Media for the webcast from Sioux Falls Christian.
Members of the ’94-’95 Quarrier team that took 5th place in the State A tournament that were honored at halftime include Matt Wilber, Jeremy Risty, Andrew Bisson, Baron Hedin, Andrew Johnson, Jeremy Kudera, Jamie Davis, Ben Bender, Josh Ljunggren, Tom Miller, Seth Ahrendt, and Todd Fletcher. Coaches were Mick Hoglund and Steve Hansen.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Chamberlain | 3 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| Dell Rapids | 21 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 71 |
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