The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team lost their first Dak-12 Conference game of the year. The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies beat the Quarriers 43-41 on Saturday, December 3rd, in Dell Rapids.
The Huskies jumped out to an early 3-0 lead to start the game, but Dell Rapids went on a 9-0 run to take a 9-3 lead with 4:00 left to go in the first quarter. Elk Point-Jefferson battled back, outscoring Dell Rapids 7-2 the rest of the quarter, but it was Dell Rapids who held an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Quarriers were able to push their lead to six points by the midway point of the second quarter, only to see the Huskies go on a 9-1 run to end the quarter and take a 23-21 lead into halftime.
Elk Point-Jefferson held the lead throughout the third quarter, leading by as many as six points at 31-25 with 1:40 left in the third quarter. Dell Rapids scored the final three points and cut the lead in half at 31-28 at the end of the third quarter. The Huskies extended their lead to five points to 33-28 with 6:55 to go in the game, but Dell Rapids regained the lead at 34-33 after a 6-0 run with 5:09 to go. Elk Point-Jefferson answered right back with an 8-0 to go ahead 41-34 with 3:40 to go. The Quarriers chipped away at the lead the rest of the game, only to have the game-tying shot at the final buzzer fall away no good. Elk Point-Jefferson was able to hang on for the win.
Head coach Jeff Dvorak said, “First off, although she didn’t show up in the stats, Sarah Haak played a great defensive game on one of the best players in our conference – I was very proud of her effort. When you play games like this, it’s hard to win if you have one or two areas that were poor, and we actually had three. Despite that we had a good chance to win because of our solid defense and rebounding.”
Dell Rapids finished the game shooting just 31% (14-45) from the field. They shot 48% (10-21) from the free-throw line and also committed 20 turnovers. Dell Rapids did have a 39-30 rebounding edge over the Huskies.
Arial Hoffman finished the game with 14 points and three assists. Emma Paul added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Mikaela Stofferahn added seven points and pulled down 15 rebounds.
Dell Rapids falls to 3-3 overall on the year, and 2-1 in the Dak-12. The Quarriers will travel to Garretson and take on the Blue Dragons, a Region 3A foe.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Elk Point-Jefferson | 10 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
| Dell Rapids | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
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