Photo courtesy of Tammy Chamley, Dells City Journal
The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls had to come from behind to earn a 64-54 win over the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Saturday, January 19th at Dell Rapids High School.
Dell Rapids scored the first two points of the game, but Elk Point-Jefferson went on a 9-0 run to take a 9-2 lead. The Huskies pushed the lead to nine points by the end of the first quarter at 15-6. The Quarriers got the offense going in the second quarter as they scored 19 second quarter points, but the Huskies scores 17 points themselves and held a 32-25 lead at halftime.
The Quarrier defense the locked down the Huskie offense in the second half. Elk Point-Jefferson was held to just nine points in the third quarter and 13 points in the fourth quarter. Dell Rapids countered with 17 points in the third quarter and erased the seven-point halftime deficit. The Quarriers led 42-41 heading into the final quarter. Dell Rapids continued to roll in the fourth quarter scoring 22 points for the 10-point win.
Four players scored in double figures for Dell Rapids. Jayda Knuppe had a game-high 18 points. Aspen Hansen finished with 17 points. Emma Paul ended the game with 16 points, which included her reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career, and Ravyn Hoffman tallied 10 points. Elk Point-Jefferson was led by Lily Kempf with 14 points.
Dell Rapids (5-5) will travel to Vermillion on Thursday, January 24th. The Quarriers will play a girls and boys double-header against the Tanagers.