Basketball Briefs: December 18, 2023

Girls’ Basketball

Saturday, December 9

Washburn 40,

M-P-B 27

Medina/Pingree-Buchanan couldn’t build sustained offensive success in a 13-point loss to the Washburn Cardinals at the Stutsman County Shootout on December 9.

Kalen Kinzell had nearly half of the Thunder’s 27-point output, scoring 12 points and representing the team’s only consistent scorer for the game.

Ashlyn Schmitz’s 12 points led Washburn, with Kesia Boeshans adding eight for the winners.

In their final game before the Christmas break, the Thunder will travel to Linton Tuesday, December 19, to face the Linton-HMB Lady Lions in District 2 action.

Stutsman County Shootout

at Jamestown Civic Center

Washburn 40, M-P-B 27

M-P-B 8 6 7 6 27

Wash. 6 16 10 8 40

M-P-B: Kalen Kinzell 12, Alaina Bosche 4, Brynn Sorenson 4, Maddie Gefroh 3, Violet Bohl 2, Savannah Reister 2. Totals: 10 FG, 7-10 FT, 18 fouls. Three-pointers: None. Fouled out: Cale Redlin.

Washburn: Ashlyn Schmitz 12, Kesia Boeshans 8, Dara Beck 6, Chevelle Obering 6, Monica Goven 3, Kari Patterson 2, Mae Jennings 1. Totals: 15 FG, 10-16 FT, 8 fouls. Three-pointers: None.

Boys’ Basketball

Saturday, December 9

Garrison 62,

M-P-B 45

The creatively-named Little Hail Perkins made it rain in chunks for the Garrison Troopers, and the 6’3” junior forward’s 26 points surely helped his team put the game with the Thunder on ice.

Perkins would hit four three-pointers, and senior guard Braxton Iglehart finished with 16 more to give the “Troop” a 17-point win at the season-opening Linton Shootout on December 9.

Coming off their Region 3 championship from last season, the Thunder now navigate the smaller Class B landscape and have been realigned into District 2 of Region 1.

Three different M-P-B players went for double figures, as Gage Magstadt put in 15 points, Chase Ova was right behind with 14 and Terek Kinzell had 11. Kinzell would also connect from past the arc on three occasions, and Ova added two treys.

Treyson Iglehart was also a good contributor to Garrison’s winning effort with nine points.

Linton Shootout

Boys

Garrison 62, M-P-B 45

M-P-B 10 8 19 8 45

Garrison 15 13 18 16 62

M-P-B: Gage Magstadt 15, Chase Ova 14, Terek Kinzell 11, Jaden Sorenson 3, Gage Hofmann 2. Totals: 17 FG, 5-5 FT, 12 fouls. Three-pointers: Kinzell 3, Ova 2, Sorenson.

Garrison*: Little Hail Perkins 26, Braxton Iglehart 16, Treyson Iglehart 9, Brady Seidler 8. Totals: 26 FG, 3-4 FT, 12 fouls. Three-pointers: Perkins 4. Fouled out: T. Iglehart.

*-Three points not accounted for in scorebook.

Monday, December 11

Maple River 56,

M-P-B 52

Despite 24 points from Magstadt, the Thunder slumped to an 0-2 start to the season with a four-point defeat to the Maple River Raiders in Tower City this past Monday.

Carter Baasch went for 19 points in the victory, and the Raiders were also paced by a 15-point night from Connor Dahl (with three treys), and 14 more tallies from Tee Sylling.

Mark Thomas had 11 points for M-P-B, and Ova scored 10 in the losing cause.

The Thunder played Griggs/Midkota and Hankinson this past week, and return to action on Thursday, December 21, when they go east to face the Barnes County North Bison at BCN in Leal.

Nondistrict Boys’ Basketball

Maple River 56, M-P-B 52

at Tower City

M-P-B 12 9 10 21 52

MR 18 15 9 14 56

M-P-B: Magstadt 24, Mark Thomas 11, Ova 10, T. Kinzell 7. Totals: 21 FG, 7-10 FT, 15 fouls. Three-pointers: Thomas 2, Ova.

Maple River: Carter Baasch 19, Connor Dahl 15, Tee Sylling 14, Blake Theurer 4, Colby Weshnevski 4. Totals: 21 FG, 11-13 FT, 14 fouls. Three-pointers: Dahl 3.