Panthers nip Comets for LEC title

Published Saturday, March 1, 2008

Andrew McDaniel scored a game-high 28 points to lead Parkers Prairie to a 78-75 victory over Hillcrest Friday for the Little Eight Conference title.

All five Comet starters were in double figures led by Cody Aasness with 19 points, Jared Schultz with 17, Joey Battillo with 16, Josh Forland with 13, and Tim Erickson with 10. Erickson led the team with six rebounds. The starters were the only scorers for the Comets.

Tom Alton scored 21 points and hauled in 11 boards for a double-double as Kellen Noga added 16 points for the Panthers.

The Panthers out-rebounded the Comets 27-19.

Both teams shot extremely well as the Panthers shot 65 percent from the field and the Comets put up 53 percent.

The Comets were in foul trouble early in the second half which created 19 of 27 from the line for the Panthers. The Comets struggled to get to the free throw line making 8 of 10.

There were 16 treys in the contest.

“Both teams really executed well offensively,” commented Comets head coach Gregg Preston. “I thought the difference was the rebounding. They went to the glass harder than we did.”

The Comets move to 17-5 as they host Park Christian Monday night at the Student Activities Center on the Hillcrest campus.

PARKERS PRAIRIE (78)

A. McDaniel 28, C. Hager 6, C. Bates 5, T. Alton 21, B.J. Revering 2, K. Noga 16. Totals: 19/7 19-27 78

HILLCREST ACADEMY (75)

C. Aasness 19, J. Schultz 17, J. Battillo, J. Forland, T. Erickson 10. Totals: 20/9 8-10 75

PP 31 47 — 78

Hillcrest 30 45 — 75

Fouls: PP 15, HA 24

Fouled Out: Hohncke, Erickson (H)

Underwood 49, Brandon-Evansville 25

UNDERWOOD — Dylan Meyer led the Underwood Rockets in scoring with 12.

Meyer ran into foul trouble early in the game and sat out most of the first half.

Cody Nordick contributed 10 points for the Rockets.

“I thought our guys played with intensity on both sides of the floor, we rebounded the ball extremely well,” said Underwood coach Trevor Schneeberger.

The Rockets will host New York Mills on Monday.

UNDERWOOD (49)

C. Nordick 10, T. Meyer 7, C. Wilke 5, D. Meyer 12, C. Mortenson 7, J. Umlauf 8. Totals: 15/1 16-23 49

BRANDON-EVANSVILLE (25)

M. Bertrand 5, J. Guetter 6, K. Bruins 12, K. Erickson 6. Totals: 8/0 9-15 25

B-E 16 9 — 25

Underwood 20 29 — 49

Fouls: Und 17, B-E 23.

West Central 81, Ulen-Hitterdal 38

BARRETT — Derek Bredy, Sam Richards and Alan Strom all had 12 points as the Knights romped past the Spartans.

The Knights had 12 different players score. Kolten Lee had 9 while Eric Erickson and Dale Haberer combined for 16 points.

Leading the Spartans in scoring was Yuri Johnson with 10.

The 12-11 Knights will travel to Wheaton on Thursday night, and will take on Motley in Staples next Saturday in Sub-Section 6AA West play.

WEST CENTRAL AREA (81)

D. Bredy 12, S. Richards 12, A. Strom 12, K. Lee 9, E. Erickson 8, D. Haberer 8, A. Peterson 7, N. Bates 7, T. Belgum 2, P. Hough 2, B. Anderson 2. Totals: 14/6 13-24 81

ULEN-HITTERDAL (38)

Y. Johnson 10, J. Carpenter 7, J. Carpenter 6, L. Holm 5, J. Miller 5, J. Larson 3, T. Wang 2. Totals: 14/3 7-16 38

U-H 15 23 — 38

WCA 40 41 — 81

Fouls, WCA 16, U-H 18

Battle Lake 62, Rothsay 52

ROTHSAY — Brady Cameron pumped in 37 points and the Battlers hit some key buckets down the stretch for a Little Eight Conference victory over Rothsay.

Cameron was very effective at the free throw line where he converted on 10 of 13 attempts.

Adam Marso netted 12 points for the Battlers.

Battle Lake held a 30-26 lead at the half and went up by eight but the Tigers rallied to retake the lead midway through the second half.

The Battlers were 15 of 21 at the foul line.

Jordan Aaberg led the Tigers with 22 points while Cody Hanneman scored 12.

The win broke a seven-game slide by the Battlers and gave them a final record of 7-16. Battle Lake was 5-7 in LEC play. The Tigers, 2-20 overall, travel to Barnesville Thursday.

BATTLE LAKE (62)

B. Boyum 6, N. Bladow 2, B. Cameron 37, A. Marso 12, H. Haarstad 5. Totals: 19/3 15-21 62

ROTHSAY (52)

J. Grunewald 3, R. Carillo 3, C. Hanneman 12, J. Aaberg 22, R. Melkert 4, C. Johnson 7. Totals: 19/2 5-6 52

Battle Lake 30 32 — 62

Rothsay 26 26 — 52