Wolverine boys topped by CM/C in MLA Holiday Tourney game

Cougars use 11-0 second half spurt to take eight-point win

 

Frigid temps outside; frigid second half shooting inside for the Wolverine boys basketball squad.

After taking a four-point 37 to 33 lead into the locker room at the half, Mountain Lake Area (MLA) shooters came out cold in the second – while guest Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (CM/C) went on an 11-0 scoring spurt. The Maroon-and-Silver could not recover from that deficit, dropping their Friday, December 29 2017 MLA Holiday Basketball Tournament game by eight, 69 to 75.

Despite the loss, the Wolverines recorded four scorers in double digits. Marcus Boyd led the quartet with 21 points, Weston Osland tallied 16, Regan Syverson netted 12 and Abraham Stoesz had 11.

MLA lost 6’2″ junior forward David Larson during the first half due to a left ankle injury.

The Wolverines return to Red Rock Conference place on Thursday, January 5, when they travel to Westbrook to face the Westbrook-Walnut Grove (W-WG) Chargers.

 

Named to the Boys All-Tournament Team were:

  • From MLA – Marcus Boyd (6’3″ senior guard) and Weston Osland (6′ senior guard).
  • From CM-C – Dylan Hillesheim (6’2″ senior forward) and Lewis Pendleton (6’4″ junior guard).
  • From Tri-City United – Jack Skluzacek (6′ senior guard).

 

 

WOLVERINE MARCUS BOYD, left, a 6’3″ senior guard, and 6’2″ senior forward Dylan Hillesheim for the Cougars, right, take it to the floor for control of the basketball.

 

SPENCER KHAMVONGSA, RIGHT, a 5’9″ sophomore guard, challenges the defense of the Cougars’ Ethan Bock, left, a 5’8″ junior guard.

 

MLA’S REGAN SYVERSON, center, a 6’3″ junior forward, muscles for control of the ball between a pair of CM/C defenders, 6’4″ senior forward Matthew Larsen, left, and Dylan Hillesheim, right.

 

WESTON OSLAND, RIGHT, MLA’s 6′ senior guard, drives the lane from the top of the key against Justin Lumbar, left, a 6’2″ junior forward for the Cougars.

 

AS 6’2″ JUNIOR forward Drake Harder, center, blocks out CM/C’s Eli Samuelson, right, a 6’2″ junior guard from under the basket, his teammate Abe Stoesz, left, 5’10” sophomore guard, left, skies high for the rebound.

 

 

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