#4 FERTILE-BELTRAMI BOYS BASKETBALL BEATS #10 ADA-BORUP-WEST

The #4 ranked Fertile-Beltrami Falcon Boys Basketball team used an 18-4 run that spanned the end of the first half and the start of the second half to beat the #10 ranked Ada-Borup-West Cougars 67-51 in front of a jam-packed Fertile-Beltrami High School gymnasium in Fertile.

FIRST HALF-
Fertile-Beltrami came out and scored the first points as Derek Sorenson cut to the basket after the Falcons grabbed an offensive rebound for a 2-0 lead. After an Ada-Borup-West basket, Sorenson responded with another basket. Ada-Borup-West answered with a Cadyn Dahl three-pointer for a 5-4 lead one minute into the game. Caiden Swenby tied the game at seven with a three-pointer before the Cougars scored five straight points for a 10-7 lead. Fertile-Beltrami’s Sorenson continued to have the hot hand, showing that cutting to the basket can be rewarding as he scored on a basket driving to the basket and followed with two free throws on the next trip down the floor. Caleb Stoltman capped a 7-0 run with a three-pointer for a 14-10 Falcon lead. The game was tied at 16 when Fertile-Beltrami’s Sorenson and Preston Hanson added baskets for a 20-16 lead with 11 minutes remaining.
The teams exchanged baskets, and Fertile-Beltrami had a 29-28 lead with five minutes left when the Falcons went on a 9-0 run with a three-pointer from Hanson and two points apiece from Sorenson, Swenby, and Mason Nowacki for a 38-28 lead. Ada-Borup-West made a shot with one second left in the half, and Fertile-Beltrami took a 38-30 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF-
Fertile-Beltrami started the second half on a 9-2 run after four Hanson points, a Swenby three-pointer, and two Sorenson free throws for a 47-32 lead six minutes into the half. Ada-Borup-West battled back to get within a 53-42 deficit before Fertile-Beltrami scored six points, with Hanson, Swenby, and Sorenson scoring two points apiece for a 59-42 lead.
Fertile-Beltrami led 63-49 with 4:37 left in the game, and Nowacki made two free throws and Sorenson added another basket for a 67-49 lead. Fertile-Beltrami worked time off the shot clock on the next four possessions, and with less than three minutes left in the game, both teams went to the bench, and Fertile Beltrami won 67-51.

Fertile-Beltrami improves to 13-1 on the year and will take on Warren-Alvarado-Oslo on Friday. Ada-Borup-West drops to 13-2 on the year.

CLICK HERE to listen to Coach Neil Steffes’ post-game comments.

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