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ADA-BORUP BOYS BASKETBALL USES STELLAR DEFENSE TO BEAT KITTSON COUNTY CENTRAL

The #3 ranked Ada-Borup/West Cougars used a strong finish in the first and second halves to beat the Kittson County Central Bearcats in the Section 8A quarterfinals played in the Ralph Englestad Arena in Thief River Falls. 

FIRST HALF –
Ada-Borup/West jumped out to a 6-0 lead scoring four of the points off steals. Kittson County Central finally scored over six minutes into the game when Jarrett Kujava made a three-pointer. The Kujava three-pointer sparked the KCC offense as Evan Austad made a three to tie the game at 6-6. KCC followed with another Kujava three-pointer for a 9-6 lead with 9:37 left in the half. Ada-Borup’s Verdis Barber stopped the KCC run with two free throws, but the Cougars’ Mason Miller was called for an intentional foul and Kujava made one of the two free throws and the Bearcats led 11-8 over halfway through the first half. Ada-Borup started to pick up their play on the defensive end and didn’t allow a point for over seven minutes and led 18-12. After the seven-minute drought, Kittson County Central finally scored when Tucker Nelson was fouled and made the front end of the bonus free throw and was fouled on the box out and a technical foul was called against Ada-Borup. Nelson made two more free throws and missed the fourth attempt to bring the Bearcats within a 21-15 deficit with two minutes remaining. Ada-Borup’s Preston Gwin answered in a big way with a three-pointer a few seconds later to give the Cougars a 24-14 lead, which they took into halftime.

SECOND HALF – 
KCC’s Kujava scored the first points of the second half, but Ada-Borup/West’s Gwin answered with back-to-back three-pointers for a 30-17 lead over two minutes into the half.  Ada-Borup/West led 30-19 when KCC’s Kujava made another three-pointer three minutes into the half to bring his team within a 30-22 deficit.  Ada-Borup/West dominated the defensive end of the floor and only allowed 13 points in the final 15 minutes of the game and coasted to a 46-35 victory.  The Cougars ended the game with an exclamation point with an alley-oop dunk from Mason Miller (see picture below in the gallery).

Ada-Borup/West improves to 26-1 on the year and will play the winner of Fertile-Beltrami and Badger-Greenbush-Middle River on Monday at 6:00 p.m.  Kittson County Central drops to 18-9 on the year. 

  1st  2nd  Final
KCC 15 20 35
Ada-Borup/West 24 22 46

 

For Ada-Borup/West Points
Preston Gwin 16
Mason Miller 8
Verdis Barber 7
Avery Okroi 5
Jennings Lee 4
Chase Buchholz 3
Cameron Spaeth 3

 

For KCC Points
Jarrett Kujava 25
Mitchell Docken 4
Tucker Nelson 3
Evan Austad 3

 

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