The Ada-Borup-West Cougars scored a ton of points on layups and took advantage of Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball turnovers to cruise to an 89-48 victory at the Crookston High School gymnasium in the regular season finale for both teams.
First Half –
It was a high-scoring first start to the game. Â Ada-Borup-West took a 3-1 lead in the first minute of the game before Crookston’s Isaac Thomforde made a three-pointer from the corner to give the Pirates a 4-3 lead 64 seconds into the game. Â The teams exchanged points, and Ada-Borup-West had an 8-6 lead three minutes into the game. Â The scoring stopped for Crookston while the Cougars scored at will with a combination of a lot of layups and some three-pointers as they went on a 22-6 run over the next eight minutes and led 30-12 with eight minutes left in the half. Â Ada-Borup-West had eight different players score in the first 11 minutes of the game. Â Crookston continued to turn the ball over and Ada-Borup-West continued to take advantage as they continued to pull away and took a 50-24 lead at halftime.
Second Half –
The second half had a good start for Crookston as Tanner Giese made a three-pointer, but Ada-Borup-West responded with five straight points. Â That was the theme for most of the game and the second half. Â Crookston would score, and the Cougars would respond with a mini-run. Â Ada-Borup-West led 58-31 when they went on an 8-3 run, with the only Crookston points coming from a Ryan Abeld three-pointer. Â The Cougars had a 75-39 lead with 9:15 left in the game, and when the clock hit nine minutes left, running time began. Â Both teams went deeper to tbe bench for the final minutes of the game, and the Cougars cruised to an 89-48 victory.Â
Crookston ends the regular season with an 8-18 record and will be on the road in the first round of the Section 8AA tournament on Thursday. Â Ada-Borup-West improves to 18-9 on the year and will begin the Section 8A tournament, likely as the #4 seed in the East sub-section on Thursday.
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1st
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2ndÂ
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Final
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Ada-Borup-West
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50
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39 | 89 |
CROOKSTON
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24
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24 | 48 |
For CROOKSTON
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Points
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Rebounds
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Assists/Steals
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Hunter Nicholas
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16
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6 |
1 assist/3 blocks
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Tanner Giese
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8 |
4
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2 assists/1 steal
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Isaac Thomforde
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8
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3
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1 assist
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Caden Boike
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7 |
1 assist
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Ryan Abeld |
5
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2
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2 assists/1 steal
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Jack Everett
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3
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1
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1 assist
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Reggie Winjum
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1
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1
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3 assists/1 steal
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For Ada-Borup-West
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Points
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Austin McCraven
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16
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Cadyn Dahl
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13
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Charles Scholl
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12
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Lance Kritzberger
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9
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Aiden Marcussen
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9
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Cam Spaeth
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8
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Baron Odden
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6
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Mason Larson
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6
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Wyatt Larson
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5
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Ryan Engel
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4
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Gannon Rockstad
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1
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