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Hawley pulls away to beat Crookston Boys Basketball

The Crookston Pirate Boys’ Basketball team gave up two runs, one in each half, and the Hawley Nuggets pulled away for a 74-53 victory in a Section 8AA matchup at the Crookston High School Gymnasium.

FIRST HALF –
Crookston started the game with a Rylan Lubarski basket for a 2-0 lead before Hawley answered with seven straight points. It started with a Coleman Hoff three-pointer, and Noah Nelson followed with four points for a 7-2 lead. Crookston’s Jack Everett stopped the run with a basket, only to have the Nuggets respond with four straight points for an 11-4 lead six minutes into the game. Crookston settled down and got a three-pointer from Everett, and Reggie Winjum added a basket to get within an 11-9 deficit. After a Hawley three-pointer, Crookston’s Michael Deng came off the bench and converted a three-point play. Hawley’s Noah Nelson responded with a two-handed dunk before Crookston’s Matthew Contreras buried a three-pointer. Hawley answered with a three-pointer before Crookston’s Hunter Nicholas made a three-pointer to get within a 20-18 deficit with 6:49 left in the game. Hawley took over the game while taking advantage of poor Crookston passing and went on a 10-0 run that was sparked by Jaxon Schenk’s six points and two points apiece from Nelson and Mark Schauer for a 30-18 lead. The teams played even the rest of the half, and Hawley took a 35-23 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF –
The start of the second half was back and forth for the first couple of minutes, and Hawley had a 41-28 lead when they went on another 10-0 run with five different players scoring two points apiece for a 51-28 lead. Crookston’s Winjum stopped the run with a three-point play, only to have Hawley go on an 11-2 run for a 62-33 lead with 8:14 left in the game. Hawley went to the bench, and Crookston took advantage by going on a 9-0 run, with Winjum scoring seven points and Nicholas adding a basket to get within a 62-42 deficit. Hawley held off the Pirates the rest of the way to win the game 74-53.

Crookston drops to 2-6 on the year and will travel to Red Lake County (Oklee) on Thursday. Hawley improves to 3-9 on the year.
J.V. – Hawley won 68-32 C-Squad – Hawley won 49-16

Click above to listen to Coach Bruce Erdmann’s comments
 1st 2nd Final
Hawley353974
Crookston233053
For Crookston PointsReboundsSteal/Assists
Reggie Winjum2045 assists/4 steals
Hunter Nicholas931 assist
Jack Everett811 steal
Michael Deng641 steal/1 assist
Matthew Contreras344 steals/1 assist
Rylan Lubarski273 assists/1 block
Brayden Pederson21
For HawleyPoints
Noah Nelson19
Jaxon Schenck12
Matthew Crompton11
Elliot Lee7
Coleman Hoff6
Brody Hadley6
Charles Steer5
Mark Schauer5
Evan Schenck2
Levi Lelm1

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