After leading 5-2 in the opening minutes against visiting Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, the Minnewaska Area Lakers boys' basketball team fell into a major scoring drought and went over six minutes without scoring a point. Meanwhile, the Tigers reeled off a 16-0 run fueled by 12 points by Austin Dierks to go up 18-5.
At halftime, after falling behind as much as 26-11 with 6:40 left, the Lakers face a 28-23 deficit.
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Dierks has 16 points at halftime.
*Update: 90 seconds into the 2nd half, the Tigers have a 30-24 lead. The Minnewaska Lakers just ended a streak of making 13 consecutive free throws.
Final: Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 60, Minnewaska Area 48. The Tigers shot 9-of-16 at the free throw line in the game, while the Lakers lost in spite of a 22-of-27 performance at the charity stripe.
Tigers senior Austin Dierks had a monster double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds.
The Lakers are 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the WCC-North schedule; they travel to Sauk Centre (1-0) next Tuesday night in another WCCN game.
D-Mac has Minnewaska head coach Todd Beecher on the Smooth Magic 107 FM Coaches' Roundup show on Saturday morning, December 8.
