Carrington, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)—-The Carrington Cardinals held off a fourth quarter comeback attempt by the visiting Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg (MPCG) Patriots for a 54-50 victory. Carrington scored the first basket of the fourth quarter and held a 12 point lead at 39-27. The Patriots went on a 13-3 run and cut the lead to just 2 points at 42-40 with 3:50 to play. The Cardinals outscored the Patriots 12-10 down the stretch for the victory.

Carrington had 4 players score in double figures led by Hudson Topp (5’11 sophomore) with a game high 15 points. Lucas Hendrickson (6′ junior) 13 points, Grady Shipman (5’9 freshman) 11 points, and Hudson Schmitz (6′ sophomore) 10 points aided the Cardinal win.

The Patriots were paced by Jordan Evans (6’3 senior) with a game high 15 points and Shawn Klabo (5’10 senior) with 11 points (all in the fourth quarter). Ethan Bergstrom added 9 points.

MPCG dropped to 2-7 overall and Carrington improved to 5-6. The Cardinals will host Velva on Friday night (January 22nd) and the game will be aired on AM 1600 KDAK (THE CARDINAL). FM 100.1 FM, and www.newsdakota.com