Day 1 Results from the Stutsman County Tournament

Posted By: Steve Linzmeier
January 10, 2020 @ 8:04 am
Sports

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The opening day of the Stutsman County Boys Basketball Tournament was held on Thursday at the Jamestown Civic Center.

Kidder County 58, Carrington 39.

A close first half, opened up for Kidder County in the second half as they began to wear Carrington down. The Cardinals hit six triples in the opening 16 minutes as they tried to keep pace and trailed by just six at the break. Carrington’s Seth Nelson hit a three to open the second half and slash the lead in half. However, Kidder County would score 13 of the next 14 to pull away for good.

Eli Fallgatter lead the Wolves with 17. Seth Nelson and Hudson Topp each had 12 for Carrington.

EKM 64, NGS 42.

The second game of the day, it was a dominate fourth quarter from EKM that closed the door on NGS. The Rebel had been ahead the entire game, but it always seemed the NGS was still in striking distance until a 19-8 fourth quarter closed it down. Alex Huber paced the offense for EKM with 22.

Jaxcen Glatt had 15 for NGS with four triples.

Ellendale 76, South Border 33.

The Ellendale Cardinals breezed by the South Border Mustangs in the opening round of the 2020 Stutsman County boy’s basketball tournament 76-33. The Mustangs couldn’t stop 6’7″ Sophomore Scott Wagner who finished second and third quarters to knock off the Thunder with a game high 27 points (13 of 13 shooting) and 10 rebounds. Hunter Thorpe added 18 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Luke Scherbenske and Ty Buchholz scored 9 points each for the Mustangs. Ellendale improved to 4-0 and South Border dropped to 0-3 on the season.

Midkota 58, MPB 47.

Trailing 12-11 after the opening quarter, Midkota outscored MPB 29-17 in the

second and third quarters leading to the 58-47 victory. Logan Topp scored 19 of his game high 22 points in the first half. Jory Boote added 13 points and Jacob Timm finished with 12 points and a game high 9 rebounds. Michael Thomas paced MPB with 18 points and 6 rebounds. Midkota improves to 2-2 and MPB drops to 1-4 on the season.

Day 2 Schedule:

3pm: Carrington vs. NGS

4:30pm: South Border vs. MPB

6pm: Kidder County vs. EKM

7:30pm: Ellendale vs. Midkota

All games on Thunder Country 98.3 FM and newsdakota.com.