CARRINGTON, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The Carrington Cardinals boys basketball team hosted the Knights of Dakota Prairie on Tuesday night for Class B Boys non-region action. In a back and forth contest, the Knights hold on for the victory 53-51 and improve to 2-2 overall, Carrington drops to 1-2 overall.

The Cardinals led 20-10 at the end of the first quarter, but Dakota Prairie had a big second quarter outscoring the Cardinals 23-9 to take the lead 33-29 at the break. With the score tied at 49 towards the end of the fourth quarter, Garrett Haakenson hit a 3-pointer to put DP up 52-49 and they would keep the lead. The Cardinals had a chance to tie at 53 with under :14 seconds left, but a big block by Garrett Syverson prevented it. DP was led by two players in double figures, Juniors Garrett Syverson and Cade Stein dropped in 16 points each and Haakenson added nine, three 3-pointers, as a team they hit seven three’s. The Cardinals were led by three players in double figures, Lucas Hendrickson had 15, Hudson Schmitz 14 and Hudson Topp 10.

Next up for Carrington will be on Wednesday, December 30th at Pingree to take on fellow Region 3 team, Medina/Pingree/Buchanan, KDAK will have coverage starting about 12:30pm.