VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Maple River Raiders and the Enderlin Eagles got day 2 of the Barnes County basketball tournament started over at the bubble in Valley City. It was Enderlin who jumped out to the early lead in this one. The Eagles would in fact lead the game after the first three quarters. However, the Raiders, who trailed by as much as 10 points in the second half, got massive back to back 3-pointers from Chloe Wetch and Iris Richman to rally their team and help them come back and win this game 50-47. The Raiders will head into the final day of the tournament 1-1 and the Eagles go into the final day at 0-2.
Maple River Leaders
– Chloe Wetch 15 points 4 rebounds FT 7-8
– Adyson Hannig 10 points 7 rebounds FT 10-16
– Iris Richman 9 points 7 rebounds
Enderlin Leaders
– Genevieve Gruba 22 points 9 rebounds FT 10-12
– Amethyst Billing 10 points 5 rebounds
– Mackenzie Wall 10 points 3 rebounds FT 4-4
Game two of day two of the Barnes County tournament needed extra time. This game was between the Sargent County Bulldogs and the Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Warbirds, both teams winning their first games in the tournament on Tuesday. Unlike the first game of the day, the teams exchanged leads following the first three quarters of the game, before being tied up at 28-28 at the end of 4 quarters. Jami Bopp was the difference maker in this one for the Bulldogs as they made her presence felt all over the court, especially down the stretch and into overtime, as she would grab rebounds both offensively and defensively and also hit clutch shots. Due to this performance, the Sargent County Bulldogs won this game 38-34 in overtime. Bulldogs will go into Saturday 2-0 in the tournament, and Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 1-1.
Sargent County Leaders
– Jami Bopp 12 points 15 rebounds 4 steals
– Annika Nelson 12 points 4 rebounds 5 steals
– Alannah Beck 0 points 9 rebounds 3 steals
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Leaders
– Zoey Bohnenstingl 16 points 10 rebounds 8 steals
– Emerson Johnson 11 points 2 assists
– Gracie Kaczynski 7 points 15 rebounds
In the final game of the evening, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion won in convincing fashion over Barnes County North by a final score of 58-19. The Bison had no way of containing Abby Haberman and Molly Musland and the Loboes were able to get some valuable extra rest before their championship game vs. Sargent County on Saturday. Despite the best efforts of senior guard Hanna Wieland, the Bison fell to 0-2 for the tournament while the Loboes improved to 2-0.
LaMoure/Litchville Leaders
-Abby Haberman 12 points 7 rebounds, 6-6 FG
-Molly Musland 10 points 4 assists
-Bailie Kelly 9 points 5 rebounds
Barnes County North Leaders
-Hanna Wieland 8 points 2 steals
-Ashley Weiss 5 points 3 rebounds
-Allison Brynn 4 points 2 rebounds