Wizards Slow Stampede
113-103
Bismarck--Yet another
big scoring night from Romel Beck propelled the Dakota Wizards to their
12th
victory at the BismarckCivicCenter
this season. Beck’s 27 points on12-of-16 shooting keyed a 113-103 win
over the
Idaho Stampede in front of 3,776 fans on Saturday night. Despite being
outrebounded 45-34, Dakota was able to pull away in part because of a
great team
shooting effort. The Wizards shot 57.7% for the game while holding the
Stampede
to 45.5% from the field. Wizards head coach Rory White has been asking
his team
for a balanced attack, and Dakota responded with eight different
Wizards
scoring in the first quarter. Idaho,
still trying to work out their rotation after having three players
receive NBA
call-ups, kept the game close in the first, even after shooting only
40% from
the field in the frame. The period came to a close with Dakota leading
26-25.
FULL
STORY
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Steady Bobcats
Topple Blizzard 4-2 Bismarck --The
Bismarck Bobcats rang up their 28th win of the season Saturday,
pulling away from the Alexandria Blizzard for a 4-2 win at the
Runestone Center. Battling through a scoreless first period, the ‘Cats
opened
the scoring 4:31 into the second when Sam Rendle guided a 40-foot shot
through a pile of bodies in front of Alexandria netminder Rob
Tadazak—giving Bismarck a 1-0 lead.
Bobcat forward Dominic Panetta extended that lead just 32
seconds later, burying a Ryan Faragher transition centering feed for
his 19th tally of the year and a 2-0 edge.FULL
STORY
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Blue Hawks
Pull Away
from Trojans in 2nd Half,
Win 63-46 Dickinson-- Dickinson State (11-12, 6-4) topped Dakota State
tonight in Scott Gym by a 63-46 margin. It was a nice win for the Blue
Hawks on a night when DSU promoted Cancer Awareness. It also helped
greatly in DSU's fortunes in the Dakota Athletic Conference hunt. Nathan
Lebsock and Matt Lee were the high scores for DSU. Nate had 17 points
and made five of his seven free throws in 35 minutes of court time. Lee
had 16 tallies on a perfect six-of-six from the field. His six rebounds
tied him with team honors, Brian Lebsock being the other board crasher.
Lebsock also dished out a team best nine assists, leading the Hawks to
16 on the night. FULL STORY
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Free-Throw Shooting Carries Bison
Past Southern Utah, 79-59 Fargo--Eric
Carlson had
19 points, four assists and a career-high six steals to
lead North
Dakota State to a 79-59 victory over Southern Utah in Summit
League
men's basketball Saturday, Feb. 6, before a crowd of 2,795 at the Bison
Sports Arena. Carlson made all nine of his free throws and North Dakota
State shot
34 of 37 from the foul line to snap a three-game home losing streak.
The Bison improved to 9-14 overall and moved into a tie for fifth place
in the league with a 6-7 record. Nate
Zastrow
made two first-half 3-pointers and was 8 of 8 at the foul line for
NDSU. Zastrow finished with career highs of 16 points and five
rebounds and added three assists. FULL
STORY
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Sioux Stumble at Houston
Baptist in Great West Play
Grand Forks-- The University of North Dakota
men’s basketball team fell to Houston Baptist, 75-65, in Great West
Conference
play on Saturday at Sharp Gynasium. Senior Travis Bledsoe (Minneapolis,
Minn.)
scored a game-high 25 points for the Sioux (4-17, 2-3 GWC), but a 15-0
run by
the Huskies (4-16, 3-1 GWC) to start the second half created to big of
a hole
for the visitors to overcome. HBU’s Anthony Gonzalez paced his team
with 24
points and went 13-for-14 from the free throw line. Miles Dixon added
17 points
and hit two big 3-pointers during that spurt to start the second half
for the
home team. FULL
STORY
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Pioneers Rally for
Rare Engelstad Arena
Sweep of Sioux Grand Forks -- Denver scored four unanswered
goals,
including three in the final 10 minutes of the second period, to erase
a 2-0
deficit and knock off the Fighting Sioux 4-2 at Ralph Engelstad
Arena. The victory capped a WCHA
series sweep for top-ranked Denver,
which improved to 16-6-4 overall and
12-4-4 in conference play. The Sioux fell to 13-10-5 overall and 8-9-3
in the
WCHA while suffering their first home sweep since Dec. 15-16, 2006
(Michigan
Tech). Kyle Ostrow, DrewShore,
Joe Colborne and Rhett Rakhshani scored the Pioneer goals.FULL
STORY
Bobcats Acquire
Klein, Danford from Outlaws
Bismarck -- With only 17 games left
before the end of the North American Hockey
League’s regular season, the Bismarck Bobcats continue to make a splash
in the trade market, acquiring forward Tyler Klein and defenseman Ben
Danford from the North Iowa Outlaws for future considerations. The move to acquire Klein and
Danford—both of whom
represented the Outlaws earlier this month at the NAHL Top Prospects
Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich.—comes just a week after the Bobcats
traded for Air Force Academy recruit Aaron Quick from the Wichita Falls
Wildcats. FULL
STORY
Peacocks
Pound Marauders on Boards Bismarck-- Four
Marauders reached double digits in points but the scoring balance
wasn't enough to overcome a tremendous rebounding disparity as Upper
Iowa University defeated the University of Mary 71-65 in Northern Sun
men's basketball action. The Peacocks held a 37-16 rebounding
advantage over the Marauders, including a 12-4 margin on offensive
rebounds. U-Mary connected on 11 treys in the game and committed just
ten turnovers but it wasn't enough to counterbalance the rebounding or
the disparity in bench scoring. The Upper Iowa reserves scored 29
points while U-Mary received no scoring from its bench. The
Marauders jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the game and led much of the
first half before the Peacocks rallied to tale a 32-29 lead at
intermission. Upper Iowa would eventually build its lead to 13 points
before U-Mary made a late challenge. FULL
STORY
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Wizards Acquire
James "Boo" Jackson
Bismarck --The
Dakota Wizards announced that they have acquired forward James “Boo” Jackson in a
trade with
the Bakersfield Jam. In exchange for Jackson,
the Jam received guard Blake Ahearn, whom Dakota acquired earlier. Jackson, a product of Eastern Michigan, has
averaged 11.4
points and 5.8 rebounds this season in 18 games for the Los Angeles
D-Fenders
and Jam.
He has scored in double figures in 11 games, recording a 21-point,
12-rebound
double-double on Dec. 18, 2009 when the Jam fell to the Idaho Stampede
in Bakersfield.
Jackson recorded a
season-high 22 points as a member of
the D-Fenders in a Dec. 4, 2009 loss to the Reno Bighorns at the StaplesCenter
in Los Angeles.
.
West River Action
with Jeff
Baranick
Beulah--
Prep hoops took center
stage this
past week on the North Dakota sports
calendar,
as many teams played as many as three games in the first full week of
February. The marquee game was a girls’ showdown in Beach between
the
top-ranked & undefeated Buccaneers and the 3rd-rated Hazen
Bison. In a
tightly-contested matchup in which neither team took control through
the first
three quarters, the Bucs finally pulled away in the final stanza to
claim a
10-point victory, 53-43. The game was tied at 14 at the first
quarter-break, Hazen held a tenuous one-point advantage at the
intermission,
and Beach seized a one-point lead heading into the final frame.
Pacing
Beach to its 17th win of the season was Jr stalwart Brittany Dietz who
tallied
19 points while Abby Weinreis netted 17. Leading the Bison was Sr
P Stef Bohrer
who garnered 14 points. The Bison dropped to 16-2 overall and are now
finished
with regular-season games. Hazen has secured for itself a #1 seed in
next
weekend’s District 14 tournament and will await the victor of a tourney
1st-round
matchup between the Beulah Miners and the Hebron-Glen Ullin Bearcats
which
occurs this upcoming Friday evening at Dickinson Trinity’s Knights of
Columbus
Activities’ Center. Hazen’s first game is slated for 6:00 pm MST on
Saturday. Meanwhile, Beach also carries a top seed into its District 13
tournament which will be played in Bowman. The Bucs’ circumstances
mirror those
of Hazen’s, as Beach will also play its first tournament contest on
Saturday. Earlier
this past week, the Buccaneers drubbed Scranton
76-33, Richardton-Taylor 86-29, and 6th-ranked Dickinson Trinity
51-32, with Dietz amassing 65 points total in that series of
blowouts.
Meanwhile, Hazen breezed to a pair of easy home wins—76-18 over Wilton and 71-39
at
Washburn’s expense. Also in girls’ play, Beulah took to the court on
three
successive days in non-district, non-regional games. The Miners fell to
WatfordCity
on Thursday 41-34, eased past Des
Lacs-Burlington on Friday 55-37, and lost to Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood
on
Saturday 53-49. Now 8-10 overall, Beulah concludes regular-season
action this Tuesday with a game at GrantCounty
before matching up
with H-GU Friday evening in District 14 tournament play as noted above.
Elsewhere
in girls’ games this past weekend, Killdeer routed New England 57-27
and
pummeled Trenton 95-25, Trinity trounced New England 55-22 (with
Ashley
Sickler erupting for 33 points) and WatfordCity 62-42,
Washburn defeated GrantCounty
62-53, and Hebron-Glen Ullin fell to Flasher 42-34. In boys’ roundball
action,
both Beulah & Hazen were in action thrice over this past week. The
Miners
stumbled to Wilton
71-69, before rebounding with wins over Killdeer 71-62 and Mott-Regent
86-49. In
the 37-point win over the Wildfire, Beulah hit 8 of 9 treys in the
first
quarter alone to sprint to a 36-13 lead after one period. The Miners
evened
their record at 7-7 (five of the setbacks by a combined total of 17
points),
and now entertain 5th-ranked Dickinson Trinity on Tuesday to
determine District 14’s top seed for post-season tournament play.
Meanwhile, Hazen claimed two wins over the week and suffered one loss.
The
Bison downed Underwood 69-60 and scorched Richardton-Taylor 90-29,
before
stumbling to Shiloh Christian 67-53. Hazen will host Glen Ullin-Hebron
on
Tuesday evening. Center-Stanton also had a hectic week of its own on
the
hardwood, trouncing GU-H 64-44 before losing to Standing Rock in
District 9
play 58-52 and to Turtle Lake-Mercer 63-58. On the mat, Beulah-Hazen
lost a
pair of duals at last week’s Hettinger Triangular. The Miners fell
to St.
Mary’s 48-30 and to Hettinger 42-33, with Hunter Eslinger, Jordon Mann,
&
Isaiah Krebs each winning two matches for B-H. The Miners are next
in
action this Saturday when they host the Region 4 tournament at BeulahHigh School. On the ice,
Hazen-Beulah tied Minot in West Region
play 3-3, before dropping a 6-1
regional decision to Mandan
Saturday evening. Finally, several area prepsters inked
letters-of-intent
on National Signing Day this past week to continue their gridiron
careers at
the collegiate level. Baylee Carr and Brent Sorensen of Hazen
committed to
UND and Minot State, respectively, while Grant Singer of Central
McLean, Jerad
Wolf of New Salem-GU, and Kasey Schmidt & Keanon Serna of Beulah
all signed
on to play for the U-Mary Marauders.
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BB Tourney Dickinson area tradition
continues. All Dickinson Gymnasiums, Dickinson, ND. For more
information contact: Ryan Nelson at (701) 456-2074
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