Cross County Clash goes to Fliers

Posted 1/9/24

Boys Entringer Classic 2024

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Cross County Clash goes to Fliers

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too late for last week
BROOKINGS – Flandreau won over the Colman-Egan Hawks in boys basketball at the 30th annual Michael J. Entringer Classic held Dec. 30.
Flandreau took a 12-8 lead at the end of the first quarter before going into halftime with a 25-19 advantage.The Fliers broke the game open by out-scoring the Hawks 18-11 in the third quarter and finished the game with an 18-10 advantage in the fourth quarter to secure the 61-40 win over cross county Colman-Egan.
Luke Sheppard led the Fliers with 15 points, seven rebounds, two blocks, a steal and an assist and Paul Parsley added 11 points, five assists, four steals, two blocks and two rebounds and was named the game’s MVP.

“We played a solid game,” said Coach Brendan Sheppard.
“We didn’t shoot from 3 particularly well, but did a nice job defensively (as) we kept Colman-Egan out of transition and made them work in the half court.
Kody Kneebone had 10 points, two assists and two rebounds while Alfie Henderson had 10 points, three rebounds and an assist. Xavier Bien also had eight points, four assists, three rebounds and a steal in the win.
“We had nice contributions from a variety of players.  It seems each game we are having a different player step up.”
Jase Mousel led C-E with 13 points, six rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Jack Mousel had 11 points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal while Jackson Zwart had 11 points and five rebounds.
Flandreau shot 51 percent from the floor and went 4-for-13 (30.8%) on 3-point attempts. The Fliers also out-rebounded the Hawks 28-26 and had 11 turnovers compared to 12 for C-E.
The Hawks shot 30 percent from the floor and 9-of-21 (28.6%) on 3-pointers.