Boy's Basketball has a Bad Week
Coming back from Christmas Break, the Patriot boys’ basketball team was ready to play as they traveled to David City to face the Aquinas Monarchs on January 7, and hosted North Bend on January 9 for a matchup against the Tigers.
Unfortunately, the boys came out slow in the first half and struggled to get to the rim. The Monarchs were knocking down shots while the Patriots couldn’t get anything to fall. At halftime the Patriots trailed up 14-37.
Coming out in the third quarter, the Patriots knew that they needed to knock down shots and to lock down defensively, but the Monarchs’ defense held the Patriots to only 4 points in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, three pointers started to fall, but it ultimately wasn’t enough to win the game. The final score of the game was 30-59 with the Monarchs on top.
Tucker Matthies led the team with 13 points and Kyle McMullin added 6 points and 8 rebounds.
Head coach Jeff Bachman said, “I was proud of how we competed. We played a pretty solid game on the defensive end, but we just struggled to score. We are improving and our guys keep working hard, good things are coming.”
Against North Bend, the Patriots came out in the first half full of energy. The Patriots were able to keep up with the Tigers. After halftime, the Patriots struggled to stop the Tigers from scoring and allowed them to knock down shots. The Tigers came out on top, winning 56-40.
In this game, the Patriots were led by Kyle McMullin with 19 points and Korbin Lemburg with 8 points.
“We have made a lot of improvements as the season goes on,” sophomore Blake Loseke said. “We played a great first half, but we need to get better at coming out the second half fired up and ready to go. Obviously, I wish we could've gotten the win, but overall, I was happy with how we performed on offense and defense.”
Clarkson-Leigh vs. David City Aquinas
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Patriots: 5 9 4 12
Monarchs: 16 21 13 9
(points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)
Kyle McMullin: 6, 8, 5, 1, 1; Easton Brabec: 0, 3, 0, 1, 0; Wyatt Crosley: 8, 6, 0, 0, 0; Tyce Larson: 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; Blake Loseke: 0, 2, 1, 0, 0; Tucker Matthies: 13, 4, 1, 0, 0; Grant Hanel: 0, 2, 0, 0, 0; Korbin Lemburg: 3, 1, 0, 2, 1; Jacob Kroeger: 0, 1, 0, 0, 1
Clarkson-Leigh vs. North Bend
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Patriots: 10 8 7 15
Tigers: 10 14 15 17
(points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)
Kyle McMullin: 19, 7, 1, 1, 2; Easton Brabec: 0, 2, 1, 0, 0; Wyatt Crosley: 3, 4, 0, 0, 0; Blake Loseke: 0, 5, 1, 0, 0; Tucker Matthies: 6, 9, 6, 0, 0; Grant Hanel: 2, 7, 1, 0, 0; Korbin Lemburg: 8, 5, 2, 1, 0; Jacob Kroeger: 2, 0, 0, 0, 0