Boys End Regular Season With Win Over Rugby
Stanley’s varsity boys’ basketball team wrapped up regular season play on Friday, Feb. 28 when they hosted the Rugby Panthers. While Rugby held a four point lead at the end of the first quarter, the Blue Jays tied the game at the half. A 22 point third quarter gave the Blue Jays a good lead on their way to the 79 to 54 victory.
Head coach Kory Anderson said, “Rugby came out hitting shots early. I thought we did a good job weathering that storm and fighting together to tie the game at half time. The second half was all Stanley as Drake usually gets stronger in the second half and he did just that. We challenged our guys at halftime to fight to close out better and to contest one step closer. Bennett had another forceful night in the paint and as a team we once again had 40+ points in the paint. Kade Snyder had another good game in the end as he secured some big rebounds for us that allowed us to get stops.”
As a team, Stanley made 27 of their 44 two point attempts and 4 of their 16 three point attempts. They converted 13 of their 18 free throw attempts. The Panthers made 11 of their 33 two point, 7 of their 24 three point, and 11 of their 13 free throw attempts.
The Blue Jays had 11 offensive and 33 defensive rebounds. They had 16 assists, 4 steals and 6 blocks. They committed 9 turnovers. The Panthers had 5 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds, 13 assists, 5 steals, 4 blocks and committed 6 turnovers.
Drake Schlosser led the team with 33 points, followed by Bennett Larson with 29, Austin Kanenwisher with 9, Ben Hynek with 6 and Caleb Mortensen with 2.
Bennett Larson had 13 rebounds, followed by Drake Schlosser with 11, Ben Hynek and Kade Snyder with 6 each, and Austin Kanenwisher, Jevon Johnson and Caleb Mortensen with 1 each.
Jevon Johnson had 5 assists, followed by Drake Schlosser with 4, Kade Snyder with 3, and Ben Hynek and Bennett Larson with 2 each.
Drake Schlosser had 2 steals, followed by Ben Hynek and Jevon Johnson with 1 each.
Bennett Larson had 3 blocks, followed by Austin Kanenwisher with 2, and Drake Schlosser with 1.
Stanley 13 19 22 25 - 79
Rugby 17 15 9 13 - 54