On Monday evening we hosted the Tetons of Williston State College. We showed alot of fight throughout the game, and the ability to make sustained runs but fell 106-93.
Dakota College gained their only lead of the game on the first possession, opening the scoring for a 2-0 lead. Williston would hit a three the next time down to lead 3-2 and would not relinquish the lead. They would use a mini run of 7-2, leading 9-4 to take a 16-6 lead with about fifteen minutes to go. However, the Jacks would fight back closing to within four points numerous times. A late 12-3 run would trim a 48-34 deficit late in the half to just five, 51-46 at the half. The Jacks used 20 Teton turnovers to get back into the game, their high pressure defense and half court trapping style proving to be difficult for Williston at times.
The second half started with a 8-0 WSC run that pushed the lead to 59-46 over the first three minutes. The Jacks would eventually score and would attempt to get going. However, the Tetons were able to push the lead to as much as 16 early in the half. Again DCB would fight back cutting it to eight with about 12 minutes to go. Another Williston run would push the lead to a game high of 19, 79-60. From this point the game would not get any closer than 10, this would happen a few times. A couple free-throws the last minute would push the score to the final 13 point win.
For the Jacks, Brian Egejuru scored 27 points with five assists. Eric Elliott was solid off the bench with 16 points and five rebounds, Louis Williams added 15 points, while JJ Morris and Kenric Twine rounded out the double digit scoring with 11 and 10 respectively. Malik Jones had a solid game at the point spot with 11 assists.
With the loss we dropped to 20-8 and 5-4 in Mon-Dak play. We are currently in fourth place, and will play at Dawson on Wednesday. If we win we will be no worse than third,possibly tied for second.
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