North Branch 60, Pine City 54
The Dragons came up short in this road game, played on Friday, Jan. 5, struggling to find an offensive rhythm but staying in the game with scrappy defense and an excellent effort on the boards against a team that is taller at all five positions. North Branch ran a zone defense that frustrated the Dragons all night, and kept their offense from getting on track.
“We did a lot of things correct in this game and only a few not,” said Allen. “ But the few not correct really stood out. We boarded up and showed some grit on the defensive end. They really had to work for most of their points. I don't think we let them off the hook easily too many times. Really though, we did great on the boards; 39 total rebounds. On the offensive end, sometimes we went away from what was working. Shots did not fall at the percentage that we are used to, but that is something we are aware of. I thought our defense and rebounding would be enough, and it was close, but just not quite enough.”
Hansmann was again the top scorer for Pine City as the Dragons were forced to rely solely on the outside shot. For the second time in the week, he had seven made threes in the game, this time finishing with 23 points. Adams was the other Dragon in double digits with 10. The game was not quite as close as the final score would indicate but a late three by Casey Foster made it a two possession game as time ran out.
The Dragons will look to start stacking up some Great River Conference wins now with upcoming matchups at Isle, against Rush City and at Onamia and Ogilvie in the next two weeks.
Varsity: L (54-60)
JV: L (42-49)
C-Squad: W (48-29)
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