2/26/21: @Rush City

Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/v/2F8h3U

C: L

JV: L

V: L (61-55)

Dragons boys basketball beat Jaguars, fall to Tigers

Staff report Mar 2, 2021

The Pine City High School boys basketball squad had another see-saw week, beating Hinckley-Finlayson in an overtime game before losing a tight contest with Rush City.

Rush City 61,  Pine City 55

Allen said the Dragons knew that the Rush City squad was going to come out very physical and aggressive.

“Rush is a very deep team who plays a lot of players in their rotation,” Allen said. “They have a new staff and they are trying to create a different style of play than past Rush City teams have done.”

Allen said it was a tight game throughout, with no team really ever able to get a decisive lead, and the Dragons felt good going into halftime. 

“While we had only scored 27, we had a seven point lead and were really happy with both our defense and our rebounding,” Allen said. 

However, much like their earlier game against the Jaguars, Pine City allowed the Tigers to go on a run coming out of the half. 

“We kept fighting and the score continued to seesaw back and forth,” Allen said. “We had a few bad turnovers and Rush was able to capitalize and make some big shots down the way and we found ourselves running out of time at the end. This time, it was too little too late, and we were unable to finish the comeback.”

Dylan Petersen led the team on the boards with 13 followed by Kameron Jusczak with 12. Jusczak (five) and Luke Wilson (four) paced the Dragons on the offensive end distributing the ball. Petersen and Wilson took the only two charges in the game. 

“I know this team will learn from this and will make the necessary adjustments,” Allen said. “We have had a few close ones throughout this year and we were unable to make up for our earlier mistakes in this one.”