by Tad Heitkamp, Head Coach
The Blue Dragons hit the road January 28th, 2020, to battle conference rivals from Flandreau in a little basketball action.
The Blue Dragons put together 24 minutes of quality basketball this evening, but unfortunately it just wasn’t enough as the Flyers defeated Garretson 52-49.
“The kids came out the opening stanza playing pretty well. We were executing on offense and playing solid defense, which allowed us to capitalize on scoring opportunities,” stated Coach Heitkamp. “The downfall of the entire night was the 2nd quarter, as we gave up 19 points and only scored 4 points of our own. We lost the fire and motivation to play for some reason during that time frame...”
The second half was a different story for the visiting Blue Dragons as they challenged Flandreau at every turn, ultimately giving them an opportunity at the end to pull out the victory.
“The kids just flipped the script the final 16 minutes. They were flying around the court, playing great team defense, and hitting some key shots, which gave us an opportunity at the end,” said Heitkamp. “We have emphasized all season long, when playing Blue Dragon basketball, we are a tough team to handle. We put ourselves in a position to win the last 30 seconds, but unfortunately we didn’t execute a couple of plays to pull out the victory. Either way...I was very excited on how the kids battled the second half.”
Josef Zahn (8 rebounds) was the game’s high scorer this evening as he tallied 20 points w/six 3-pointers. Dylan Kindt (3 steals) had a nice night as well, as he dropped down 11 points. Trey Buckneberg (8 rebounds/5 steals) collected 7 points of his own. Jake Schroeder (4 assists) and Lucas Fitzgerald added 4 and 3 points each, while Cooper Long and Cole Skadsen rounded out the scoring with 2 points apiece.
