BV boys fend off pesky Riders in 61-58 win
By:
Jill Meier, Journal editor
Aydin Lloyd puts up a shot at the Sanford Pentagon when the Lynx faced DeLaSalle, Minn. The Lynx boys return to the home floor Thursday night when they host Brookings at 7 p.m. Jill Meier/BV Journal
Brandon Valley faced a tale of two halves in their 61-58 Jan. 14 road win over Sioux Falls Roosevelt.
In the first half, the Lynx could do no wrong.
“We played crazy good in the first half- championship caliber,” BV coach Brent Deckert boasted. “Not so much in the second half.”
Given the opportunity, Deckert said his team should have stayed on the floor at half time. “It was the best we’ve executed all year early in the game.”
The Lynx roared to a 20-9 lead in the first quarter and elevated the lead by one after two quarters, 32-20.
Then came the third quarter, where Roosevelt out-scored the Lynx 18-9 to get within three, 41-38.
“We struggled in the third quarter but we got what we wanted,” Deckert said. “Post-ups, layups and free throws; we just had a few silly turnovers mixed in.”
Despite both teams pumping in 20 point in the fourth, BV’s first-half scoring production was just enough to escape the Riders’ gym with the victory.
The Riders sent the Lynx to the charity stripe for 31 tries, of which they capitalized on 19. Deckert terms the stat as “critical” but says his team “was fortunate to get the win with as difficult as points were in the fourth quarter.”
The Lynx got double-digit performances from Gavin Terhark and Jackson Hilton. Terhark was a beast under the basket, attacking the net for 11 tries, making good on five. The Riders also kept him busy at the charity stripe, where the Lynx senior capitalized on 7-13. Terhark also tapped the net for a lone 3-pointer en route to his 20-point game production.
“Gavin played like a man and Thomas Scholten had his best game of the year,” Deckert said.
Hilton finished the night with 18 points, and three seemed to be his number: 3-of-7 from two-point range, 3-of-6 from the perimeter, 3-of-5 at the free throw line.
As a team, BV shot 33 percent from two-point range (9-27), 47 percent from 3-point territory (8-17) and 61 percent at the line (19-31).
In addition to his 20-point production, Terhark hauled in 14 of the team’s 27 rebounds and contributed four assists and two blocks.
Scholten latched onto six rebounds and dished off four of BV’s 14 assists. Hilton and Jaksen Deckert both aided with two assists. Jaxon LaBrie and Aydin Lloyd each had two of BV’s seven steals. BV also had 14 turnovers in the game.
Brandon Valley 20 32 41 61
SF Roosevelt 9 20 38 58
Brandon Valley (2PFG, 3PFG, FT, TP): Jaxon LaBrie 0-1 1-2 1-2 4; Jaksen Deckert 0-1 0-0 0-1 0; Thomas Scholten 1-3 1-2 4-6 9; Joe Kolbeck 0-0 2-3 2-2 8; Aydin Lloyd 0-1 0-0 2-2 2; Payton Tietjen 0-1 0-0 0-0 0; Jackson Hilton 3-7 3-6 3-5 18; Gavin Terhark 5-11 1-4 7-13 20. Totals: 9-27 8-17 19-31 61.
