by pakkyzoo » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:12 am
56-46 DP. Northwood-Hatton did a very good job of slowing the tempo down and limiting DP's positions. Strand and Wallace both had very solid games. They kept them in it, but ran out of gas and got into foul trouble in the end. Hatton-Northwood, was acutally winning most of the game until the 4th qaurter. Kueber and Nichols both had around 16 (not sure, but its a good guess). Frederick hit some big three point shots in the 4th quarter to stretch the lead to 10. I think Dakota Prairie played a little nervous tonight, it was a big game, Northwood-Hatton had something to prove. They came out right away and tryed to prove that they can do it without Kueber.
I realized something about Hatton-Northwood is that they have a very short bench. A couple players got into foul trouble for them tonight, and they were limited in who they could bring off. They maybe went 2 players off the bench. I also seen that one of their guards was injured. I think it was the Funseth kid, I don't know how much he plays, but I am sure it would help with the depth issue.
Dakota Prairie started slow and ended strong. In the end Nichols and Kueber just started just taking it to the whole on the Thunder's big guys (who were in foul trouble) and finishing along with Frederick's big three pointers put the Thunder away.