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Rockets Struggle Early in Loss at Hancock

By Craig Olson, 02/04/20, 8:45AM CST

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The Underwood boys’ basketball team suffered a 53-33 loss at Hancock Monday night as the Rockets struggled to get things going early in the game.

"We came out way too flat tonight and allowed Hancock to build a large first half lead,” reported Underwood Head Coach Evan Meece.  “We turned the ball over too much and Hancock took advantage scoring quite a few points off turnovers and in the fast break.  In the second half, I couldn't be prouder of the way we responded to put up a battle.  We got the score back to almost single digits before Hancock finally pulled away at the end.  Our guys could have easily responded differently after the first half, but they responded by battling to the end.  We need to clean up the turnovers and put together a full team 36 minutes finishing up the season."

Winston Heifort and Canaan Kugler led the Rockets with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Leaders for Hancock were John Kellenberger with 15 points and Adam Shaw with 10.