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Barnesville Ends Perham's 31 Game Winning Streak with 67-53 Win

By Craig Olson, 01/22/21, 11:00PM CST

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The Barnesville Trojans stunned the Perham Yellowjackets with a 67-53 Heart O’ Lakes Conference Boys Basketball victory on Friday night, ending a 31 game winning streak by Perham in the process.

“We pressured hard and had tremendous defensive intensity from the start,” said Barnesville Assistant Coach Tracy Hinsz.  “We did a good job taking them out of their game and making them adjust on offense.  We played with a lot of confidence and played about as well as we can.”

Adam Tonsfeldt led 3 Trojans in double digits with 25 points.  He also had 7 rebounds and 6 steals.  Kaden Zenzen scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and Jack Nielsen had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Barnesville shot 52% (23-44) from the field and held a 41-27 edge on the boards.  Perham made only 34% (19-55) of their shots.

Finn Diggins led Perham with 15 points and Elijah Morris added 12.  Diggins also led the team with 7 rebounds and 4 assists.  The Yellowjackets shot just 35.2% (19-54) from the field and made a third (9-27) of their three-point attempts.

Barnesville (2-0) will travel to Glyndon to face DGF on Thursday, January 28.

Perham (3-1) is at Frazee on Thursday night.