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Knights advance to finals in Holiday Classic

By Craig Olson, 12/29/21, 7:00PM CST

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The West Central Area Knights built a 52-6 halftime lead in a 77-25 win over the Underwood Rockets on Wednesday in the Pelican Rapids Holiday Classic.

The Knights shot 58% (32-55) and hit 40% of their threes (8-20) and made 5-8 free throws.  The Rockets made 8-33 from the field for 24% and made 2-12 threes and 7-13 free throws.  The Knights held a 39-15 advantage on the boards and forced 29 Rocket turnovers.

Leaders for the Knights were Jacob Strunk 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals; Ryder Staples 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals; Cam Anderson 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals; Cole Anderson 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals; Brayden Stark 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Mitch Dewey 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist; Bryce Kjesbo 6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 assists; Roman Mihailovschi 6 points, 2 steals and 1 assist; Isaac Kreft 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist; Peyton Hanson 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Tyler Biss 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist; Brett Amundson 1 rebound and 1 steal, and Brady Lindquist 1 rebound.

Scoring for the Rockets were Drew Evavold 6, Jayden Harig 5, Kaleb Hammes 4, Evan Lundgren 3, Owen Harig 3, Gavin Pausch 2, Cole Peterson 1, and Hudson Risbrudt 1.