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Yellowjackets Shoot 57% in 78-48 Win Over Paynesville

By Craig Olson, 12/27/22, 11:00PM CST

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Perham hosted Paynesville in a high school boys’ basketball contest on Tuesday with the Yellowjackets jumping to a 44-29 halftime lead and going on to record a 78-48 victory over the Bulldogs.

Micah Thompson led Perham with 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists.  Soren Anderson added 20 points, 6 rebounds and a pair of assists.  Blaiz Schmidt had a team high 5 assists, while contributing 8 points, and Ashton Detloff produced 9 points.

The Yellowjackets hit 57% (32-56) of their field goal attempts and made 7-of-19 (37%) 3-pointers.

Paynesville was led by Eli Nelson with 11 points.

Perham (5-0) will face Sauk Centre at 3:15pm Wednesday at ‘The Hive’.