Knights Coach Kraig Hunter said, “For us to win that game with them making fourteen threes is a testament to our kids. Hats off to Battle Lake, they are a team that is, big, athletic and has multiple shooters and they played a great game. Our kids were scrapping and working to come back and we’d get it to five points on several occasions and Battle Lake would come back and knock down more threes. Our team doesn’t have a lot is size, but they are winners and they believe. They are smart and poised. We made a lot of clutch plays on both ends in the last two or three minutes.”

Mitch Dewey, Nas Dotts and Jake Strunk all hit clutch 3’s down the stretch and Cole Anderson hit a bucket with twenty-eight seconds left to give the Knights a 65-64 lead. Braydyn Roisum put the Battlers back in the lead with sixteen seconds left and then Anderson hit the game winner with 2.1 seconds  left to give the Knights the 67-66 win.

Anderson had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Bryce Kjesbo was solid all night scoring 16 points along with 4 rebounds. Jacob Strunk had 12 points, 6 rebounds, was the steals leader with 5 and also added 4 assists. Nas Dotts had 9 points hitting 3-3 threes. Mitch Dewey added 6 points and 4 assists. Ben Bye had 4 points and 2 rebounds, Brett Amundson had 1 point and Sam Hanson added 2 rebounds and 2 steals.

Jack Mekalson led Battle Lake with 21 points on 5-7 threes, Mason Dalluge had 17 points on 3-5 threes, Owen Buehler had 15 points including three 3’s, Drew Johnson had 9 points on 3-5 threes, and Braydyn Roisum added 4 points.  Dalluge led the Battlers with 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.  Buehler had 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and Mekalson recorded a pair of blocked shots.

"Our guys played their tails off tonight and lost to a very well coached team," said Battle Lake Head Coach Brady Cameron.  "We had 21 TO's and that will hurt you against a team like WCA who capitalized off of them.  We shot the ball well from  the 3pt line shooting 14/35 but we need to use our height and athleticism and get more looks at the rim.  I am excited to see how our guys respond after a loss when we play NYM tomorrow."

The Knights shot 25-53 for 47% and hit 8-19 threes for 42%.  Battle Lake shot 24-51 for 47% and made 14-30 threes also 47%. The Knights made 9-16 free throws and Battle Lake 4-5. The Battlers held a slight 32-28 edge in rebounding but the Knights won the turnover battle forcing 16 while only committing 8.