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Knights use big first half enroute to win over Chargers

By Craig Olson, 01/16/23, 11:30PM CST

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The West Central Area Knights built a 60-14 lead at halftime over the Brandon-Evansville Chargers on Monday night in Evansville.  The Knights were able to play their bench extensively for much of the second half as all 15 players saw action.  The final score was 77-44.

The Knights hit 32-59 shots for 56% and made 9-20 threes for 45%.  The Chargers shot 15-45 for 33% and 4-18 on threes for 22%.  From the free throw line, the Knights were 4-8 and the Chargers 10-15.  Unofficially the Knights had a 34-24 edge on the boards.  

Leaders for the Knights were Cole Anderson 16 points and a team high 5 assists, Ben Bye 12 points and 5 rebounds, Mitch Dewey 11 points, Nasir Dotts 10 points, Jacob Strunk 7 points and a team high 7 rebounds, Roman Mihailovschi 7 points, Bryce Kjesbo 5 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, Isaac Kreft 4 points, Damon Sanstead 3 points, Sam Hanson 2 points and 6 rebounds.

Knights Coach Kraig Hunter said, "Our guys in our first half rotation really came out intense and with good defensive pressure. We shared the ball well also.  All fifteen guys contributed even if they didn't all score. Many of them had a few rebounds, steals, deflections."

Leaders for Brandon-Evansville were Desmond White 11, Micah Fuller 7, Stephen Hamilton 7, Riley Perleberg 5, Lucas Fuller 3, Brady Pereleberg 2, Tanner Riedel 2, Kian Gackle 2, Nathan Anderson 2, Aaron Gillespie 2, Carter White 1.

The Knights are now 10-2 on the season and have road games at Sauk Centre on Thursday night and at BOLD on Friday night.