Click on the permalink below to read about some other Tiger hoops and Storm
hockey athletic contests of late. Included in this post, on "Morris of Course"
(my companion site) are: the 57-39 win by the MACA boys vs. Ortonville, the 10-4
win by the MBA Storm boys over Worthington, the heartbreaking 48-47 loss
experienced by the MACA hoops girls vs. Milbank SD, and the 60-35 girls hoops
loss vs. BOLD. Thanks for reading - B.W.
Home hoops success
The Tigers of Morris Area Chokio Alberta turned back the Falcons of
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 64-57. Coach Mark Torgerson's squad owned a shimmering
12-2 mark at night's end. ACGC was quite the worthy opponent and ended the night
at 11-5.
Sizzling as the Tigers were at the freethrow stripe, the same couldn't be
said of the three-point shooting performance. In 3's the Tigers languished with
two-of-19 stats. Jacob Torgerson had both of the makes.
Logan Manska shot in a way that reflected the team's fortunes on this
"paradoxical" night. Manska, who often is a long-range shooting force, made just
one field goal in eleven tries but was a sizzling 10-for-10 at the freethrow
line. Austin Dierks batted a thousand in freethrows too, six-for-six, and had a
point harvest of 14.
The dynamite freethrow performance hardly kept this game from being
suspenseful toward the end. My goodness, the Tigers had to actually surge from
behind! ACGC was on top by a margin of six, eyeing victory, with four minutes
left to play. Nic Vipond applied the spurs for MACA, achieving a three-point
play. Vipond had a harvest of 19 points on the night.
Jake Torgerson then sent the ball through the twine from three-point range,
creating a whole new ballgame with a tied score. Torgerson's two 3-pointers on
the night represented his only scoring, but at least one of those was "clutch" to
the max.
MACA pulled away from that tied score with - you guessed it - that
freethrow-shooting weapon.
The Tigers led 23-22 at halftime. They outscored ACGC 41-35 in the second
half.
The Tigers made 19 of 60 shots in total field goals. Vipond with his 19
points, Dierks with his 14 and Manska with 12 were followed in scoring by:
Chandler Erickson (7), Torgerson (6), John Tiernan (4) and Lincoln Berget (2).
Vipond led in rebounds as well as in scoring, collecting nine rebounds
followed by Torgerson and Berget each with eight. Erickson led in assists with
five and Manska was tops in steals with four.
Taylor Larson topped the ACGC scoring list with 22 points. He built that
total with the help of four 3-pointers. Dylan Hoerchler scored 16 points and
made a pair of 3's. Jacob Belgum put in 12 points including one three-pointer.
Viva MACA basketball for the (chilly) winter of 2012-13!
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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