Fargo South gets victory over Packers

Fargo South used good balance on offense and solid defense to slowly pull away from the visiting West Fargo Packers on Thursday night and post a 68-53 win to close out the regular season. The Bruins jumped out to a 4-0 lead to open the game on a pair of freethrows from Amy Stroup and an inside basket by Kirsten Pattison, and led 10-4, but the Packers found the range on offense and pulled to within 12-11 halfway through the opening half. From that point on though, the Bruins were able to stretch out their lead. Mandy Hage hit a three pointer, and Caitlyn Haring had a couple of beautiful passes, including one on a back door cut by Siri Burck for a layup. The Bruins also made hay from the freethrow line, making 10 freethrows in the half. The half ended with another great pass from Caitlyn Haring, this time to Ali Stensgard who scored inside shortly before the halftime buzzer, and the Bruins took a 36-18 lead into the lockerroom. Both teams played fairly even for most of the second half, with the Bruins again making a mini-run midway through the period to extend to their largest lead at 60-36 on a pair of Kristen Anstadt freethrows with just over 6 minutes remaining. On senior night, all six Bruin seniors were able to get into the scoring column to close out their career in the Bruins gym. The win has South at 13-3 in the EDC to finish tied for 2nd, and 13-6 overall. The Bruins now open up East Region play on Thursday when they play Grand Forks Central in the last game of the night at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

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Boxscore:
Fargo South: Burck 2 0-0 4, Thorson 3 0-0 8, Hage 3 0-1 7, Stroup 1 2-2 4, Stensgard 3 4-6 10, Kumm 1 1-3 3, Deyle 1 0-0 2, Pattison 7 2-4 16, Haring 1 6-7 8 Anstadt 2 4-4 8; Totals 23 19-27 68, Three point goals: Thorson 2, Hage

West Fargo: Doggett 0 1-2 1, Green 4 4-11 12, Adams 2 4-6 8, Hummel 1 0-0 2, Vance 7 5-7 20, Dell 2 0-0 4, Hartley 1 0-0 2, Denne 1 2-2 4; Totals: 18 16-30 53, Three point goals: Vance

Fouled out: none; Total Fouls: South 23, WF 20; Rebounds: South 46(Pattison 10), WF 31(Adams 5), Assists: South 18(Haring 5), WF 11(Vance 5), Steals: South 8(Haring 5), WF 4, Turnovers: South 17, WF 16;