Bruins win East Region for 4th straight year

Fargo South kept their winning streak going, and the result was a 4-peat in the East Region Tournament and their 5th title in the last 6 years. Playing in front of a big tournament crowd, the Bruins uncharacteristically got out to a somewhat slow start, but once they settled into the game, the running game got going and South pulled away from the scrappy Firebirds en route to a 72-41 win. Early on it was Devils Lake who was the aggresor, jumping out to an 8-4 lead, with 4 different Firebirds making field goals. But the Bruins answered with a 15-0 run which included some nice fast break baskets and a three pointer by Meghan Roehrich. That gave South a 19-8 lead, and that lead hovered at about 10 points until the Bruins went on another run, this time a 9-0 run that pushed the Bruins lead to 32-15 with just under 3 minutes left in the half. That run was very important, as the Bruins were battling foul trouble the entire half, and got a huge spark off the bench from Raquel Wellentin, who made a pair of baskets in that run. The Bruins took a 35-18 lead into halftime. In the second half, South got its running game going in high gear. The Bruins ran the floor hard and had a number of beautiful pass aheads for transition baskets. A 5 minutes stretch midway through the half really put the game out of reach, as Siri Burck scored 6 stright points as part of a 10-0 run to stretch the lead out to 60-31. Caitlyn Haring, who was later named Senior Player of the Year, was seemingly everywhere, and finished with nearly a triple-double, with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Siri Burck was on the receiving end of many of those fast break baskets, and finished with a game high 19 points. It was a night of many rewards for Fargo South. All five starters were named unanimous All-Conference, Caitlyn Haring was Player of the Year, and Craig Flaagan was named as EDC Coach of the Year. The win moves South to 22-0, and sets up a first round State Tournament game with Jamestown at 1 PM next Thursday.

play by play of the game
complete boxscore

Boxscore:
Fargo South: Roehrich 5 4-5 16, Burck 8 3-3 19, Lee 4 1-2 9, Fisher 1 0-0 2, Wellentin 4 0-0 8, Haring 3 4-4 10, Weatherspoon 3 0-0 6, Felch 1 0-0 2; Totals 29 12-14 72, Three point goals: Roehrich 2

Devils Lake: Greening 1 0-1 2, Mertens 4 1-4 9, Babinski 2 0-0 4, McCarthy 1 2-2 4, M. Elshaug 2 2-4 6, Prozinski 0 1-2 1, H. Elshaug 5 0-3 10; Totals: 17 7-19 41, Three point goals: Greening

Fouled out: none; Total Fouls: South 19, DL 12; Rebounds: South 33(Haring 11), DL 42(H. Elshaug 9); Assists: South 25(Haring 8), DL 10(Greening 4), Steals: South 23(Burck 7), DL 10(Mertens 5) Turnovers: South 19, DL 34