MACA boys own the night vs. Eden Valley-Watkins

Nothing but wins: that's the story so far for our MACA boys hoops squad. First it was the 56-41 win over New London-Spicer. Then the Tigers really upped the scoring pace to down Litchfield 90-36. I have noticed a fair amount of one-sided scores around Minnesota lately. Hope the losing teams can hang in there to keep playing. 

Now let's look at the present or more specifically to Tuesday night. The site was Tiger Center. The holiday spirit got upped a notch or two with the Tigers' 68-45 win over Eden Valley-Watkins! Another game showing real command by coach Jacob Torgerson's crew. So it's a 3-0 situation going into Thursday's home game against Montevideo. 

The holiday spirit only builds. 

MACA led the Eagles of Eden Valley-Watkins 34-21 at halftime. We outscored them 34-24 in second half play. Our shooting for the night showed 28-for-69 numbers, 41 percent. 

Nice to see a balanced scoring attack: four players in double figures. The list is topped by Drew Huebner who made six of ten shots and scored 14 points. Tyler Friesen made four of nine and posted 12. Two Tigers each added ten to the total: Alex Asmus and Riley Asmus. Alex shot four of 13 and Riley was five of 12. Jack Kehoe had his role with nine points on four of eight shooting. Then we see Ben Tiernan scoring eight on three of six. Tyson Grove scored three points and Jonah Huebner two. 

Balance also seen in the long-range shooting department: five Tigers with makes. Tiernan, Alex Asmus and Friesen each made two 3's. Grove and Kehoe each made one. As a team we made eight of 33 three-point attempts for 24 percent. 

Let's take a look at rebounding where the team total was 34 of which nine were offensive. Alex Asmus showed an aggressive flair on the boards with his team-best eleven. Kehoe pulled down seven. Friesen dished out six assists to lead there. We had 16 assists as a team. And in steals the total was 14. Two Tigers shared team-best in steals, each with three. These were the Asmus boys, Alex and Riley. 

Alex Asmus and Jonah Huebner each blocked a shot. The Tigers had eight turnovers. 

When will we see coverage of this game from the Stevens County Times? Next Tuesday? Any sooner?

Girls: not so fortunate

The MACA girls hoops squad has five games under its belt now. It has been a mixed bag for results. The Tigers won two of their first three games but have lost twice since. Most recently the Tigers played at Montevideo, home of the Thunder Hawks. There we got stopped in a 49-27 final. We'll visit Osakis to play the Silver Streaks on Friday. 

Sorry but I cannot report individual point totals and other stats for our Tigers. The West Central Tribune has "stats not available" for MACA. Are these stats turning up anywhere else on the web? The WC Tribune apparently does not want to rethink its stance of omitting MACA from its coverage territory. I find that odd and disappointing. 

I learned the other day that Morgan Harstad had to leave the team because of issues with her back. Mainly I hope she can find relief on this. 

I can report the individual stats for Monte. Oh my, the T-Hawks really took command in the first half. They were on top 39-13 at halftime. The second half was a quite different story as we outscored Monte 14-10, but of course the damage was done. I like it when the WC Tribune lists the scoring leaders from #1 on down. 

Update: If you look at the following list you'll see the individual totals are quite off from the team total of 49. Erratum. We see Teagan Epema on top of the list with 14 points. Continuing: Brooke Lindeman 6, Jillian Magnuson 5, Lily Eisenlohr 3, Megan Koosmann 3 and Hallie Helgeson 3. 

Koosmann and Helgeson each made two 3-pointers. Eisenlohr and Magnuson each made one. 

Lindeman topped rebounds with seven. Epema led in steals with six. Epema also topped steals with eight. And Koosmann blocked a shot.

  

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com