Ada-Borup-West at Fertile-Beltrami

Recap

Ada-Borup-West at Fertile-Beltrami

A second half time out and a dunk lit the fire for Fertile-Beltrami in the second half to pull away from Ada-Borup-West for their tenth consecutive victory, 72-51.  The Falcons led 27-19 in the first half–   Ada-Borup-West had four 3-point field goals–   to begin the second half, Fertile-Beltrami scored two quick baskets– then, the Cougars went on an 8-0 run–  here comes the time out at15:18 which brought attention to detail for the Falcons. That was followed with the two teams playing hard, physical basketball and three minutes later, Fertile-Beltrami leading 39-35.  Ada-Borup-West took a time out —  minutes later  Fertile-Beltrami erupted their fans with a Bryar Strem 3-point field goal, a Strem steal and a Strem transition pass to Drew Gullickson for a two handed dunk that ignited the Falcons to pull away to remain undefeated in the Pine To Prairie conference.  Ada-Borup-West played well at times, however, Fertile-Beltrami’s size became a factor along with the Falcons defense.  Ada-Borup-West is now 6-7 with the Falcons improving to 12-1.

Ada-Borup-West stats:  10 of 16 free throws, 21 rebounds, 15 turnovers. Scoring:  Connor Nelson 5, Anders Tinjum 21, Tyler Catlett 4, Brody Menge 12 ( 9 rebounds) Chase Chisholm 4, Luke Finney 3, Bridger Ness 2

Fertile-Beltrami stats:  14 of 19 free throws, 28 rebounds, 14 turnovers. Scoring: Bryer Strem 15, Connor Haaven 2, Steven Sather 9, Drew Gullickson 14 ( 10 rebounds) Gage Henrickson 22 ( 6 rebounds) Caleb Sather 8 ( 5 rebounds) Brady Bjerk 2