Mahnomen/Waubun at Cass Lake-Bena

Recap

The Cass Lake Bena Panthers used an early 2nd half run to build a double figure lead and then would hold on to that lead to get the win over Mahnomen Waubun and advance in the Section 8A tournament 76-65.  It was a tight 1st half that saw 5 ties and 9 lead changes with both teams working to control the tempo, and both teams playing good defense.  Cass Lake Bena would build an 8 point lead towards the end of the 1st half but with a quick basket and then a buzzer beater 3 by Mahnomen Waubun the lead would be cut to 3 with the Panthers leading 36-33 at the half.  The Thunderbirds would come out in the 2nd half and go on a quick 4-0 run to take the lead but that would be the last lead they would hold as Cass Lake Bena would then go on a run to build the lead to 10 and eventually 15, and despite the Thunderbirds cutting that lead to 10 a few times that would be as close as they would get.  Cass Lake Bena will advance to the next round at 25-2 while Mahnomen Waubun will end their season at 15-12 graduating 4 seniors.

CLB Stats

19 of 25 from the line, 16 turnovers

Dominik Staples Fairbanks 27 pts

Kaydin Lee 22 pts

MW stats

13 of 21 fro the line, 18 turnovers

Tyson McArthur 27 pts

Mike Weaver 15 pts

comments from MW coach John Clark Jr

comments from CLB coach John Wind