RED LAKE EMBARRASSES GATORS
By Coach Christian 

     Playing the first half like they were stuck in mud or someone had ran over their dog the BGMR Gators were blown out early by the Red Lake Warriors as the Warriors picked up a decisive 84-63 win.  The Gators were incredible in their sloppiness in the first half as they had 22 turnovers and did little to nothing right against an athletic Warrior team.  The lone highlight of the first half was when the lower part of the Gator bench, which included much of the J.V. team, was inserted in the game and gave Gator Nation something to be proud of as they hustled and created some offensive opportunities.  The Warriors did however go into halftime with a 39 to 19 lead.
     The Gator starters showed some life in the second half and quickly cut the 20 point halftime lead to 10.  BGMR however ran out of energy and slipped back into some sloppy play as the Warriors picked up their full court defense.   Red Lake controlled the tempo the rest of the way and went home with an 84-63 win.
     Offensively the Gators were led in scoring by Tanner Creviston who had a career high 19 points.  Nathan Hietala had 11 points and Nick Dostal dumped in 9.  Senior Trey Langaas also contributed a career high 8 points coming off the bench.  Red Lake was paced by Brendan Beaulieu who poured in 26.  Ryan Holthusen threw in 21 and Nick Roy had 16.
     Obviously the Gators are not looking like a team that can make a tournament run.  They are hoping that Saturday’s lifeless effort was not a sign of things to come.  BGMR will end their regular season on Monday night when they travel to Lancaster to take on the Kittson Central Bearcats.  The Bearcats are currently the #1 ranked team in the subsection and pose an outstanding duo in Zach Rynning and Derek Coffield.  The role players for the Bearcats are also impressive and feed off the dynamic duo.  It will be another stiff challenge for the Gators and a good set up game for the upcoming subsection tournament.