By: Coach Christian
Looking to avenge an early season loss to the Roseau Rams, the BGMR Gators Boy’s Basketball Team road a strong second half to upend the Roseau Rams 68-46.
Roseau and BGMR went back and forth in the first half with the Gators taking a 28-27 halftime lead. Coming out of halftime the Gators were on a mission and were able to stifle the Ram offense to bring home the 22 point margin of victory. Although all Gators contributed defensively, none was more impressive than sophomore Darius Watson who blanketed Ram’s high scoring guard Jacob Eaton. Eaton, who had 12 points at halftime, was shut down by Watson and his buddies and scored only 5 second half points.
Offensively the Gators were more efficient than what they have been. Aaron Dostal, after struggling offensively against the Northern Freeze, bounced back with a tremendous 19 point and 11 rebound performance. Jacquan Rhen, who was seeing his first action in 2 games, tallied 16 points. Although no other Gator got into double figures scoring there was tremendous balance. Jacob Randall continued his strong play with 9 points. Tanner Creviston had 7 and Alex Rhen and Tyler Bentow each had 6.
All in all it was a strong team performance by the Gators. They will need to build on this as they have one day of practice before traveling to Warren to take on the WAO Ponies. The Ponies are having an outstanding season and the Gators will again look to avenge an earlier 1 point overtime loss to the Ponies.
The season is winding down in a hurry and there isn’t much time until the march for the state tournament begins. Hopefully Gator Nation will be in full force as Section 8A looks to be up for grabs.
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