The Bulldog boys basketball team hit the road this week to play two teams in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Holiday Basketball Tournament. The Bulldogs came home with two impressive wins over Detroit Lakes and the host team.
Becker 80, Detroit Lakes 61
The Bulldogs broke out to a 10-point lead by halftime and completed their dominance over the Lakers with a 39-point second half.
The Bulldogs were led by Guard Hunter McCalla, who scored 20 points and controlled the tempo for most of the entire game.
Lucas Dertinger was solid and finished with 18 points while Jack Conzemius provided the muscle underneath the basket and tallied 13 points.
The Lakers were led by Tanner Doppler with 19. Adam Daggett added 14 and Wyatt Blomseth 13.
Bulldog Scoring: McCalla 20, Dertinger 18, Conzemius 13, Tyler Lindquist 9, Dawson Thom 7, Brandon Gustafson 5, Ryan Good 3 and Sam Ricker 3.
Lakers Scoring: Doppler 19, Daggett 14, Blomseth 13, Nathan Johnson 4, Jackson Haire 4, Kai McLeod 3, Connor Froke 2 and Cody Ulschmid 2.
Becker 61, Sauk Rapids-Rice 50
McCalla put on his display of ball-handling and shooting — especially in the second half — and aided the Bulldogs in an 11-point win over the Storm.
McCalla led all scorers with 24 and the Bulldogs got scoring from just four players. Conzemius and Dertinger were in double figures and Lindquist added six.
The Storm had three players reach double figures including Tyler Kranz, who led Sauk Rapids-Rice with 17.
The game was tight in the first half with Becker emerging after the first 18 minutes with a two-point lead (25-23). Then, the Bulldogs put the pedal to the metal in the second half and never looked back as they rolled to an easy win to improve to 5-4.
Bulldog Scoring: McCalla 24, Conzemius 19, Dertinger 12, Lindquist 6.
Storm Scoring: Kranz 17, Anthony Massman 13, Cody Landwehr 10, Deng Deang 9 and Cade Milton-Baumgardner 1.
Up Next
The boys host Dassel-Cokato Tuesday, then travel to Little Falls Thursday to tip-off at 8 p.m.
