defense and making shots. Guys ….

defense and making shots. Guys just kept feeding him the ball when he had the hot hand.”

Both teams clicked offensively in an entertaining first half that ended with Rib Lake leading 39-38. Borchardt had eight points in the half as did Logan Blomberg, who hit two 3s. Layne Blomberg had eight points in the half for Prentice with two 3s and Schantner heated up with 16 points in the half.

Logan Blomberg started his big second half by making four straight free throws, then he went on his 3-point tear to keep Rib Lake in the lead. Yanko scored five of his 11 points in the half and Wudi made five of nine free throws to finish with 12 points. Borchardt added two more baskets to also finish with 12. It was just enough to hold off the Bucs, who got 14 more points from Schantner and 10 more points from Layne Blomberg, including two more 3s.

“Logan’s been really playing well wrapping up his senior year,” Henderson said. “He’s got a lot to be proud of.”

Tanner Vlach scored seven points for Rib Lake and had team-highs with nine rebounds and six assists. Jackson Blomberg scored six points and had four assists and three rebounds. Sam Gumz had a first-half hoop. Yanko had six rebounds. Logan Blomberg had six rebounds, two assists and two steals. Borchardt had five rebounds, three assists and three steals and Wudi had five rebounds.

The Redmen were 26 of 60 from the field (43.3%), seven of 15 from 3-point range (46.7%) and made 15 of 28 free throws, while Prentice was just nine of 23, one of the key reversals from the team’s first meeting on Jan. 27 when the Bucs outscored Rib Lake from the free throw line 18-3 in a 75-63 win.

“We struggled with turnovers and didn’t box out well the first time,” Henderson said. “We emphasized that. We cut down on turnovers and we did a much better job holding them to one shot. We played a zone defense and tried to make them make shots from the outside and do a good job of closing out on their shooters.”