Boys Basketball: Dawson-Boyd staves off MACCRAY in OT
Tribune Staff Report
DAWSON -- Big crowds for big games.
The huge Dawson-Boyd gym was rockin' on Friday night and the two parties from the Camdem Conference delivered a thriller.
The Blackjacks led almost the entire game but couldn't put MACCRAY away until the final seconds of overtime 80-75.
In the fading moments of the three-minute extra session with the Blackjacks up 76-75, Nathanial Huot sank 4-of-4 at the line around a Wolverines missed 3-point attempt to create the final margin of victory.
The Wolverines (9-1, 14-5) suffered their first loss in the Camden circuit; The Jacks went to 11-1 and 16-2 with their eighth-straight win since losing 65-64 at Clara City on Jan. 13. D-B's only other loss was at Montevideo; the same Thunder Hawk team beat MACCRAY on Thursday.
The Wolverines only leads were at 3-2 and 47-45 but what a finish to regulation.
Huot, who was 13 of 14 shooting free throw, sank a twosome with a minute left for a 63-57 Dawson advantage.
Riley Aeikens had a quiet first half but had come alive after intermission. With time running out, the 6-foot-6 senior guard drained a long 3-pointer to close the DB lead to 63-60. Huot made 1 of 2 at the line and Aeikens came down and hit another trey from well above the arc and it was 64-63 with 8.0 seconds left. Two more by Huot at the charity line and DB was back up 66-63. Again, Aeikens zipped across the time line and from 24-feet tied the game 66-66 with another triple with 1.1 left in regulation.
Aeikens finished with 30 points.
Michael Lee gave DB a quick 69-66 lead in OT with a trey to put his team in front where it would stay.
Zach Stelter, a 6-1 senior forward, had a huge game for the Blackjacks with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Huot ended up with 21 points, Joey Lee 12 points and 7 assists and Evan Robertson 10 points and 8 rebounds.
Brady Boike finished with 14 points and Corey Abbas 12 for MACCRAY, which shot 49 percent on 27 of 55 from the floor.
Dawson-Boyd 80, MACCRAY 75
MACCRAY (9-1, 14-5) 26 40 9 -- 75
Daw.-Boyd (11-1,16-2) 34 32 14 -- 80
MACCRAY - 27-55 FG (8-14 3-pt); 13-20 FT; 31 rebounds; 19 fouls ... Scoring: Corey Abbas 12, Riley Aeikens 30, Brady Boike 14, Carter Asche 8, Taylor Thissen 4, Bailey Boike 7 ... 3-point shots: Aeikens 4, Asche 2, Abbas 2 ... Rebound leaders: Aeikens 4, Br. Boike 11, Asche 6, Thissen 5 ... Assist leaders: Br. Boike 3
DAWSON-BOYD - 26-57 FG (7-20 3-pt); 21-27 FT; 23 rebounds; 18 fouls ... Scoring: Nathaniel Huot 21, Zach Stelter 23, Joey Lee 12, Josh Wager 3, Evan Robertson 10, Michael Lee 8, Jack Hansen 3 ... 3-point shots: J. Lee 1, Wager 1, M. Lee 2, Hansen 1 ... Rebound leaders: Stelter 13, Robertson 8, M. Lee 4 ... Assist leaders: J. Lee 7, Huot 4 ... Steal leaders: Huot 2
