Sports

McCloud, Mystics knock off Jacks

Bottineau Courant Staff

01/22/2013

A pair of road losses dropped the Dakota College at Bottineau men’s basketball team to 7-8 on the season this past week. First on Thursday the Jacks fell in a tight match against MonDak rival Bismarck State College (BSC) 92-87.

On Saturday it was Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) defeating the Jacks for the second time in a week 70-40 in Minneapolis, Minn.

First on Thursday the Jacks found themselves in a dog fight with the Mystics in Bismarck.
DCB had the upper hand early on and narrowly held a 43-42 lead at the half.

However, the Mystics proved to be too much for the Jacks to handle in the second half and ran away with a 92-87 win.

BSC’s Malik Wood had 32 points in the win. Bottineau native Justin McCloud added nine points and seven boards for the Mystics.

The Jacks were led by Kristoff Walker’s 26 points off the bench. He also had six assists and four rebounds.

Sophomore Jayden McMillin notched a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Marquis Thomas fell one board shy of a double-double with 15 points and nine boards.

DCB lost another game on Saturday as they traveled to Minnesota to take on DCTC for the second time in a week.

As in the first meeting between the team’s the Jacks fell behind early and could not rally. DCTC’s defense was relentless and held the Jacks to 35 percent shooting and 1-for-12 from three point range in the 70-40 win.

No Jacks were in double figures in the game and the high scorer were Thomas and Billy Engel, who each had nine points.

DCTC was led by three players in double figures, including 17 points from Clinton Parker off the bench, a team-high.

They out rebounded the Jacks 48-31 and had 20 offensive rebounds.

The Jacks were also scheduled to play a game against Trinity Bible on Friday night, but scores and stats were unavailable.

DCB travels to Belcourt at 8 p.m. on Wednesday for a tilt with Turtle Mountain Community College.

The Jacks played last night at home against the North Dakota State College of Science, but scores and stats were unavailable by press time.