(Ft. Pierre, SD) – The game of the state on Tuesday lived up to the expectations with a back and forth battle. In the end, Sully Buttes would take the win against Stanley County in a 69-63 final. The Chargers improved to 8-3 while the Buffaloes dropped to 10-2 on the season.
Sully Buttes took a three point lead after one quarter of basketball after they connected on three threes and had five scorers in the first quarter. Stanley County would have five of their own add points in the first. The 2-3 zone for the Buffaloes proves to have its challenges in the game for the Chargers, but it didn’t happen in the first.
The Buffaloes outpaced the Chargers in the second getting the early scoring which paid off with a 19-15 second scoring output. Eddie Duffy broke out in the quarter adding nine points. Wesley Wittler for the Chargers scored 10 of the 15 for the Sully Buttes in the second keeping it within one after the first half of play at 31-30.
The Chargers outscored the Buffaloes in the third and fourth quarter 39-32. Sully Buttes got a big bucket from Gavin Colson to give them a one score lead going into the fourth quarter. Stanley County was held to one made shot from the field in the third and lived at the line making 7-12 from the charity stripe. The roles flipped in the fourth quarter, but the Chargers would score 24 points shooting unofficially 67% from the field in the quarter and 11-15 at the line in which they didn’t see at all in the first half and only one made free throw in the third.
Sully Buttes made the shots and free throws when it counted and the lead grew too far for Stanley County to recover. The Chargers made the free throws to complete the 69-63 win and remain undefeated when scoring 60 plus points per game.
Duffy led the scoring for Stanley County with 22 points. Paxton Deal added 15 while Teagyn Breitag had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Chargers were led by Wesley Wittler with 27 points, Jett Yackley put up 17; while Gavin Colson had a quite impactful 15 points on the night.
Sully Buttes improve to 8-3 on the season snapping a two game losing streak and will be on the road two more times this week starting Thursday in Tulare and Saturday in Warner. Stanley County falls to 10-2 on the season snapping their two game winning streak. They will be at Crow Creek on Thursday.
Wyatt Burichka will have coverage of the Chargers Thursday on County 95.3 and online at Country 95.3 Sports on YouTube.
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