Indees fall to Hornets, Cardinals

The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team had some good streaks, but couldn’t put it all together in a pair of losses last week.

The Indees got off to a slow start in a 55-46 loss to Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday of last week. On Thursday, the team was ahead of Eleva-Strum late in the first half, but the Cardinals caught fire from outside and pulled away for a 73-47 win. 

The losses dropped I/G to 1-18 overall and 0-15 in Dairyland Conference play. The team played at Alma/Pepin on Tuesday of this week and will head to Augusta next Tuesday. 

AC Lincoln 55 I/G 46

The Indees got off to a slow start and couldn’t recover.

The Hornets began the game with a 15-4 run. The Indees got going offensively, but couldn’t get enough stops as ACL took a 28-16 advantage into halftime.

I/G continued to battle in the second half and pulled within nine at 45-36 with about seven minutes left in the game. The Hornets scored seven of the next nine points to regain control. 

Nery Lopez led I/G with 13 points while Nolan Schank added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

I/G (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-foul-points) — Gibbs 3/4-0/0-1-1-7 Turner 2/6-0/1-6-2-4 Lopez 6/10-0/1-7-3-13 Parr 2/10-1/2-2-3-5 Schank 3/12-5/11-10-2-11 Pronschinske 0/0-0/2-1-3-0 Sandoval-Barrios 2/4-2/3-2-1-6 

Eleva-Strum 73 I/G 47

The Indees started strong and had a five-point lead with five minutes left in the first half, but it was all E-S from there.

The Cardinals erased I/G’s lead with two three-pointers. A three-point play by Nolan Schank put the Indees back ahead by two, but Cash Kulig answered with a three-pointer that put E-S ahead for good. E-S went on a 13-3 run and took a 33-30 lead into halftime.

The Indees were within one early in the second half, but Noah Martinson connected on a pair of three-pointers for E-S then Bo Windjue and Kulig connected from outside as E-S’ lead grew to 48-37. 

The Indees were back within nine with 12 minutes left in the game, but managed just eight points the rest of the way as E-S pulled away.

The Cardinals made 18 three-pointers in the game, including seven by Kulig, who had a game-high 25 points. Both Martinson and Winjdue scored 12. 

Tyler Parr led I/G with 13 points, Nery Lopez added 11 and Luis Ignacio finished with 10.

I/G (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-foul-points) — Gibbs 0/3-0/0-0-0-0 Turner 2/3-0/0-3-1-4 S. Lopez 0/1-0/0-0-0-0 N. Lopez 4/12-3/5-9-2-11 Kreibich 0/1-0/0-3-2-0 Parr 3/10-6/10-6-0-13 Schank 3/6-3/6-3-1-9 Ignacio 4/12-0/0-9-1-10