Cougars Put Away Pender

The Northeast Cougars had little trouble putting away winless Pender, last Friday.   The LDNE boys put up 42 points in the first half on the way to a 76-39 win. Northeast goes to 6-6 while the Pendragons fall to 0-14.

The Cougars got a big game from junior Alec Anderson.  The forward had 10 points in the first quarter and was up to 21 at the half.  After a 7 point third quarter he sat out the final period. Alec finished with 28 points and made 13 on 17 shots from the field.  He had 3 blocks on defense.

Northeast never trailed in the game.  They had a 18 to 2 run in the first period to as they stretched their lead to 16 points.  The Cougars held Pender to 3 points in the third quarter while they built a 34 point advantage..

Coach Lahm let the reserves finish the game.  Jon Christiansen missed the first semester’s games with a foot injury suffered in football. The sophomore scored 4. Junior Brent Miller had 7 points, while Jacob Whittaker knocked down a three.

The Cougars blistered the nets with 54% shooting from the field.  Five players shot 50% or better.

Pender             8          13        3          15        -39

LDNE              20        22        16        18        -76

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Henneman        2          1          0/3       2          1          9

Riecken            1          0          0/0       2          3          2

O’Connor         3          0          0/0       7          3          6

Whittaker         0          1          0/0       1          0          3

Christiansen      1          0          2/2       4          1          4

Ferguson          0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Hardeman        2          1          1/2       2          2          8

Anderson         13        0          2/5       6          1          28

Miller               3          0          1/1       3          2          7

Christoffersen   4          0          1/2       9          2          9

Totals               30-55   3-6       7-15     37        15        76

Pender             15-39   1-9       6-8       22        16        39