Royals Overcome Slow Start to Take Down the Mystics

On Thursday night, the Lake Region State College Royals traveled to Bismarck, ND to take on MonDak Conference opponent Bismarck State College. LRSC was looking to avenge an early season loss to the BSC. Coming into the game the Royals were 16-8 (4-2) while the Mystics were 8-14 (2-4).

The game would not start how the Royals wanted, after only 4 minutes into the game they would find themselves down 11-3. LRSC would continue to play from behind the whole first half, struggling to score from the field shooting 6-20 from behind the arc. At the half, the score would be BSC 43 LRSC 39. Lake Region would wake up in the second half, they were aided by a barrage of buckets from Cedric Boone and would make their move. The Mystics would have no answer and the Royals would take the lead 64-61 with 10 minutes to go. They would never relinquish the lead, big stops down the stretch and some timely free throws from Jordan Bolton would seal the game for Lake Region. The final LRSC 96 BSC 89. Cedric Boone continued his hot shooting streak scoring 31 points on 7-13 from 3 and 8 rebounds. Jordan Bolton had 18 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds. James Streeter would provide big minutes off the bench with an 11-point 10 rebound double double performance.

After the game Head Coach Jared Marshall said, "It feels good to get one back after that early season loss to them. We did not start the game the way I would have liked but we finished strong and that is what matters. Obviously, Cedric and Jordan had great nights tonight and they are playing very well for us. We also had some other guys really step up when we needed them in James Streeter and Derrick Laudenbach. The difference in the game was our 21 offensive rebounds. We had been struggling in that area and I challenged our guys to be better. They responded and I am proud of them for that."

With the win Lake Region State moves to 17-8 (5-2) on the season. They remain in a two-way tie for second place with Dawson CC. The Royals will be back in action Monday night versus Williston State College.

Go Royals!