The Hanson Beavers faced the McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars on Tuesday, December 14, at home.
The varsity Beavers started the game down, 15-9, in the first quarter, but narrowed the score down to two after they outscored the Fighting Cougars, 15-11, in the second quarter. The Beavers went into halftime down 26-24. The Beavers came out of halftime and outscored the Fighting Cougars, 14-5, in the third quarter and, 10-9, in the fourth quarter. Final score was 48-40 in favor of the Beavers.
Leading the Beavers was Ethan Cheeseman with 16 points shooting seven-of-17 from the field, grabbed 16 rebounds, two steals, and had one block. Noah Price had 17 points, shooting four-of-11 from the field and nine-of-13 from the free throw line. N. Price recorded eight rebounds and four steals. Jayce Slaba had six points and five rebounds. Luke Haiar added six rebounds.
The Beavers shot 16-of-45 (36%) from the field; went four-of-18 (22%) from beyond the arc; and sank 12-of-23 (52%) from the free throw line.
The Beavers improve their record to 2-0 on the season.
The junior varsity won 34-30 against MCM. Slaba was the leading scorer with 13 points. Sutton Dewald added seven points while Isayah Price had five. Hadley Wallace put up four points.
The JV now has a record of 2-0.