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Pioneer Shooting Goes Ice Cold in Loss to Lake Region

Pioneer Shooting Goes Ice Cold in Loss to Lake Region
Posted: Feb 01, 2024

Pioneers 50... Lake Region State 56

The MCC Pioneers could not find the range on Thursday afternoon in the Elementary School game and Lake Region State took advantage of the Pioneer shooting woes for a 56-50 MonDak Conference victory in Miles City, MT. 

The Pioneers hit only 6-34 field goal attempts in the 2nd half and were only 2-18 on 2-point field goals. MCC led by 8 points with a minute to go in the 1st quarter and had a 4-point lead heading to the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter took a turn for the worse for MCC as the Pioneers struggled to score for the first 8 minutes of the quarter and the Royals took command holding a 12-point lead with 1:45 to play. The Pioneers made a late rush hitting three late 3-pointers to cut the lead to 4 points but the Royals held on to the victory. 

The teams combined for 15 points in the 3rd quarter before exploding for 40 points in the 4th. Unfortunately for the Pioneers, 25 of those points came from the Royals. Lake Region scored only 31 points over the first 3 quarters. 

MCC was led in scoring by Brae Eneboe (Conrad, MT) with 16 points (5-12 FG, 0-1 3's, 6-9 FT) and Eneboe also grabbed a team high 8 rebounds. Tyann Graham (Glasgow, MT) dished out 6 assists and Lainey Smith (Miles City, MT) added 7 rebounds. 

Lake Region was led by Anisah Wolf (Bloomington, MN) off the bench with 13 points (3-9 FG, 1-2 3's, 6-8 FT) and 6 rebounds. Nicole Lillard (Champlin, MN) and Kyla Fitzgerald (Central Coast, Australia) scored 11 points each. 

Inside the Box Score

  • The Pioneers hit only 16-62 (26%) from the field and 7-23 (30%) from the 3-point line. MCC was 11-15 at the free throw line. 
  • The Royals hit only 18-56 (32%) from the field and 3-18 (17%) from the 3-point line. LRSC was 17-22 from the free throw line. 
  • The Royals outrebounded the Pioneers 35-34. LRSC had 6 offensive rebounds and MCC had 5. 
  • MCC had 16 turnovers and LRSC had 12. 

The Pioneers dropped to 3-11 in MonDak Conference play and 6-17 overall. Lake Region State pulled up to 3rd place in the conference at 8-6 and are 15-8 overall. The Pioneers will host North Dakota State College on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM>