Rush City takes tough loss from Maranatha

The Rush City boys basketball team must have been of their game in a bad way on Jan. 26 when the team traveled to Maranatha Christian Academy in Brooklyn Park.

The non-conference match-up ended with the Tigers limping home after a devastating 73-30 loss.

ìWe got off to a terrible start getting outscored 26-6 in the first quarter,î said Head Coach Gary Dreissig.
The second quarter improved slightly for the Tigers, but it still wasnít enough to catch up.

The team scored 12 to Maranathaís 16, ending the half with a score of 42-18.

The second half brought hope for the Tigers, but soon that too was dashed as Maranatha proceeded to repeat the first quarterís pattern by outscoring the Tigers 15-6.
By the fourth quarter, when the score for the quarter was 16-6, the Tigers took their loss with grace.

ìThe game was very similar to our Braham game as we were beaten by a team that was ñ plain and simple ñ a lot better than us,î Dreissig said.

For the Tigers, Tim Karnick led scoring by landing 9 points. Brent Freeman was not far behind, shooting 75 percent on 2-pointers for 6 points.

Kris Guentzel contributed four points for the team while Jerred Neslon brought three to the effort.

Kevin Bengston, Andrew Kaufmann, Tony Webb and Jeff Jennings added two each.

The Tigers were scheduled to play at Isle on Tuesday night.

Isle could come looking for a tough game because of the win the Tigers took from them earlier this season.
The next game will be Feb. 6 at home against Aitkin.
Aitkin beat Rush City Dec. 9 when the Tigers opened the 2003-2004 season with an away game.

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