Cold-shooting Vikings fall to RCW

Minneota shoots only 38 percent in loss; Hennen scores 23

Renville County West shot a blistering 61 percent from the field and upended Minneota 72-65 in a Camden Conference game on Thursday night.

Minneota (2-3) hit on 38 percent of its shots and dropped its third straight game.

Jacob Hennen sank 9 of 20 shots from the floor and led four Vikings in double digits with 23 points. He also had nine rebounds, two assists and two steals.

AJ Josephson made 5 of 11 shots and finished with 15 points to go along with nine rebounds for Minneota. Cale Sorensen added 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and three steals. Jacob Citterman chipped in with 10 points, four rebounds and two steals.

Minneota bolted out to an 14-5 lead before the Jaguars went on a 25-8 run to take a 30-22 advantage.

The Vikings slowly whittled away at the deficit until a 13-5 run that extended from the latter stages of the first half into the second half knotted the game at 35-35.

RCW pulled away with a 12-0 run that gave the Jaguars a 57-42 lead with just over eight minutes remaining. Trailing 62-46, Minneota refused to go away and climbed back within five points after an 11-0 run made it 62-57 with 2:33 left in the game. But the Vikings would get no closer and RCW held on for the win.

Riley Ashburn led all scorers with 28 points. The Jaguars' 6-4 senior forward, made 12 of 17 shots from the field while also pulling down seven rebounds. Branden Hoberg had 14 points and Tyler Froland nine for RCW.

RCW 72, Minneota 65
Halftime: RCW 33, Minneota 27

RENVILLE COUNTY WEST (total points) - Riley Ashburn 28, Tyler Froland 9, AJ Gasca 3, Ayden Gustafson 0, Branden Hoberg 14, Nathan Schmidt 6, Adam Schrupp 7, Jayden Serbus 5. Totals 26-43 16-31 72.

MINNEOTA (FG, FT, Pts) - Jacob Citterman 4-10 2-2 10, Bishop Drietz 2-4 0-0 6, Jacob Hennen 9-20 3-3 23, AJ Josephson 5-11 6-8 15, Cole Myhre 0-2 0-0 0, Braeden Panka 0-1 0-0 0, Joey Rybinski 0-1 0-1 0. Cale Sorensen 4-14 1-2 11. Totals 24-63 11-16 65.

3-pointers: RCW 4 (Ashburn 1, Hoberg 1, Schmidt 1, Schrupp 1). Minneota 6 (Drietz 2, Hennen 2, Sorensen 2).

Rebounds: RCW 21 (Ashburn 7). Minneota 29 (Hennen 9, Josephson 9, Citterman 4, Sorensen 4, Drietz 1, Myhre 1, Rybinski 1).

Assists: RCW not available. Minneota 12 (Rybinski 3, Drietz 2, Hennen 2, Sorensen 2, Citterman 1, Josephson 1, Panka 1).

Steals: RCW not available. Minneota 9 (Sorensen 3, Citterman 2, Hennen 2, Myhre 1, Panka 1).

Blocked shots: RCW not available. Minneota 2 (Citterman 1, Sorensen 1).

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