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The Great Plains Lutheran (Watertown, SD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) in overtime by a score of 48-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Northwestern Area	9	7	14	10	3	43
GPLHS	9	7	6	18	8	48

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

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Game Stats

Northwestern Area (24-25)

Northwestern Area has not entered stats for this game.

Great Plains Lutheran (24-25)

Great Plains Lutheran

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	15	47	32	38
3	Jolie Lien (Jr)	8	3	6	50	67
5	Kate Holmen (Jr)		0	3	0	0
10	Katherine Prahl (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
13	Myra Lentz (Sr)	16	5	12	42	58
23	Esta Cameron (Sr)	10	2	9	22	22
24	Madeline Prahl (Sr)	8	3	10	30	30
34	Julia Prahl (So)		0	1	0	0

Great Plains Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	6	15	40	12	20	60	9	32	28
3	Jolie Lien (Jr)	8	2	5	40	0	0	0	1	1	100
5	Kate Holmen (Jr)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	Katherine Prahl (Jr)	6	0	0	0	2	6	33	2	6	33
13	Myra Lentz (Sr)	16	4	10	40	2	4	50	1	2	50
23	Esta Cameron (Sr)	10	0	0	0	6	8	75	2	9	22
24	Madeline Prahl (Sr)	8	0	0	0	2	2	100	3	10	30
34	Julia Prahl (So)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Great Plains Lutheran

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	8	17	25	13	17	15	6
3	Jolie Lien (Jr)	8	0	3	3	2	3	2	0
5	Kate Holmen (Jr)		0	1	1	0	2	0	1
10	Katherine Prahl (Jr)	6	3	2	5	5	5	4	0
13	Myra Lentz (Sr)	16	1	1	2	4	4	5	0
23	Esta Cameron (Sr)	10	2	5	7	0	2	3	3
24	Madeline Prahl (Sr)	8	2	5	7	2	1	1	1
34	Julia Prahl (So)		0	0		0	0	0	1

Great Plains Lutheran

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Defl
	Team Totals	0.87	1.13	2.83	8
3	Jolie Lien (Jr)	1.00	1.50	3.00
5	Kate Holmen (Jr)	0.00	2.00	2.00
10	Katherine Prahl (Jr)	1.25	1.25	5.00	3
13	Myra Lentz (Sr)	0.80	0.80	4.00	3
23	Esta Cameron (Sr)	0.00	0.67	0.67
24	Madeline Prahl (Sr)	2.00	1.00	1.00	2

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Game Story

South Dakota High School Basketball - Northwestern Area tipped by Great Plains Lutheran

February 13, 2025: Watertown, SD 57201

The Great Plains Lutheran Panthers nipped the visiting Northwestern Area Wildcats basketball squad by a final score of 48-43 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Panthers clash with the Clark/Willow Lake Cyclones (Clark, SD) in a A Region 2 outing, on Monday, February 17. Great Plains Lutheran will attempt to upgrade on its 14-4 season record. The Cyclones enter the outing with a 10-7 record after their 40-35 non-league loss to St. Thomas More (Rapid City, SD).

The Wildcats (13-4) will now prepare for their outing against North Central (Eureka, SD). The Thunder enter the non-league outing with a 13-7 record. In their last outing, North Central got by Stanley County (Fort Pierre, SD), 50-20, in a non-league outing.

Players of the Game

Northwestern Area (24-25)

Northwestern Area has not selected any Players of the Game.

Great Plains Lutheran (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Esta Cameron for being selected the Great Plains Lutheran Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

NAHS @ GPLHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 13, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Great Plains Lutheran (Watertown, SD) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) in overtime by a score of 48-43.

Rankings & Records

Northwestern Area (24-25)

SD	Class
53	20

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
18-6	8-0	11-0	5-5	2-1	.750	1.000	1,109	875

Great Plains Lutheran (24-25)

SD	Class
63	26

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
15-6	2-1	6-4	7-2	2-0	.714	.667	955	690

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Northwestern Area	8.0	10.0	12.0	12.3	3.0	46.2
Great Plains Lutheran	14.6	11.1	11.4	9.6	8.0	45.5

Team Stat Comparison

Northwestern Area		Great Plains Lutheran
-	Points Per Game	45.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
-	Assists Per Game	13.0
-	Steals Per Game	12.2
-	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

Northwestern Area		Great Plains Lutheran	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#12 Abby Kjenstad10.0	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Madeline Prahl5.4	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#10 Katherine Prahl4.2	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#10 Katherine Prahl3.5	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#12 Abby Kjenstad0.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northwestern Area	9-1		Great Plains Lutheran	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/16/24	Britton-Hecla	Northwestern Area	(W) 56-28	1/10/25	Great Plains Lutheran	Britton-Hecla	(W) 49-20
12/17/24	Northwestern Area	Wilmot	(W) 62-34	1/28/25	Wilmot	Great Plains Lutheran	(W) 56-37
2/27/25	Wilmot	Northwestern Area	(W) 49-31
1/11/25	Florence/Henry	Northwestern Area	(W) 53-31	1/30/25	Florence/Henry	Great Plains Lutheran	(W) 39-34
1/21/25	Northwestern Area	Groton	(L) 42-30	2/10/25	Groton	Great Plains Lutheran	(L) 55-34
2/6/25	Aberdeen Christian	Northwestern Area	(W) 48-12	1/25/25	Great Plains Lutheran	Aberdeen Christian	(W) 54-8
2/8/25	Northwestern Area	Waubay/Summit	(W) 59-47	2/20/25	Great Plains Lutheran	Waubay/Summit	(W) 55-18
2/11/25	Northwestern Area	Webster	(W) 37-36	2/4/25	Webster	Great Plains Lutheran	(L) 48-34
2/21/25	Waverly/South Shore	Northwestern Area	(W) 33-23	1/21/25	Waverly/South Shore	Great Plains Lutheran	(W) 61-20
2/25/25	Waverly/South Shore	Northwestern Area	(W) 52-32

Record Breakdown

Northwestern Area (24-25)		Great Plains Lutheran (24-25)
18-6	Overall	15-6
8-0	League	2-1
8-5	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
9-1	Common Opponent	6-2
11-0	Home	6-4
5-5	Away	7-2
2-1	Neutral	2-0
2-1	Playoff	1-1
18-6	In-State	13-6
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0