Basketball Recap: Cass Lake-Bena Skates Past Red Lake with Ease

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

12/13/24 @ Laporte	96
01/10/25 vs Kelliher/Northome	57
12/19/24 vs Blackduck	43
01/13/25 vs Red Lake	34
12/14/24 vs Mahnomen/Waubun	32

Cass Lake-Bena entered their tilt with Red Lake on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 85-51 victory over the Red Lake Warriors. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 32 points or more this season.

Several Warriors players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Andrew Roy, who posted ten points and five steals. Red Lake is 2-1 when Roy posts three or more steals, but 1-4 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Ryan Kingbird, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 rebounds.

Cass Lake-Bena has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Red Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.

Cass Lake-Bena has already played their next game, a 70-69 defeat against Pine River-Backus on the 16th. As for Red Lake, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 93-57 loss against Deer River on the 14th.