Basketball Recap: Parker Drops Season-High Score on Freeman

Pheasants

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Freeman	63
01/04/25 vs Tiospaye Topa	57
01/07/25 vs Bon Homme	53
01/03/25 vs Beresford	44
12/21/24 @ Alcester-Hudson	38

Parker scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. The match between them and the Freeman Flyers didn't end well, with the Parker Pheasants falling 82-63. While losing is never fun, the Pheasants can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Flyers are ranked 30th).

Freeman's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but David Walter led the charge by going 9 of 16 en route to 21 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was Tate Sorensen, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 21 points and eight rebounds.

Parker's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Freeman, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.

Parker has already played their next contest (against Hanson), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Freeman has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Bon Homme.