Pierre T.F. Riggs was the 61-45 winner over Spearfish when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Pierre T.F. Riggs Governors took a 62-46 bruising from the Spearfish Spartans on Saturday. The Governors were down 50-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Spearfish was led to victory by Kade Vavruska and Dylon Doren. Vavruska went 6 for 9 on his way to 18 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals, while Doren went 7 for 12 on his way to 15 points. The dominant performance gave Vavruska a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Southern, who posted two points and seven assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Pierre T.F. Riggs and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Spearfish, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Pierre T.F. Riggs will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Bismarck at 7:00 p.m. on January 4th. As for Spearfish, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 53-52 victory against Stevens on the 28th.
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