Basketball Recap: Irondale Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Jake Dedominces and Cameron Cramble

On Friday, the Irondale Knights lost to the Mayo Spartans on the road by a 73-56 margin.

Jake Dedominces

Points

12/27/24 vs Mayo	21
12/21/24 vs St. Cloud Tech	17
12/20/24 vs Spring Lake Park	21
12/18/24 @ Park	18
12/13/24 vs Cretin-Derham Hall	21

Cameron Cramble and Jake Dedominces certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Cramble dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 boards, while Dedominces went 9 of 21 on his way to 21 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The match was Dedominces' 17th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Albertson, who posted seven points.

Even though they lost, Irondale smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've managed all season.

Irondale's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Mayo, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2.

Irondale and Coon Rapids will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Irondale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.1 points per game this season. As for Mayo, they will face off against Austin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.