If Sauk Rapids-Rice was feeling good fresh off their 87-44 takedown of Willmar last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm fell 101-88 to the Alexandria Cardinals on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (87), the Storm still had to take the loss.
Chase Thompson was his usual excellent self, going 13 for 25 en route to 41 points for Alexandria. The dominant performance gave Thompson a new career-high in points. Gavin Roderick was another key player, going 9 of 17 on his way to 22 points.
Sauk Rapids-Rice's loss dropped their record down to 12-5. As for Alexandria, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-3.
Sauk Rapids-Rice and Alexandria should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. Sauk Rapids-Rice will take on Brainerd at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday up 111 places (28 vs. 139). Meanwhile, Alexandria (ranked 15th) will meet Delano (ranked 168th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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