The Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their tenth straight loss. Their tough 71-46 defeat to Southwest Minnesota Christian might stick with them for a while. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda in their matchups with Southwest Minnesota Christian: they've now lost seven in a row.
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Dustin Hakeneis, who scored 14 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hakeneis has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Hattendorf, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda dropped their record down to 1-15 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Southwest Minnesota Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 9-7.
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda will be playing at home against Red Rock Central at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Red Rock Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 28 on Thursday. As for Southwest Minnesota Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Minnesota (Russell-Tyler-Ruthton is ranked 187th, while Southwest Minnesota Christian is ranked 196th).
