Todd County lost against Pine Ridge back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Todd County Falcons took an 84-68 bruising from the Pine Ridge Thorpes. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Thorpes are ranked 20th).
Chris Ellert
| 02/20/25 vs Pine Ridge | 24 |
| 01/25/25 vs Crow Creek | 23 |
| 01/03/25 vs Cheyenne-Eagle Butte | 17 |
| 12/21/24 vs Cheyenne-Eagle Butte | 16 |
| 02/06/25 vs Lakota Tech | 15 |
Despite the loss, Todd County still got an impressive performance from Chris Ellert, who en route to 24 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Ellert a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Tylen Valandra, who on his way to 10 points and five boards.
Even though they lost, Todd County was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
It was another big night for Marvin Richard lll, who almost dropped a double-double with 39 points and nine rebounds for Pine Ridge. Richard lll's big performance that evening made it 20 games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Steele, who posted 18 points along with six assists and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Todd County and nudges their season record down to 9-9. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.5 points over those games. As for Pine Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Todd County has already played their next contest, a 76-62 loss against Platte/Geddes on the 24th. Pine Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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