On Thursday, the Dakota Valley Panthers faced the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Dakota Valley fell 77-70 to Sioux Falls Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (64), Dakota Valley still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why Dakota Valley lost, one person who can't be blamed is Jaxson Wingert. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 35 points and ten rebounds. Wingert is crushing the point category: he's posted at least 21 every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Collette, who scored 13 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Dakota Valley and nudges their season record down to 9-2. As for Sioux Falls Christian, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 11-0.
Dakota Valley will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Groton at 6:45 p.m. on January 27th. One thing working in Dakota Valley's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. As for Sioux Falls Christian, they will take on Hamlin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hamlin will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Sioux Falls Christian surely won't give up without a fight.
