Anselmo-Merna suffered their closest loss since December 27, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of the North Central Knights by a score of 52-49. The Coyotes were not able to make up for their defeat to the Knights from their previous meeting back in January of 2024.
Despite the loss, Anselmo-Merna saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Dane Duryea dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 boards. That was a full 40.8% of Anselmo-Merna's points, marking the tenth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Colin Wright, who scored ten points and six rebounds.
Anselmo-Merna's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for North Central, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-10.
Anselmo-Merna will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Twin Loup at 7:00 p.m. on February 6th. North Central has already played their next matchup (against Creighton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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