Comeback Effort Falls Short for Detroit Lakes Girls Basketball

PEQUOT LAKES (KDLM) – The Laker girls basketball team had their first road game of the season on Thursday night and fell to the Pequot Lakes Patriots 71-61.

Despite the lead with 13 minutes to go in the first half, the Lakers fell behind after giving up an 11-0 run. The Patriots built their lead mainly because of costly turnovers committed by the Laker offense. Detroit Lakes turned over the ball 12 times in the first half. At the break, DL trailed 40-26. The Lakers made it a contest to begin the 2nd half as the Lakers started on a 7-0 run and clawed their way back to trail by 6 points.

In the end, the Lakers ran out of gas, and foul trouble hampered their comeback effort as two Laker starters fouled out of the game. Detroit Lakes was also without one of their top scorers Sarah Tangen as she sat out due to injury. The Lakers were led in the scoring department by Alex Bettcher, who finished with 30 points.

Detroit Lakes falls to 2-2 on the season and are now 1-2 in Mid State Conference games. DL will look to bounce back when they travel to take on another conference opponent next Tuesday when they go to Park Rapids to take on the Panthers. Pequot Lakes moves to 2-0 and will look to remain undefeated as they will travel to Aitkin tonight to take on the Gobblers.

Other Laker Scores from Thursday

Boys Hockey: Detroit Lakes had four goals from Junior Spencer Bergman as the Lakers won on the road against Prairie Center 8-3. Tommy Fritz, Jake Green, Jacob McAllister, and Braeden Wimmer also got on the scoresheet as Detroit Lakes moves to 2-1 on the season and picks up their first Mid State win. Detroit Lakes will return to the ice next Tuesday when Red Lakes Falls (3-0) will come to town.