THIEF RIVER FALLS — Andre Thomas scored a game-high 18 points as the Central Lakes College Raiders men’s basketball team won it’s third consecutive game, beating the Northland Pioneers 71-59 Wednesday in a Northern Division game.
Kevin Kuefler added 10 points for the Raiders, who shot 66 percent from the line compared to the 44 percent put up by the last-place Pioneers.
“Overall, we played well,” said Raider head coach Jim Russell. “We played together as a team well with good balance. We felt like we knew that going on the road, we were going to be down and for them to shoot that many free throws compared to us shows that we played at the tempo needed to get the win.”
Northland 25 26 -59
Central Lakes 37 42 – 71
NORTHLAND
Tyler Anderson 2, Maurice Blackmon 10, Jaylon Gunderson 10, Davontae Ardoin 9, Jake Anderson 1, Tim Desrosier 6, Tyler Thomas 7, Taylor Scott 12, Jermaine Russell 2. FG 22-49 (44 percent), FT 11-20(55 percent). 3-point 4-14 (28 percent).
CENTRAL LAKES
Andre Thomas 18, Nathan Holm 8, Tyler Flugum 4, Kevin Kuefler 10, Bryan Gichaba 8, Brandon Davis 9, Kahreem Horsley 4,John Jedneak 6, Brent Koehler 4. FG 31-60(51 percent), FT 4-6(66 percent). 3-point 5-15 (33 percent).Division: 5-2. Overall: 1-7.Next: host Rainy River 3 p.m. Saturday.
