JAMESTOWN — The Hankinson boys’ basketball crew went on a massive first zone run and that allowed them to get a massive 71-forty five win over Medina/Pingree-Buchanan withinside the 2025 NDHSAA Class B Region 1 Tournament Semifinals on Tuesday, March 11, on the Jamestown Civic Center.
The Thunder took an early 6-four however the Pirates answered to move on a 16-zero run thru the the rest of the zone, punctuated via way of means of three-factor performs from Raeshaun Earl to take a 20-6 lead into the second one zone.
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The Thunder tried to conflict their manner lower back into it withinside the 2d zone, getting it right all the way down to 22-10 early however the Pirates persevered to reply with runs in their own. The Pirates had a hazard to increase their 33-17 lead at the primary 1/2 of buzzer however Earl’s shot changed into blocked.
Earl’s shot became blocked.
In the primary half, the Pirates shot 50% from the field, three-for-nine from 3 and 2-for-2 from the unfastened throw line. The Thunder shot 8-for-25 from the field, 0-for-7 from 3 and 1-for-four from the unfastened throw line. The Thunder ruled at the forums withinside the starting half, outrebounding their combatants 19-10 overall, 10-7 at the protective board and nine-three at the offensive glass.
The Pirates’ largest gain got here of their capacity to take gain of Thunder miscues with the -seeds scoring sixteen factors off 12 Thunder turnovers. The Thunder scored factors off 4 Pirates giveaways withinside the first quarters.
Early withinside the 1/3 region, the Pirates have been capable of stretch their lead out to 43-20 and that they have been capable of push it out similarly earlier than the Thunder’s Chase Ova hit threes to ship the sport into the fourth with the Pirates up 59-34.
The Pirates outscored the Thunder 12-eleven withinside the fourth region to get the win.
