Class A boys explode in 2nd half, dominate Class B

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BISMARCK — The Class B All-Stars were within striking distance at the start of the second half.

The Class A boys, however, were just getting warmed up.

They posted 61 points in the second half to roll past Class B 105-72 in the first of the 2012 Lions All-Star basketball series on Tuesday at the Bismarck Civic Center.

Bismarck Century’s Tom Fraase led Class A with 16 points, including three 3-pointers. The team’s other Century graduate, Andre Maund, joined in with 15 points and three 3-pointers.

Class A had six players score in double figures: Fargo South’s Landon Poss (14), Grand Forks Red River’s Mack Arvidson (13), Grand Forks Central’s Sean Norton (12) and Wahpeton’s Jeremy Bontjes (10).

Berthold’s Daniel Yale led Class B with 18 points, followed by Mr. Basketball winner Melvin Langstaff of Warwick with 16.

Bottineau’s Justin McCloud had the game’s lone double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Beulah’s Casey Duppong and Mott-Regent’s Chad Mosbrucker each supplied six points in the loss. Mosbrucker added two steals.

During the second half, Class B made a run to close within four points, 49-45, but Class A responded with a 21-7 run. Once Class A took a 64-52 lead, it put on the cruise control.

Class A put together multiple double-digit runs to sink Class B into hole with less than 10 minutes to play.

Fraase and company went 40 of 86 (47 percent) from the field, while Class B shot 29 of 75 (39 percent).

The series concludes at 8 p.m. CDT today at the Fargo Civic Auditorium.

A: Jeremy Bontjes 3-5 3-3 10, Danny Fischer 1-2 0-0 2, Andre Maund 5-10 2-2 15, Devin Coyle 3-9 0-0 8, Landon Poss 5-10 2-2 14, Sean Norton 5-9 0-0 12, Devin Schirado 0-1 0-0 0, Mack Arvidson 5-14 1-2 13, Todd Nicklaus 3-5 0-0 6, Tom Fraase 6-11 1-1 16, Brady Jordahl 0-0 0-0 0, Dexter Werner 4-10 1-1 9. Totals 40-86 105.

B: Joey Dwyer 0-4 1-2 1, Melvin Langstaff 7-13 2-3 16, Casey Duppong 1-3 4-6 6, Dustyn Luger 0-4 1-3 1, Tanner Purintun 2-7 0-0 4, Daniel Yale 8-19 0-0 18, Justin McCloud 5-10 3-5 14, Chad Mosbrucker 3-5 0-0 6, Matt Zimmerman 0-3 0-0 0, Mike Paulson 2-4 0-0 4, Mitchell Wirth 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Thielges 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-75 72.

Halftime: A 44-35. 3-pointers: A 15 (Fraase 3, Maund 3, Poss 2, Arvidson 2, Norton 2, Coyle 2, Bontjes 1), B 3 (Yale 2, McCloud 1). Free throws: A 10-11, B 11-19. Total fouls: A 17, B 9. Rebounds: A (Werner 7, Nicklaus 7), B 45 (McCloud 11). Assists: A 23 (Fischer 5, Maund 5), B 10 (Duppong 2, Purintun 2, Paulson 2). Steals: A 5 (Fischer 2), B 4 (Mosbrucker 2). Blocks: A 8 (Werner 3), B 2 (2 tied with 1). Turnovers: A 9, B 9.

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