After scoring just 17 points in the first half, the Austin Packers dropped a 51-44 contest Tuesday night on the road at Mankato East.
Zach Fadness led the Packers with 12 points, while Zach Wessels had 11, Tom Aase 8, Joe Aase 8 and Matt Duren 5.
See the Austin Daily Herald story. Here’s the video:
The boys have back-to-back home games Friday and Saturday, as they host Mankato West and Caledonia in Packer Gym.
The Austin Packers, fresh off an 18-point win over Rochester Mayo Friday night, came back for a make-up game Saturday night in Red Wing. The game had been scheduled for Dec. 11 but was snowed out.
Cold shooting plagued the Packers in this contest, as they were down 28-25 at the half. The second half was a little colder, as the Pack managed just 19 points and lost 57-44.
Here are the highlights:
Joe Aase had 14 points for the Packers, Tom Aase 9, Zach Wessels 8, Zach Fadness 5, Matt Duren 5, Jay Ettinger 2 and Max Coffey 1.
The Packers return to action Tuesday night, taking the road to play at Mankato East.
The Austin boys ran their conference record to 3-1 Friday night with a win over the visiting Rochester Mayo Spartans.
The Packers had a 22-21 lead at halftime, but then outscored the Spartans 31-14 down the stretch for the 53-35 win.
Here is the Austin Daily Herald story about the game.
Joe Aase had 19 points for the Packers, Matt Duren 15, Zach Fadness 6, Tom Aase 5, Jay Ettinger 4, Zach Wessels 2 and Max Coffey 2.
The Packers play again tonight, a make-up game that was snowed out in December, at Red Wing.
The Austin Packer boys came off a two-week break to score a big win Tuesday over Rochester John Marshall, 74-47.
After building a 22-point lead at halftime, the Packers cruised to their second conference win. Joe Aase had 18 points, Zach Fadness 13, Tom Aase 12, Zach Wessels 6, Jay Ettinger 5, Max Coffey 5, Andrew Kaiser 5, Matt Duren 4, Nate Weisert 2, Quinn Yocum 2 and Goliath Oboyo 2.
Here are the highlights:
Check out the Austin Post-Bulletin and Austin Daily Herald accounts of the game.
In other conference action, Century beat Mankato West 60-52, Winona edged Mayo 55-46 and Owatonna stopped Albert Lea 86-53. Faribault beat Waseca 75-57 in a non-conference contest.
Next up for the Packers are the Rochester Mayo Spartans on Friday in Packer Gym, where it will be Parents Night.
For a while it wasn’t close, as the Packers fell behind 23-7, but then the Pack rallied to cut the deficit to 6 at halftime. Austin got as close as 1 in the second half, and had the ball near the end with a chance to tie (or win with a three), but fell just short of completing the rally.
Let’s go to the tape…
Given the closeness of the game, and the relative low score (53-39), I included all the Packers’ made free throws this time.
Here are the Austin Daily Herald and Post-Bulletin accounts of the game. Joe Aase had 14 for the Packers, followed by Matt Duren (10), Zach Wessels (9), Tom Aase (7), Jay Ettinger (6) and Andrew Kaiser (3).
The Pack will try to get back on the winning track on Tuesday, Jan. 4 when they travel to Rochester to take on John Marshall.
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