Kurtis Moody tacked up a game-high 20 points to lift Pequot Lakes over Wadena-Deer Creek 58-53 Tuesday in a battle of Mid-State Conference clubs.
The Patriots went into the halftime locker room with a slim 29-28 lead.
Michael Ward and Michael Goerges combined to score 21 points in the victory.
The Patriots posted their ninth win in 17 games while the Wolverines lost for the 10th time in 18 contests.
Ryan Nelson led the Wolverines with 15 tallies while Jordan Reed scored 13.
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The Wolverines managed to tie the taller Patriots 19-all on the boards.
"I thought we rebounded as well as we have all season," WDC head coach Tom VanErp said. "Considering Pequot Lakes goes 6-7, 6-5 in the post we did a great job of rebounding."
The Patriots avenged a 51-48 loss to the Wolverines in a Jan. 22 game at Wadena.
The loss dropped the Wolverines to 8-10 overall and 3-6 in the Mid-State.
WADENA-DEER CREEK (53)
S. Syverson 8, K. Tumberg 8, R. Nelson 15, C. Tumberg 2, J. Reed 13, A. Kern 5, G. Kellogg 1. Totals: 14/4 13-18 53
PEQUOT LAKES (58)
J. Anderson 3, M. Goerges 11, M. Michaelson 5, K. Moody 20, N. Greer 3, T. Parker 6, M. Ward 10. Totals: 15/5 13-17 58
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WDC 28 25 - 53
PL 29 29 - 58
Hawley 70,
Wadena-Deer Creek 58
Taylor Harms poured in 23 second half points and Mike Hanson added 13 Saturday afternoon as the Nuggets denied the Wolverines a chance to climb above the .500 mark.
Harms was held scoreless in the first half but the Nuggets still led 28-26 at the midway point.
Ryan Nelson hit 19 for the Wolverines and WDC head coach Tom VanErp called the second half a "Nelson-Harms duel."
Harms canned seven of his eight free throw attempts, hit five deuces and connected on two treys.
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"He was the difference in the second half," VanErp said.
Kevin Tumberg made five of WDC's six treys to finish with 15 points. Jordan Reed tallied 14 points.
HAWLEY (70)
M. Hanson 13, J. Bjornson 7, B. Severson 5, J. Spaeth 4, T. Harms 23, L. VanHavemaet 9, K. Olson 9. Totals: 20/7 9-13 70
WDC (58)
S. Syverson 2, K. Tumberg 15, R. Nelson 19, T. Byman 3, J. Reed 14, A. Kern 5. Totals: 17/6 6-9 58
Hawley 28 42 - 70
WDC 26 32 - 58
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Wadena-Deer Creek 55,
Park Rapids 39
The Wolverines canned 16 of 17 free throws to sweep their regular season series with the Panthers.
Tom VanErp's team did not miss at the foul stripe in the second half going 13-for-13.
WDC's Scott Syverson dropped in three treys en route to an 18-point night and Ryan Nelson added 17. Nine WDC cagers contributed to the scoring.
Paul Dirks was top point man for Park Rapids with 11.
WADENA-DEER CREEK (55)
S. Syverson 18, J. Sherman 2, R. Nelson 17, A. Andrews 2, C. Tumberg 6, J. Reed 2, A. Kern 2, D. Hoffman 2, G. Kellogg 4. Totals: 15/3 16-17 55
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PARK RAPIDS (39)
M. Long 3, T. Kimball 7, P. Dirks 11, R. Mattson 5, M. Brown 5, C. Ridlon 4, R. Peterson 2. Totals: 15/1 6-10 39
Wadena-Deer Creek 28 27 - 55
Park Rapids 14 25 - 39
