Goodhue ends L/P’s season

Published 9:26 pm Thursday, March 3, 2011

Lyle/Pacelli had its season end with a 54-25 loss at No. 1 seeded Goodhue in the first round of the Section 1A boys basketball tournament Thursday.

The Wildcats (21-6 overall) scored the first 13 points of the game and they led 30-11 at the half.

“They’re a good team and we committed a lot of silly turnovers in the first half,” L/P head coach Casey Anderson said. “That put us behind early.”

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Ashton Erie scored 17 points for Goodhue and Michael McNamara had eight points.

The Athletics (9-16 overall) started the season with seven straight losses, before winning nine of their next 18 games to close the season under Anderson, who was in his first year as head coach.

“The kids showed a lot of heart this season,” Anderson said. “We started out young and inexperienced, but they believed in our philosophies and they’ve improved a lot this season.”

L/P scoring: David Diang, 10; Colton Scherer, 4; Ryan Rust, 3; Michael Hutchinson, 3; Max Brennan, 2; Jake Nelson, 2; Skylar Meyer, 2