Blue Devils beat Bethany Lutheran

Published 11:23 pm Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Riverland Community College men’s basketball team topped Bethany Lutheran 84-74 before it heads into the winter break in RCC Thursday.

The Blue Devils (7-4 overall) led by as many as 14 points and Rushford-Peterson grad Kyler Paulson hit a big three-pointer to put RCC up six points in the second half. Paulson finished with 11 points as he went 5-for-6 from the field.

“Kyler was a huge spark plug for us when we were dead in the water,” RCC head coach Derek Hahn said. “I was excited to see him be successful tonight.”

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The Blue Devils will return to play against Luther in RCC Jan. 5.

BL 32  42  —  74

RCC 38  46  —  84

RCC scoring: Jace Klinkner, 16; Junior Stone, 12; Darius Bell, 12; Marcus Wynn, 11; Kyler Paulson, 11; Donte Makazu, 9; Abdibari Abdikadir, 9; Sam Kuany, 2; Dalek Roberts, 2