Rebels can’t keep up with Trojans

Published 9:53 pm Thursday, February 28, 2019

The No. 14 seeded Southland boys basketball team had its season end in a loss to No. 3 Rushford-Peterson (17-10 overall) 66-52 in Rushford Thursday.

Southland (7-19) led for the first 24 minutes of the game, but RP closed the game out on a 25-3 run.

“The kids played hard tonight and I’m proud,” Southland head coach Matt Webber said.

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Ethan Forthun had 14 points for Southland.

Southland 29  23    52

RP 26  40    66

Southland scoring: Ethan Forthun, 14; Nick Boe, 11; Lee Wilson, 8; Matt Mueller, 7; Dan Boe, 6; Reece Tapp, 4; Corey Retterath, 3; free throws: 80 percent (8-for-10)