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Red Lake Warriors fail to close in 59-55 loss to Maranatha Christian in State Tournament - P5

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Class A State Quarterfinal – Red Lake 55 vs. Maranatha Christian 59

Red Lake started out the game firing, led by Russell Kingbird's 15 points at half time. The Warriors led 36-24 at halftime but Maranatha slowly came back, gaining momentum while taking advantage of missed shots and some key Red Lake turnovers midway through the second half and late in the game. Free throws proved to be key as they are in any game, especially in a tight state quarterfinal game with a trip to the seminfinals on the line. Following a turnover off the in bounds with just under ten seconds remaining, Maranatha was able to burn off time to get it down to one second remaining when they were fouled in the double bonus, knocking both down and sealing the deal to advance them to the next round, ending the season for the Warriors today at Williams Arena.

Warriors were led by Russell Kingbird with 18 points, Mason Kingbird added 11, Jeremey Martin with nine and Rob McClain eight.

McClain dominated the rebounds with 14, Martin had six and M. Kingbird with four. McClain also had 7 blocked shots.

Red Lake as a team shot 12-16 from the free throw line and had 32 rebounds. The Warriors end their season with a record of 23-6.

Maranatha Christian was led by Jake Meyen with 21 points, Jeremiah Hanson had 18, Damario Armstrong with 13, Brock Burquest seven.

Cameron Monson didn't score but led the team in rebounding with eight, six for Hanson.

Maranatha were 16-20 from the free throw line and pulled in 35 rebounds in the win. They improve to 28-2 with the win.

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