Raiders race past Greyhounds
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Nicollet’s Keegan Hulke puts up a 3 during the first half of a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game against New Ulm Cathedral on Thursday at Cathedral High School.
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Nicollet’s Carson Kettner passes the ball away while guarded by New Ulm Cathedral’s Eli Anderson during a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game Thursday at Cathedral High School.
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Nicollet’s Keegan Hulke puts up a 3 during the first half of a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game against New Ulm Cathedral on Thursday at Cathedral High School.
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Nicollet’s Carson Kettner passes the ball away while guarded by New Ulm Cathedral’s Eli Anderson during a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game Thursday at Cathedral High School.
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NEW ULM -- Outside of an early 8-5 New Ulm Cathedral lead on a 3 from Eli Anderson, it was all Nicollet.
The Raiders -- who have been averaging 78 points a game -- hit a new season high Thursday.
The Raiders jumped to a 55-22 halftime lead as they downed the Greyhounds 91-45 in a non-conference boys basketball game.
Henry Kennedy led the Raiders (18-4) with 25 points with Abe Madson adding 18. Carson Kettner tossed in 15 points and added a game-high 14 rebounds. Henry Oscarson added 12 points.
Kennedy added 10 boards with Madson hauling down five rebounds.
Anderson led the Greyhounds (7-16) with 25 points.
Anderson, a junior, now has 974 career points.
The Raiders forced 14 first-half turnovers with Kennedy scoring his first 10 points of the game off of Greyhounds miscues.
The Greyhounds, who play at Cleveland next Tuesday, got as close as 19-13 before the Raiders built a 32-14 lead on a 3 from Madson and a Kennedy bucket.
Leading 38-19, Nicollet -- which plays at Sleepy Eye St. Mary's on Monday -- ran off a 17-3 run to close out the first half for a 33-point halftime lead.
Nicollet upped their lead to 67-26 on a Kennedy jumper and then 76-33 off of a Henry Oscarson basket.
An A.J. Kramer hoop had the Raiders holding an 85-38 lead late in the game.