Twenty-three points probably isn’t going to win you a lot of basketball games. In a 1A Round of 16 match-up of Faribault B.A. (15-seed, 6-20) and FC (2-seed, 18-8), the Falcons’ defense did the work. The scoreboard between two diverging seeds was thus lopsided. FC held B.A. to nine first half points (33-9) and Michael Jordan’s number for the game in an easy 58-23 win. It was the eleventh time this year FC held an opponent below 40 points. FC is 10-1 in those games. Kandace Sikkink (15 pts, 11 rebs) had a double-double. Emma Breitsprecher (12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls) and Kammry Broadwater (9 pts, 8 rebs) helped. The Falcons won despite shooting 21 of 69 (30.4%). B.A was 7 of 35 (20%). Levi Olstad’s group (19-8) moves on to face Southland (7-seed, 12-11) in 1A quarterfinal at Lourdes High School. The Rebels beat the Falcons 51-48 in January.
Falcons Hold B.A. to 23 Points
