Another Night of Basketball

    On Thursday night of last week, I decided to travel the whole seven miles down Highway 14 to Lake Benton, MN where the Elkton/Lake Benton boys basketball team was taking on Arlington, SD.  This team plays a South Dakota schedule and playoffs because their main school is in Elkton, SD, but they play a few home games a year in Lake Benton, so I figured with my busy schedule, this would be a good game to watch them play.  It took a little bit to get used to playing four quarters instead of two halfs, as it is played in Minnesota.  They have a very good squad that also has some depth off the bench, which tends to pay off around playoff time.  They rely heavily on about four players for a majority of their scoring and rely on basically two people to handle the ball.  They differ in that way from my hometown RTR team for those reasons.  I would really enjoy being able to watch those two teams play each other, because I feel that it would be a very competitive game and fun to watch.  The game was a back and forth affair with neither team taking a commanding lead in the game, but a late surge by Elkton/Lake Benton along with some good shooting from the foul line, gave them a ten point victory.