Mater Dei Edges St. Anthony in OT, 59-58

After a couple of early lead changes, Mater Dei led the majority of the game. It was 12-9 Knights after one quarter, 29-25 Mater Dei at halftime, and 39-33 Mater Dei after three quarters. 

St. Anthony, though, was finally able to get on a roll in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Knights 17-11 to force the overtime. Mater Dei overcame a cold stretch at the foul line to outscore the Bulldogs 9-8 in overtime to post the one-point win.

St. Anthony shot 46% from the field, 18 of 37, including 3 of 12 threes. Mater Dei shot 40%, 17 of 42, including 3 of 15 threes. 

The Bulldogs made 19 of 27 foul shots, while Mater Dei made 22 of 32. St. Anthony committed 12 turnovers to nine for Mater Dei, good totals for both clubs in such a fiercely-contested game. Mater Dei outrebounded St. Anthony 27-21, although the Bulldogs closed the gap later in the game.

St. Anthony's Jaccob Dust led all scorers with 25 points, despite being heavily guarded. Dust was 8 of 9 from the field, 9 of 12 from the line, and grabbed 9 rebounds. Also in double figures for St. Anthony were Jack Hoene with 12 points and Aaron Webb in his first game back from injury with 11 points. Jack Elder scored four points, and Kaden Fearday and Connor Walk each scored three points.

Jacob Schadegg led Mater Dei with 18 points, including 10 of 10 from the free throw line. Caleb Zurliene scored 15 points and Mitchell Haake 11 points for the Knights.

Mater Dei improved to 15-4 with the win, while St. Anthony is now 15-3.

Mater Dei won the JV game 32-30. For the JV Bulldogs, Seth Hotze 9, Grant Nuxoll 8, Eli Moore 7, and Ty Wiedman 6.

At St. Anthony

Overtime

BMD (59)

Loepker 0-0 -- 0, Schadegg 4-10 -- 18, Gerdes 1-0 -- 2, Goebel 1-0 -- 3, Napovanice 2-3 -- 7, Zurliene 5-4 -- 15, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Haake 3-4 -- 11, Kassen 1-1 -- 3. TOTALS 17 FG, 22 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (58)

Webb 4-3 -- 11, Hoene 4-3 -- 12, Walsh 0-0 -- 0, Walk 1-0 -- 3, Fearday 1-0 -- 3, Dust 8-9 -- 25, Elder 0-4 -- 4, Moore 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 18 FG, 19 FT.

BMD                         12    17    10    11    9    --    59

St. Anthony               9    16      8    17    8    --    58

3-point FG -- Breese Mater Dei 3 (Goebel 1, Zurliene 1, Haake 1), St. Anthony 3 (Hoene 1, Walk 1, Fearday 1).

Junior Varsity Game

BMD                         9    3    11    9     --    32

St. Anthony             6    9      7    8    --     30

Breese Mater Dei -- Loepker 8, Albers 1, Kreke 11, Patton 4, Moss 6, Johnson 2

St. Anthony -- Nuxoll 8, Wiedman 6, Schuette 0, Moore 7, Ruholl 0, Hotze 9, Willenborg 0