College basketball: Ridgewater can't overcome its deficit
Dec. 10—ELY — A 20-point halftime deficit proved to be too sizable in the Ridgewater men's basketball team's loss to Minnesota North College-Vermilion on Saturday.
The Warriors, who trailed Vermilion 51-31 into the half, lost their fifth game of the season in their 90-67 loss against the Ironhawks.
Ridgewater falls to 5-5 overall and Vermilion improves to 4-7. The Warriors have yet to play a Minnesota College Athletic Conference-South game while the Ironhawks are 1-0 in the MCAC-North.
Quyavant Douglas paced Vermilion. He scored 25 points on 9 of 20 field goals, including five three-pointers. The freshman guard also had 10 rebounds, six assists and a steal.
Vermilion also had four more scorers in the double figures: Darius Mulbah (17), Elijah Wade (15), Jeremy Leonard 13 and JaBryan Smith 10.
Ridgewater's Que Long and Marwan Abdi combined for 36 points.
Long, a sophomore guard from Enid, Oklahoma, scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Abdi, a sophomore forward from St. Peter, had 16 points and eight rebounds.
The Warriors next compete against Northland Community and Technical College at a to be determined time Friday, Dec. 29, at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
Ridgewater (5-5) 31 36 — 67
MNC-Vermilion (4-7) 51 39 — 90
RIDGEWATER — Scoring: Que Long 20, Marwan Abdi 16, Zeq Munoz 10, Aiden Wichmann 7, Noah Wilts 6, Keegan Shrider 4, Khalid Muhumed 2, Maxwell Mobley 2 ... 3-point shots: Wichmann 1, Long 1 ... Rebound leader: Long 11, Abdi 8 ... Assist leader: Shrider 2 ... Steal leader: Wichmann 2 ... Block leader: Munoz 1, Long 1
MNC-VERMILION — Scoring: Quyavant Douglas 25, Darius Mulbah 17, Elijah Wade 15, Jeremny Leonard 13, JaBryan Smith 10, D'Andre White 8, Tyson Rogers 2 ... 3-point shots: Douglas 5, Wade 3, White 2, Mulbah 1, Smith 1 ... Rebound leader: Leonard 11, Douglas 10 ... Assist leader: Douglas 6 ... Steal leader: Mulbah 2 ... Block leader: Leonard 4
