Bucs Drops Another Road Game

After winning nine games in a row, the Dawson Buccaneers have now lost two straight road games. On
Sunday, United Tribes Technical College beat the Bucs 108-96 in Bismarck.

It was a wild first half with both teams playing fast and scoring a lot of points. There were 8 lead
changes and 2 ties and the Thunderbirds connected on 10-25 3-pointers. Five of those were from
Cayden Redfield and four of them from Jayce Archambault. Dawson shot 57% from the field and 46%
from the 3-point line to keep pace. The Bucs built a 51-42 lead on a dunk by Joe Mpoyo, but UTTC
scored the final eight points of the half to pull within one point at 51-50.

In the second half, United Tribes only shot twelve 3's, connecting on six of them. Instead, they took the
ball to the paint and scored at will against a weak Dawson defense that allowed them to shoot 65% in
the final twenty minutes. There were seven more lead changes and seven more ties after the break. The
hosts finally seized control on a 3-pointer by Jesse White and then his ensuing drive that led to two
more points. The visitors tried to battle back, but in the end just couldn't stop the T-Birds from scoring,
giving up 58 points in the second half.

"It was a disappointing effort," explained Dawson Coach Joe Peterson. "Our defense has taken a step
backwards in the past couple of weeks. If you can't stop people, it is difficult to win games. Hopefully we
can get it figured out quickly."

Dawson outrebounded United Tribes 47-33, but turned it over 19 times and allowed them to shoot 54%
for the game.

Redfield had a monster night for UTTC with 27 points on 10-13 shooting from the field and 6-8 shooting
from long range. Archambault also posted a career high with 22 points.

Four Buccaneers were in double figures led by Aidan Fishell's 21 points and 6 assists. Walker Doman had
16 points and 7 rebounds.

The loss drops Dawson to 18-6 overall and 12-3 in conference. United Tribes climbs to 17-6 overall and
11-4 in conference.

Dawson will play again Monday night at North Dakota State College of Science. With a win, the Bucs
could crawl back into a first place tie with NDSCS.