Dawson Men Pick-up Road Win

The Dawson Community College Buccaneers moved to 4-1 on the young season with a high scoring road win over Dakota College Bottineau. DCC raced out to a 53-29 lead at halftime bolstered by 17 second chance points and by forcing 12 turnovers. The second half started the same way with Dawson increasing their lead to 30 points three minutes in, but the home team found life by connecting from long range.  The Lumberjacks eventually closed the deficit to single digits before the Bucs ended on a high note and secured a 106-82 win.  DCB played their visitors even in the second half 53-53. 

“I was disappointed that we let up defensively in the second half,” commented Dawson Coach Joe Peterson. “It’s not easy when you get up by a large margin to keep up the intensity, but that’s what the best teams do. Hopefully we learned a good lesson tonight that will help us down the road.  My hat is off to Bottineau.  They really played hard and kept fighting until the final minute.”

Six Dawson players reached double figures and ten players scored at least five points.  Dawson was led by Jalen Tot’s 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.  Deron McDonald led Dakota College with 22 points.

Dawson returns home on Saturday at noon to host Lake Region State College.  Both teams are tied for second place in the conference with a record of 3-1.