Alexandria boys' basketball: Cardinals stop Flyers 46-43

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Junior forward Chase Kohler handled the ball near the endline against New Prague last Friday night. Kohler was Alexandria's second leading scoring against Little Falls after finishing with eight points. (Eric Morken, Echo Press)

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The Cardinal boys’ basketball team proved that even when shots aren’t falling, a team can still find a way by doing the little things right.

Alexandria shot just 1-of-12 from three-point range and 36 percent overall against a 3-0 Little Falls team on Tuesday night. That didn’t matter in the end as the Cardinals held on for a 46-43 win that snapped a three-game losing streak.

They did it by outrebounding the Flyers 30-19 and hitting 19 free throws. Alexandria also played well on defense as Little Falls finished 14-of-41 from the field, including a 4-of-18 night from three.

“Rebounding and free throw shooting proved to be the main factors in the victory,” head coach Forrest Witt said.

Logan Doyle gave the Cardinals another double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. He hit 6-of-9 free throws, while Joe Gorghuber scored all six of his points from the free throw line by going 6-of-8 from the stripe.

Chase Kohler finished with eight points on 4-of-5 shooting from two-point range. Brandon Bistodeau and David Krivanek each added seven points apiece as well. It was a nice win for Alexandria against a Little Falls team that had beaten Fergus Falls by 20 points in the season opener.

The Cardinals will be back in action on January 3 when they travel to Brainerd. They were trying to take a two-game winning streak into their holiday break when they welcomed in Detroit Lakes to Alexandria last night, Thursday.

GAME STATISTICS

LITTLE FALLS 23 20 – 43

ALEXANDRIA 19 27 – 46

TOTALS – Little Falls – FG – 14-41; Three-point FG – 4-18; Free throws – 12-17; Rebounds – 19; Turnovers – 7; Alexandria – FG – 13-36; Three-point FG – 1-12; Free throws – 19-28; Rebounds – 30; Assists – 6; Blocks – 3; Steals – 8; Turnovers – 10

ALEXANDRIA – Bistodeau – 7 points, 1 assist, 3 rebounds, 1 steal; Gorghuber – 6 points, 2 assists, 8 rebounds; Kohler – 8 points, 1 assist, 4 rebounds, 3 steals; Krivanek – 7 points, 2 assists, 1 steal; Doyle – 16 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal; Ted Deitz – 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals

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