SISSETON - Sisseton set the tone early, played with the lead the entire night and ended Aberdeen Roncalli's season with a 65-39 boys' basketball victory during Region 1A action Tuesday night.
"We didn’t get off the bus to start the ball game. We got behind and we were fighting it all night," said Roncalli coach Rick Kline. "Sisseton was ready to play. They were focused. We really weren’t as ready to go as we needed to be and they got us from the opening tip."
Roncalli managed just five points in the first quarter and eventually trailed by 19 at halftime.
"They moved the basketball around and we were about a half step slow on everything," Kline said. "And then on the offensive end we had a hard time putting the ball in the basket."
A big key in the contest, according to Kline, was Sisseton's physicality which the Cavaliers were unable to match.
"They came out and punched us in the nose. We weren’t able to respond," Kline said. "They got after us. They beat us on the
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