MITCHELL – An aggressive defense and a sharp-shooting first half propelled Hamlin to a 48-43 boys’ basketball win over top-rated Aberdeen Christian at the DWU Classic at the Corn Palace in Mitchell on Saturday night.
The Knights made a serious run in the closing minute, but could never fully recover from a slow start.
Hamlin used an 8-0 run to build an early lead in the first quarter, and used an intense pressure defense to stifle the Christian offense. The Knights failed to score until the 5:11 mark of the first quarter when Konnar Furman made a pair of free-throws. Hamlin’s Tyson Stevenson and Easton Neuendorf combined for 15 of the Chargers 18 first-quarter points, while the defense did its part in holding the Knights offense to eight points in the opening period.
Hamlin guard Easton Neuendorf noted how the team’s defense led to offense.
“For us to play good, we’ve got to defend, and then if we defend, we get out and we run and that’s when we’re at our be
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