Dongola posts 73-63 victory over Shawnee

Dongola spoiled host Shawnee’s homecoming with a 73-63 win in high school boys’ South Egyptian Conference basketball Saturday, Jan. 19, at Wolf Lake.

Brock Patterson scored 20 points to lead the Demons. Kyle Cox added 14 points, Alex Zeschke 12, Tyler Eddleman 10, Bradley Ralls and Darius Schaure 8 each and Dylan Simmerman 1.

Austin Treece had 16 points to lead the Redskins. Gavyn Ellet added 12 points, Michael Crane 8, Brandon Pind 7, Brady Reynolds and Daniel Parris 6 each, Ryan Ochoa 4 and Dylan Boston and Nick Crane 2 each.  

Dongola led 16-15 after the first quarter and 36-22 at halftime. The Demons led 55-41 heading to the fourth quarter.

Tempers flared at the end of the game and technical fouls were issued to a player from each team.

“People don’t understand it’s only a basketball game,” Dongola coach Russ Marsh said. “But it was in the heat of the moment. They were fighting back and only down by 11 points.”

Marsh credits the game’s officials, school officials and police officers at the game with controlling a potentially bad situation.

“It was handled fantastically,” Marsh said. “They all did a super job in controlling it.”

Marsh said he could understand some of the frustration because it had been a long time since Dongola had defeated Shawnee.

Dongola improved to 11-5 this season. Shawnee fell to 3-14.