Henry Krecklau led the Pine River-Backus Tigers with 18 points while teammate Konrad Bueckers grabbed 18 rebounds in a regular-season ending 75-44 Northland Conference victory over Laporte on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Hank Raph had 16 points, while Bueckers and Zach Struss each added 12 for the Tigers, who finish 8-6 in the conference and 14-11 overall. Laporte finishes 0-14 in conference play.
PR-B enjoyed a big edge in almost every statistic, including Rebounds (50-27), assists (20-7) and steals (13-4). Raph finished with nine assists while Bueckers had five steals.
Fifth-seeded PR-B is scheduled to play at No. 4 Bertha-Hewitt in the North Subsection 5A quarterfinals at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Laporte 24 20 - 44
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PR-Backus 38 37 - 75
LAPORTE
Riley Kline 10, Ausitn Moss 19, Cody Hoffman 6, Jaden Clyee 1, Quintin Nelson 8. FT 5-10 (50 percent). FG 12-33 (36 percent). 3-pointers 5-21 (23 percent).
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Sage Beckler 7, Zach Semmler 4, Hank Raph 16, Konrad Bueckers 12, Kiel Struss 5, Henry Krecklau 18, Zach Struss 12. FT 6-19 (31 percent). FG 25-54 (44 percent). 3-pointer 6-16 (37 percent).
