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On Thursday, the Moorcroft Wolves boys’ basketball team traveled to Wall, SD to take on the Eagles in the first round of the 39th annual West River Classis Basketball Tournament.

The Wolves came out flat and trailed at halftime to the Eagles, 29-10. The boys came out of halftime and executed much better in the third quarter and narrowed the gap to 41-28 entering the fourth. The fourth quarter was back and forth, but the Eagles would prevail, 52-39.

Wall played a matchup zone that we really struggled with in the first half and we just couldn’t get any shots to fall. I thought we did...