Ojibway Scores 1000th Point In Loss

January 25th, 2017

Tyler Peterson-NSO

Carlton’s Tyler Ojibway scored 19 points and scored his 1000th career point on Tuesday night against McGregor, in a 72-71 overtime loss.

Ojibway needed just 4 points coming into the game to reach the 1000 point plateau and achieved the feat early in the 1st half when he pulled up on a break away and hit a three pointer.

As for the game itself, the Bulldogs trailed the Mercs narrowly at halftime by a score of 37-36, but would outscore them 32-31 in the second half to send it into overtime. In overtime, the Mercs would narrowly escape by outscoring the Bulldogs 4-3, to secure their second overtime win over the Bulldogs this season.

In addition to Ojibway’s 19 points for the Bulldogs, Matthew Hey scored a team high 21 points, while Waylon Lekander added 18 points in the loss. Also scoring for the Bulldogs was Keijo Day with 5 points, Sam Macor with 4 points, and Jackson Mickle and Eric Soderstrom each with 2 points.

In the victory for the Mercs, Carson Passer scored a career high 49 points, which included nine made three pointers. Also scoring in the win was Cole Gelhar with 10 points, Billy Staska with 8, Joey Glunz with 3, and Sasho Javor with 2.

McGregor improves to 12-2 with the win. They will be back in action on January 27th when they host the Moose Lake Willow River Rebels (8-7). The Bulldogs fall to 12-4 with the loss and will look to bounce back on January 27th when they travel to play the Barnum Bombers (5-9).

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com