by The United Tribes Technical College Thunderbirds were able to hold off the Tetons of Williston State College in their third consecutive one possession game 79-78 Thursday night in Williston. The Thunderbirds have now won 5 straight and 11 of their last 13 games.
Trailing 78-77 with 15 seconds remaining United Tribes called timeout to set up and inbounds play underneath their own basket. On the possession DK Middleton found a cutting Cayden Redfield for his 10th assist of the night leaving the Tetons 9 seconds and trailing by 1. After a timeout Williston State was able to advance the ball to half court and called another timoute with 5 seconds remaining. On the inbounds from the sideline the ball found the Tetons Abiodun Adedo who was able to get off a good shot in the paint that just rimmed out at the buzzer allowing the Thunderbirds to escape with the 79-78 victory.
United Tribes had another balanced scoring attack with Redfield leading the way with 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jesse White added 13. Jayden Yankton and Sylvester Union each added 11 points and Teron Sazue had 10. Middleton had a game high 10 assists.
United Tribes returns home for a clash with league leading Dawson Community College on Sunday at 3pm followed by another home contest against Miles Community College on Monday at 7:30pm. The win pushes the Thunderbirds record to 16-6 and 10-4 in the Mon Dak for the season.
