Bethea Helps Raiders Past Hibbing

Quincy Bethea tallied 26 points for Central Lakes College while John Jedneak added 15 as the Raiders downed Hibbing 79-69 in Saturday’s Northern Division game. Bryan Gichaba tossed in 14 for CLC.

Friday Results:

The Central Lakes College Raiders rebounded from back-to-back losses with a 105-63 win against the Rainy River Voyageurs in a Northern Division game Friday night.

Bryan Gichaba racked up 32 points and 11 rebounds for the Raiders, who shot 57 percent from the field.

Raiders Take Care of Home Court

The Central Lakes College Raiders completed their first week of Northern Division play with a 2-0 record after wins over Fond du Lac on Wednesday and a 76-62 victory over Itasca on Saturday.

The Raiders clamped down defensively in the second half to widen a lead of just four points at halftime against an Itasca team that had won just one game all season.

John Jedneak led the Raiders with 17 points, and Alex Koch finished with 14. Danon Briggs also made it into double figures with 11 points for CLC.

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Veteran Freshman Spurs Raiders to Victory

Alex Koch took a roundabout way to the campus of Central Lakes College in Brainerd.

The men’s basketball team is thrilled he finally landed at CLC as he helped the Raiders open Northern Division play Wednesday night with an 81-73 win over the Fond Du Lac Thunder.

After a rather lethargic first half, at the end of which CLC led just 36-35, Koch buried the first eight points of the second half and the Raiders never led by less than three the rest of the game.

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Raiders Knock Off Riverland

The Central Lakes College Raiders finished up their non-division schedule Saturday with the CLC Winter Classic getting a 87-61 win over Riverland to finish the first part of their 2013-14 campaign with a 6-7 record.

Bryan Gichaba scored 24 points to lead all scorers and Alex Koch finished with 17 points. Isaac Sawyer also climbed to double figures with 14 points.

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