{"id":561217,"date":"2026-01-26T04:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561217\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T04:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:31:15","slug":"boys-basketball-big-second-half-by-spuds-thwarts-warriors-brainerd-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/561217\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys Basketball: Big second-half by Spuds thwarts Warriors – Brainerd Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRAINERD \u2014 Leading 51-40, the Brainerd Warriors looked to pull off the upset on the Moorhead Spuds in a Section 8-4A game Saturday, Jan. 24.<\/p>\n

The Spuds responded with a 13-0 run to take the lead and control for a 92-82 win over the Warriors.<\/p>\n

Moorhead sophomore Romeo Kormah led all scorers with 30 points. David Mack added 21 points and fueled the 13-0 run for the Spuds.<\/p>\n

The Spuds extended their lead to double digits at 80-70 to make it a 21-point turnaround from early in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second half, we had some untimely turnovers that were a big difference and not being able to secure every defensive rebound,\u201d Warriors\u2019 head coach Charlie Schoeck said. \u201cMoorhead likes to get out in transition and get second-chance points. We weren\u2019t good enough on the glass and taking care of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brainerd led 44-40 at halftime and a quick 7-0 run gave the Warriors their largest lead of 11.<\/p>\n

Aiden Gilbert led the Warriors with 21 points. Grant Johnson sank six 3-pointers to score 20 points.<\/p>\n

Luke Merseth did not miss a shot in the second half and finished with 15 points. Brady Oseland came off the bench and scored 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like how Brady has come along,\u201d Schoeck said. \u201cHe\u2019s a competitor and I think that\u2019s the first thing you see when you watch him play. He\u2019s grown comfortable on the offensive end and is rounding out his game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brainerd shot 42.9% from 3-point and 51.7% from the field. The ball movement and offense were positive signs for Schoeck.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were getting into the paint and looking for our teammates,\u201d Schoeck said. \u201cIt was good to see some shots fall tonight. I think we were ready to play and it\u2019s been a work in progress to find a rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moorhead shot poorly from 3-point at 20%, but shot 55.7% from the field. Four of the five Spuds starters finished in double figures. Trey Feeney added 15 points and Austin Dryburgh added 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Warriors hope to break a seven-game losing streak Monday, Jan. 26, at Sauk Rapids.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to get better every game and be peaking by March,\u201d Schoeck said.<\/p>\n

Gage Bakke 2, David Mack 21, Romeo Kormah 30, Jett Feeney 15, Austin Drybaugh 10, Yuot Yuot 2, Edmund Wotoe 4, Dalton Jones 5, Micah Zimmerman 3. FG 39-70 (55.7%), FT 10-14 (71.4%). 3-point 4-20 (20%).<\/p>\n

Grant Johnson 20, Aiden Gilbert 21, Preston Bernander 7, Brady Oseland 12, Dewayne Sims 8, Luke Merseth 15. FG 30-58 (51.7%), FT 10-11 (90.9%). 3-point 12-28 (42.9%). Overall: 4-9. Next: at Sauk Rapids 7:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Conrad<\/p>\n

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\n Started at the Dispatch in June of 2019.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRAINERD \u2014 Leading 51-40, the Brainerd Warriors looked to pull off the upset on the Moorhead Spuds in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,11383,11384,11385,11386,11387],"class_list":{"0":"post-561217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brainerd-lakes-area-sports","10":"tag-brainerd-minnesota","11":"tag-brainerd-warriors","12":"tag-conrad-engstrom","13":"tag-sports-in-the-brainerd-lakes-area"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115959528590244024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}