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added 10 for Tea Area.
• Jacob Henderson had 11 and Jeron Laurenti and Isaac Kortemeyer scored 10 each for St. Thomas More.

Tri-Valley beats Sioux Valley for 5th at state A

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Brendon Boomsma made two free throws with 12 seconds left to play to lift Tri-Valley over Sioux Valley 54-53 in the fifth-place game at the South Dakota Class A boys basketball tournament on Saturday.
• Boomsma finished with 22 points. He Je made 5 of 11 field goals and 8 of 11 free throws for the Mustangs (14-12). Boomsma was the only double-figure scorer for Tri-Valley
• Sioux Valley (20-5) had taken a 53-52 lead on Tayt Vincent's three-point play with 16 seconds left. Vincent was held to just seven points.
• Jake Larson led Sioux Valley with 12 points.

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte takes seventh at state A

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Creighton LeBeau scored 34 points as Cheyenne-Eagle Butte beat Pine Ridge 83-55 in the seventh-place game at the South Dakota Class A boys basketball tournament on Saturday.
• The Braves (20-5) outscored Pine Ridge 32-12 in the second quarter to take a 47-24 lead into halftime.
• LeBeau was 10-for-17 from the field and 9-for-9 from the line. He made 5 of 8 3-pointers and led the Braves in rebounding with six. Xavier Norris added 22 points.
• The Thorpes (20-5) got 16 points from Jacob Dreamer and 13 from Jacob Brown.

SF Roosevelt beats SF Lincoln for AA title

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls Roosevelt defeated Sioux Falls Lincoln 63-48 on Saturday night to capture the South Dakota Class AA boys basketball title.
• The Rough Riders (22-3) scored 11 of the game's first 14 points.
• Lincoln (13-13), a No. 8 seed that played its way into the championship game, never recovered from the poor start as Roosevelt won the first matchup ever between Sioux Falls teams in a title game.
• Roosevelt won all three matchups between the two teams this season. It was appearing in the title game for the first time since 2000.
• Colton Kooima had 15 points and Chris Phillips and Josh Kirkwold scored 11

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