Maranatha boys hoops falls to Holy Family

Maranatha Christian Academy boys basketball team’s season came to an end last week in the Section 5AA tournament after losing to Holy Family.

Holy Family

The Mustangs lost 106-83 on March 9 at Holy Family in the Section 5AA quarterfinals. DaTrell McCrimmon put up a big performance with 28 points for the Mustangs, while Gresyn Rennie added 21 and Drew Balentine scored 15.

Holy Family won the Wright County East Conference championship with a 9-1 record and went 17-9 overall in the regular season.

Maranatha ends the season with a 21-7 overall record. They are graduating four seniors, including McCrimmon, Rennie, Balentine and Carter Greenwald. The roster featured its share of youth this season, including six sophomores and one freshman.

Watertown-Mayer

The Mustangs started last week with a round two win in the Section 5AA tournament, beating Watertown-Mayer 70-59 at home.

Watertown-Mayer struggled in conference play, finishing with a 4-10 Wright County West record, but did pick up several non-conference wins to earn a 12-14 overall record. The Royals had three wins in their final five regular season games.

Maranatha trailed 31-27 at halftime, responding with a 43-point second half. McCrimmon led the scoring with 27 points for the Mustangs.