The Lumberjack Men's Basketball team dropped a Mon-Dak Conference game Thursday nigh to Dawson Community College 96-76.

The two teams exchanged buckets in the early going. As the first half neared the halfway point the Bucs slowly began to build a lead eventually pushing things to double figures. Dawson took a 51-38 lead into the halftime break.

To start the second half the Jacks offense came out sluggish, allowing DCC to go on a 14-3 run and push their lead to 65-41. The Jacks didn't go away though and were able to cut the lead to 13 a few times but were unable to close the gap any closer than that. Dawson went on to take the game 96-76.

Edward Lual led 4 Lumberjacks in double figures with 23 points. Jaden Arzola, Damjan Tapuskovic, and Elijah Reynolds all finished with 14 points apiece. Mikey Ngoyi led the Bucs and all scorers with 24 points.

With the loss DCB falls to 16-8 overall and 3-3 inside the Mon-Dak. The Jacks kickoff the second round of Mon-Dak play Monday on the road at Williston State College. Tip-off is set for 7:30p.m.