GRAND RAPIDS -- Isaac Severts matched Grand Rapids’ total score in the first half Tuesday night and went on to score 27 points, leading the Bemidji High School boys basketball team to a 66-55 victory on the Thunderhawks’ court.
The Jacks (6-4) led 26-16 at halftime on the strength of Severts’ 16 first-half points. Teammate Jaxon Boschee then drained three 3-pointers in the second half to spark Bemidji’s 40-point outburst. Boschee finished with 13 points in the contest.
Ethan Biehn added 11 points and Quinten Yeung contributed nine for the Jacks.
Morgan MacLeod-Carlson led Grand Rapids (1-7) with 11 points.
Bemidji will next visit Moorhead for a 7 p.m. game on Thursday, Jan. 12.
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Bemidji 66, Grand Rapids 55
BHS 26 40 -- 66
GR 16 39 -- 55
BEMIDJI -- Severts 27, Boschee 13, Biehn 11, Yeung 9, Clusiau 4, Lish 2.
GRAND RAPIDS -- MacLeod-Carlson 11, Rychart 8, Metzgar 8, Sutherland 8, Dauenbaugh 7, Roy 5, Markovich 4, Florek 4.