RAPID CITY - Sturgis held Yankton center Colton Iverson to just eight field goal attempts, but couldn't manage to knock down many shots for the second straight day, falling 51-30 to the Bucks in the consolation round of the Class AA state boys basketball tournament.

"Our scheme was to make sure that one person (Iverson) didn't beat us, and I don't think he did," Sturgis head coach Ethan Dschaak said. "I thought, defensively, it was a great effort and I told the kids that. We had 10 turnovers today, we didn't turn the thing over, we took care of it and we defended Iverson. Unfortunately we shot about 20 percent."

The Scoopers shot only 22.4 percent (11-for-49) for the game, their second straight sub-25 percent shooting performance. The Scoopers shot just 23.9 percent in Thursday's first-round loss to Sioux Falls Lincoln and their 5-for-27 second half against Yankton doomed them to a secondstraight loss.

The two games had an eerily similar feel for Sturgis.

The Scoopers took a 10-8 lead at the first-quarter buzzer when Tyler Hinker found Dillon Morris cutting to the basket, but things spun out of control when the Bucks came out of their 2-3 zone defense and started to press later in the second quarter. While the Bucks didn't force a ton of turnovers, the pressure seemed to once again put the Scoopers off-balance and gave Yankton a 25-14 lead heading into the locker room.

"We were down 11 at half, and Iverson had one field goal the entire first half," Dschaak said. "If you would have told me beforehand that we would hold him to one field goal and be down by 11, I would have told you you were crazy."

Despite getting just eight shots off, Iverson's impact on the game was typically large. The 6-foot-10 senior had 14 points, 16 rebounds, two blocks, two assists and numerous shot alterations.

"He does that," Dschaak said of Iverson's ability to force opposing teams into longer, more difficult shots. "We knew coming in that we were going to have to hit some perimeter shots. Unfortunately we weren't able to do that."

While the Scoopers were struggling from outside - the Sturgis starters were only

8-for-39 from the field combined - the Bucks got four 3-point buckets from Forrest Reiner, including one right before the halftime buzzer. Reiner was the only other Buck in double figures with 12. Yankton (16-9 overall) will take on Sioux Falls Roosevelt for the consolation championship today at 1:45 p.m.

Sturgis (8-16) will play Pierre in the seventh-place game at noon today at the civic center. The Scoopers didn't have a player score in double figures for the second straight day. Morris paced Sturgis with nine points.

"We were in the same game last year," Dschaak said. "You always have the concern of how are the kids going to react to playing at noon on a Saturday. A year ago we played great on Saturday. We answered the bell, we answered the challenge and I have no doubt that we'll answer the challenge tomorrow."