The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans hung on to defeat the Denmark Vikings in overtime in a North Eastern Conference thriller Thursday night.

 

The Spartans trailed 5-0 in the first two minutes of the game but responded by taking a 10-8 lead midway through the first half and then went on a 14-point run to go into halftime with a 24-12 lead.  Josh Parins spurred on the Spartans hitting two three-pointers in the half.

 

Denmark pressured Luxemburg-Casco heavily in the second half and closed the gap quickly, making for an instant classic finish.

 

Denmark went up by three points late in the game, before Chase Bukouricz hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 49-49 with ten seconds left.

 

 

 

The Vikings missed a tough shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.

 

 In the overtime, the Spartans got five big points from Lance Cherovsky, including a three pointer.  Denmark had a chance to win the game in the final seconds, but Eli Kapinos missed a tough three-pointer from the top of the key with Bukouricz playing great defense on him.

 

Bukouricz and Cherovsky led the way for the Spartans with 13 points each and Jack Rollin added 11 more before fouling out in overtime. 

 

Denmark 11-8 overall and 9-5 in the NEC was playing without their leading rebounder and second highest scorer Cayden DeGrave due to an illness.

 

Luxemburg-Casco improved to 7-12 overall and 6-8 in the conference.  The Spartans will now travel to Southern Door to face the Packerland Conference-leading Eagles Monday night.

The pregame is set for 7:15 pm on 104.1 WRLU and tip off at 7:30 pm from Luxemburg-Casco High School.  Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will have the play-by-play of the game that will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network.