After being down 29-16 heading into halftime, the Glacier Wolfpack stormed back in the second half but lost a close game to the Gallatin Raptors 60-54 Friday night.
The Wolfpack outscored the Raptors 24-15 in the fourth quarter, with Luke Nikunen getting hot from beyond the arc, draining three 3-pointers and putting up 13 in the quarter. He finished with a gamehigh of 16 points.
Asher Knopik was the only other player on the Wolfpack to reach double- digits, scoring 12 points on two 3-pointers and going a perfect 4-4 from the line.
Kale Fastin and Mac Melin each scored 13 for the Raptors who handed Glacier thier second loss of the season. The Wolfpack play again tomorrow against Bozeman at 10:30 a.m. before taking a twoweek break for the holidays.
Glacier 9 7 14 24 — 54 Gallatin 15 14 16 15 — 60 GLACIER — Cooper Pelc 2 1-1 5, Liam Ells 3 1-2 8, Hayden Endresen 0 0-0 0, Ethan Kastelitz 1 -0 2, Easton Kauffman 1 0-0 2, Asher Knopik 3 4-4 12, Luke Nikunen 6 0-0 16, Garrett Endresen 0 0-0 0, Hunter Daniels 0 0-0 0, Slate Burrington 1 4-6 6, Dylan Banzet 0 0-0 0 Ben Winters 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 10-13 54.
GALLATIN — Carter Dahlke 4 1-2 11, Kade Fasting 4 5-6 13, Ethan Waldo 0 0-0 0, Garrett Macbeth 0 0-0 0, Miller Benton 1 0-0 2, Mac Melin 3 6-6 13, Sam Kilwein 1 0-0 2, Bobby Gutzman 2 0-0 4, Brett Sonju 0 0-0 0, Grant Vigen 3 1-2 7, Austin Bishop 1 2-2 4, Aidden Brown 2 0-2 4 . Totals 19 15-20 60.
3-point field goals — Glacier 7 (Nikunen 4, Knopik 2, Ells) Gallatin 3 (Dahlke 2, Melin) Fouls — Glacier 20, Gallatin 12. Fouled out — none