BANCROFT - A long scoreless drought in the third quarter doomed North Gem in a 46-43 home loss to conference foe Mackay on Friday.

With six minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Cowboys led 32-25, but they didn't score again in the frame.

"We were doing a good job coming out of halftime, and we just had a six-minute stretch," said Rockland coach Ken Christensen. "We won the rest of the game otherwise."

The Miners went on to carry a 17-8 advantage in the third quarter that made the difference in the game.

Austin Wuttke led the way for North Gem with 17 points, and Shawn Banks added nine points.

The Cowboys (6-11 overall, 4-3 1A Division II Rocky Mountain) will travel to Rockland on Wednesday to close out the regular season.