ESKO — Late in the first half of a still tightly contested game, Esko sophomore Braxdyn Male made a less-than-stellar decision against Warroad Friday.

Male got a pass just outside the key, but instead of taking a jumper or passing he drove for a layup and tried to draw a foul on the Warriors defender. Instead of a potential three-point play, Male missed the shot and worse, he was called for a charging foul — his third.

As Male went to the bench to watch the rest of the half, he acknowledged his mistake.

“I should have passed out of that,” Male said to coach Derek Anderson as he walked past.

Anderson didn’t need to say anything to the sophomore and when he got back on the court in the second half, he scored 14 of his game-high 25 points and didn’t pick up a single foul over the final 18

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