Both basketball teams win tonight - Boys drub Eden Valley-Watkins 63-46, Girls get past Melrose 43-35

Senior post Lauren Anderson swats away a Melrose field goal attempt tonight, late in the Jaguars' win over the neighboring rival Dutchmen. She tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game.

The Jaguars girls basketball team improved to 5-11 overall with the win. They led 17-12 at halftime. Melrose, who is 6-4 in the West Central South Conference, falls to 8-9 overall.

The Jaguars girls basketball team stretched their five-point halftime lead at Melrose into double digits, leading by as much as a 28-17 margin. After the Dutchmen went on a 7-0 run, two paint buckets by Raeann Sorenson and Maggie Gruber gave the Jaguars more breathing room.

Julie Hieserich then scored off of the press to make it 34-28 with 5:04 on the clock.

Down the stretch, strong free throw shooting by the Jaguars kept Melrose at bay, highlighted by Sorenson's 4-of-4 performance at the line.

The Jaguars boys basketball team led 33-17 at halftime on their way to another double-digit win in Central Minnesota Conference play, as they dropped Eden Valley-Watkins to 4-12 overall on the season and 1-6 in the CMC.

The Jaguars came back from early 4-2 and 6-4 deficits to throttle the Eagles in the final nine minutes of the first half. At the 9:15 mark, B-B-E led 14-10, but by halftime they had a 33-17 lead.

Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball results:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 60, Rockford 59 (HLWW stays in the hunt for the CMC title)
Maple Lake 60, Kimball Area 47
Pierz 55, Holdingford 35

Area boys basketball results:
Albany 80, Sauk Centre 36
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 90, Buffalo Lake-Hector 66
Marshall 69, Redwood Valley 61
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 90, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 44
Benson 81, BOLD 74
Minneota 64, Central Minnesota Christian 49
Montevideo 79, Yellow Medicine East 45
MACCRAY 68, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 48
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 68, Dawson-Boyd 60
Minnewaska 64, Lac qui Parle Valley 48
West Central Area 96, Frazee 51

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball teams:
Hancock 69, Parkers Prairie 49
Ashby 55, Osakis 54
Browerville 56, Brandon-Evansville 53

Area girls basketball results:
Pierz 53, Osakis 42
West Central Area 49, Frazee 40
Sauk Centre 88, Albany 54
Upsala 60, Kimball Area 53
Holdingford 43, Foley 36
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 67, Norwood-Young America 54
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 58, Buffalo Lake-Hector 38
MACCRAY 53, Montevideo 37
Morris/Chokio-Alberta 56, Paynesville 42
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 58, Minnewaska 37
Dawson-Boyd 49, Ortonville 45
Benson 75, Breckenridge 55
Willmar 54, Brainerd 44
Minneota 69, Central Minnesota Christian 34
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 61, BOLD 44

Games involving Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball teams:
Ashby 58, Rothsay 39
Battle Lake 48, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 44
Bertha-Hewitt 57, Henning 31
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 67, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 45

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