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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