Jaguars girls basketball trails big at halftime

At halftime, visiting Eden Valley-Watkins posted a 35-10 lead over the Jaguars girls basketball team.

It's not pretty.

After giving a much better effort during the second half, the Jaguars lost by a final score of 55-32.

The Jaguars will host Ashby on Thursday night in a truly must-win situation. The Arrows (3-16) picked up their third win of the season tonight by defeating Henning on the road 53-43.

Central Minnesota Conference girls basketball results on Feb. 8:
Holdingford 66, Pierz 55 (a huge upset, 7th place team knocks off 1st place team; Huskers led 29-17 at halftime and as much as 41-22 with 12 minutes to go; Pioneers' only lead was 3-2 early)
Kimball Area 53, Maple Lake 43
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 53, Rockford 29

A small Sub-Section 6A-South boys basketball update...Hillcrest Lutheran Academy was tagged with their first loss since January 8, when they fell to Battle Lake tonight 61-52. The Battlers led 22-19 at halftime. The QRF ranking on minnesota-scores.net held up, with the Battlers sitting at #28 and the Comets further down the list at #48. The B-B-E Jaguars have moved up to #2 in the latest QRF computations, with an 18-0 record. They had fallen back as low as #5 a couple weeks ago.

Ashby has come out of nowhere to sit as the third-best team in the south half of the section, in terms of QRF rankings. They are 11-5 as of now. Two years ago they went 6-18, and last year they were 10-14. A strong mix of players return from last year's squad, so it's not too terrible of a surprise. Their 66-57 win over Battle Lake last week launched them upwards in the QRF. The Arrows host our Jaguars next week Thursday, February 17, in a crucial must-win game for B-B-E.

Area girls basketball results on February 8:
New London-Spicer 77, Melrose Area 35
Upsala 79, Eagle Valley 71
Osakis 76, Swanville 44
Yellow Medicine East 56, Benson 51 (Braves fall out of first place in the West Central South Conference)
Sauk Centre 70, Foley 34
Paynesville Area 45, Minnewaska Area 34
Parkers Prairie 71, Sebeka 60
Ashby 53, Henning 43
Hancock 70, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 42
Ortonville 66, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 48
LQPV 58, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 38
Albany 68, LP-GE 53
Maccray 65, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 61 (Wolverines pull into virtual first place tie in the Camden North with a win on their tough home court in Clara City)
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 51, New Ulm Cathedral 34

Area boys basketball results on February 8:
Melrose Area 83, New London-Spicer 82 (an incredible win by the Dutchmen at Fort Knox)
Pierz 71, Wadena-Deer Creek 61
Battle Lake 62, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 51 (Battlers take over 1st place alone in the Little Eight Conference at 7-1)
Nevis 60, Browerville 57 OT (Nevis is 14-5, Browerville is 13-3, both are in Sub-Section 5A-West)
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 58, Albany 50 (2 OT!)
Sauk Centre 69, Foley 54
A-C-GC 91, BOLD 86 OT (now that is an exciting border battle game)
Bertha-Hewitt 46, Henning 37
Brandon/Evansville 58, Osakis 46
Benson 74, YME 68
Underwood 62, Parkers Prairie 48
Litchfield 70, Maple Lake 49

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