It's 45-25 with the Jaguars ahead of the Ashby boys' basketball team at halftime! The Jaguars were up by only one point, 24-23, with 5:50 on the clock. Then they blasted the Arrows with 21 unanswered points to blow the game wide open.
At Battle Lake, the Jaguars girls' basketball team has a small 30-27 lead early in the second half of their playoff opener. They trailed 19-17 at the break against the 11-13 Battlers after posting an early 13-3 lead.
With 2:30 left, it's 34-34 in the girls' basketball game. Regulation ended with the game tied 38-38. B-B-E's Brittany Roelike hit a layup with about 20 seconds left in regulation to force the first overtime period.
**Update (video) at 20:18 hours...in the waning minutes of the first half against Ashby tonight...
**The girls' basketball game is going to overtime!
**Update at 20:56...the boys' basketball team obliterated Ashby 78-49, with running time employed for about the final 7 minutes of the game. Simply put, the Arrows ran out of gas, while B-B-E's game got stronger as the game wore on.
Ashby, who was ranked way down at #39 on the QRF, takes a 19-3 overall record into Sauk Centre tomorrow night for another non-conference game. Incidentally, the Arrows' prime conference rival, Battle Lake, is 22-0 and ranked way up at #14 on the QRF.
At Battle Lake, the Jaguars girls' basketball team prevailed in a double-overtime thriller 51-49. They travel to #1-seeded Parkers Prairie on Thursday night in the sub-section quarterfinal round, with tip off at 7 p.m.
Click on the following link to read an article from tonight's basketball action at the Sauk Centre Herald website: http://saukherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=402&ArticleID=13842
Sub-Section 6A-South play-in round game results on Feb. 27:
Underwood 66, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 40
Henning 45, Ashby 42
**Just saw this...quite the outcome...as expected, when Parkers Prairie hosted Upsala's girls' basketball team tonight in a battle of state-ranked teams, a barn burner was in store for whoever was lucky enough to get to the game. Final score: Upsala 82, Parkers Prairie 78 OT! I had a hunch that Upsala would be the winner...I believe they've played a slightly better schedule in terms of non-conference teams and that only played in their favor tonight.
Area boys' basketball scores on Feb. 27:
Montevideo 83, Benson 44
Osakis 56, Minnewaska Area 43
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 59, Hancock 52
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