Area basketball scores from Saturday

Section 6AA girls' basketball playoffs:
New London-Spicer 49, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 28
Litchfield 72, Eden Valley-Watkins 54
Sauk Centre 70, Albany 52
Staples-Motley 51, Melrose Area 34

Section 5AA girls' basketball playoffs:
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 62, Maple Lake 53 (Maple Lake was the #5 seed, HLWW #1)

Section 6A girl's basketball playoffs:
Parkers Prairie 65, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 38
Hancock 59, Brandon/Evansville 40

Section 3A boys' basketball playoffs:
Southwest MN Christian 61, Hills-Beaver Creek 58 (SWMNChristian is the #1 seed; H-BC was the #8 seed)
MACCRAY 74, Renville County West 41

Area boys' basketball scores on March 3:
Perham 44, Ulen-Hitterdal 38 (Quite an effort by the U-H Spartans against one of the top Class 2A teams in Minnesota)
Henning 62, Eagle Valley 61
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 62, Browerville 50 (The Thunder win the Prairie Conference title outright)
Rockford 60, Kimball Area 53

**Final 2012 Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball standings:
1- B-B-E (14-0)
2- Pierz (11-3)
3- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (10-4)
4- Maple Lake (8-6)
5- Rockford (6-8)
6- Kimball Area (3-11)
7 (tie) Eden Valley-Watkins and Kimball Area (2-12)