BBE 56, Brandon/Evansville 19 at halftime

Yeah, that was the halftime score!

...and if that wasn't enough...out of the gates in the second half, the Jaguar went up 68-19 in the first 2 minutes and 16 seconds of action.

Later in the second half, the Jaguars built a 74-23 lead with 12:40 left and began working starters out of the lineup on the floor. While it would have been neat to see the Jaguars surpass the century mark, and honestly quite easy too...Coach Montbriand and his crew are all class when it comes to avoiding running up the score.

The final buzzer sounded 61 minutes after tip off, and the Jaguars won 78-37.

The Jaguars shot ahead 23-11 in the early stages and built the lead as big as 35-11 on a steal by James Kuefler and his assist to Brian Goodwin for a layup. Soon it was 39-15 and then 42-18 on a three by Kirby Montbriand with 4 minutes left. A rebound shot by Billy Borgerding with 2:20 on the clock made it 50-19.

(Below) Action from the second half tonight against the Chargers...the video is a little blurry (by design)


Other playoff updates...final score at NL-S...Minnewaska defeated the host Wildcats 53-51. Also winning tonight were Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and Melrose Area. At the end of regulation play, Albany and Sauk Centre were tied at 54! Sauk won 65-62 on OT. LP-GE defeated Holdingford 71-41.

***Breaking...!final score from Henning was Hornets 49 and West Central Area Knights 46. The Hornets are B-B-E's next opponent. WCA blew a 39-32 lead with 10 minutes left as Henning limited them to seven points thereafter. Henning is 19-7 overall, including a 10-2 mark in the Park Region Conference. They tied Pillager for first place in the PRC and have now won five in a row. On Jan. 26, they lost to visiting Ashby 65-45. Battle Lake defeated them 75-34 on Dec. 27 and 58-41 in the season opener on Dec 2. This is their best season since going 14-11 in 2008-2009.

Tip-off for the Jaguars' next playoff game will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at the University of Minnesota-Morris on Jim Gremmels Court.

Other Section 6A-South and North scores:
Ashby 62, Hancock 56!
Battle Lake 54, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 30
Henning 49, WCA 46
Ada-Borup 72, Lake Park-Audubon 53
Norman County East 52, Norman County West 43
Ulen-Hitterdal 59, Park Christian 48
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 64, Waubun 48

Area boys' basketball playoff results on Mar. 8:
Dawson-Boyd 76, Lincoln HI 36
MACCRAY 83, Ortonville 64
Redwood Valley 58, BOLD 42
Southwest Minnesota Christian 75, Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 53
Eagle Valley 71, Nevis 59 OT
Upsala 83, Swanville 67
Browerville 66, Menahga 48
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 105, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 100 (#4 seed beats #1 seed in 2A-North)
Maple Lake 61, Foley 45
Rockford 57, Kimball Area 53
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 78, Providence Academy 37 (HLWW is the #3 seed in 5AA-South)
Pierz 77, Staples-Motley 37
Melrose Area 77, Osakis 51
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 70, Eden Valley-Watkins 69
Litchfield 75, Paynesville Area 31
Benson 78, St. John's Prep 61

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