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| Megan Weller (40) and Becca Gruber (44) defend the paint in this photo from the first half tonight. |
In a Central MN Conference game, the host B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team trails 24-17 at halftime to the state-ranked (Class AA) HL-W-W Lakers.
After falling back 4-0 in the opening minute of the game, the Jaguars kept it close for the entire first half. A 7-2 lead by the Lakers was cut to three with a shot by Brittany Roelike with 13:50 left, and the Jaguars hung around up to the first buzzer with good prevent defense and some good close-range shooting.
Here's the starter introductions...
*Update: that was a tough second half! The Lakers (7-2, 3-0 CMC) go home with a 53-35 win. They were ranked #15 in the latest Class AA poll (Minnesota Basketball News) just released earlier today.
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| The Lakers played a highly-active defense that swarmed the court all night, resulting in passing lanes being few and far between for the Jaguars. |
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| Lined up for the National Anthem. |
Central Minnesota Conference girls' hoops scores on December 20:
Eden Valley-Watkins 65, Pierz 38
Maple Lake 57, Rockford Area 39
Area wrestling scores on December 20:
Paynesville Area 57, Minnewaska Area 15
Quad County 42, Paynesville Area 25
Quad County 51, Minnewaska 24
Holdingford 60, HL-W-W 6
Pierz 54, Mora 15
Hutchinson 34, New London-Spicer 33 (Hutch wins heavyweight by decision 14-8)
Area boys' basketball scores on December 20:
Albany 65, Pierz 55
Annandale 58, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 53
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 88, Yellow Medicine East 43
Dawson-Boyd 88, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 13
Ulen-Hitterdal 55, Ada-Borup 53
West Central Area 66, Royalton 38
Area girls' basketball scores on December 20:
Albany 66, Princeton 57
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 59, West Central Area 55
Minnewaska Area 41, Yellow Medicine East 37
New London-Spicer 51, Morris Area/Chokia-Alberta 28
Parkers Prairie 67, Henning 29
Paynesville Area 51, Melrose Area 48
Sauk Centre 67, Lac qui Parle Valley 33
Upsala 45, Osakis 37
