Dogfight in the conference

The Jaguars provide defense against HL-W-W's senior guard Maggie Miller, who knocked down multiple three-pointers to help counter B-B-E's strong inside game in the first half.

Wow! The B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team won 73-71 in overtime tonight against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted. The score at the end of regulation was 66-66 after the Lakers scored from the right block with two seconds on the clock. The game featured two second-place teams in the Central Minnesota Conference and had the makings of a dogfight from the very beginning. Both teams went hard to the basket and were not afraid to take outside shots when seeing an opening.

The win raised B-B-E's record in the Central Minnesota Conference to 4-1; they are 10-2 overall and have their biggest game of the season on the horizon when they travel to Eden Valley-Watkins next Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Eagles sit in a virtual tie for second place with the Jaguars.

HL-W-W fell to 4-11 overall and 3-2 in the CMC.

(Below) HD video from the final two minutes of regulation play:


Central MN Conference girls' basketball standings as of Jan. 14:
1st) Kimball Area (5-0)
2nd) B-B-E (4-1)
3rd) EV-W (3-1 - half game off of the Jaguars)

4th) HL-W-W (3-2)
5th) Holdingford (2-3)
6th) Maple Lake (1-3)
7th) Pierz (1-4)
8th) Paynesville Area (0-5)

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 14:
Eden Valley-Watkins 73, Pierz 48
Maple Lake 44, Paynesville Area 40
Kimball Area 55, Holdingford 42 (this was played on January 12)

Area girls' basketball scores on January 14:
Sauk Centre 68, Minnewaska Area 51
New London-Spicer 58, Dassel-Cokato 36
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 51, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 37
Montevideo 78, BOLD 40
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 70, Ortonville 24