The Lakers, who hosted the Central Minnesota Conference game, led 27-21 at halftime.
Random notes: the seeding for the individual Section 5A wrestling tournament takes place on Wednesday night. Seeding in boys' basketball in Sub-Section 6A-South will be posted on Wednesday afternoon.
Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on February 16:
Maple Lake 35, Paynesville Area 25
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Pierz 47
Kimball Area 44, Holdingford 30
Area girls' basketball scores on February 16:
Minnewaska Area 59, BOLD 48
New London-Spicer 49, Litchfield 40
Montevideo 66, Benson 32
Area boys' basketball scores on February 16:
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 54, Central MN Christian 37
Annandale 51, Rockford Area 44
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 46, Upsala 42
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 77, Benson 61
Browerville/Eagle Valley 71, Royalton 37
St. John's Prep 58, Osakis 48
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Kimball Area 52 (CMC game)
Melrose Area 62, Holdingford 53
Albany 61, Milaca 48
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 58, Brandon/Evansville 57
Sauk Centre 74, Staples-Motley 57
Hancock 77, Dawson-Boyd 68 (a big win for the Owls, and I predict this will push them past the Jaguars to nab the #2 seed in Sub-Section 6A-South)
Swanville 57, West Central Area 50 OT (I predict that the WCA Knight will end up seeded #4 in Sub-Section 6A-South)
