Border battle!!

The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team won 65-61 over visiting Paynesville. After trailing 32-24 at halftime, they opened the second half with a 19-3 run! The game went down to the wire, but a late free throw by Evan Wiener made it a four-point game in the closing seconds. The Jaguars allowed Paynesville to shoot a wide-open three at the buzzer, but it glanced off the backboard. Game over, Jaguars win!

Evan Wiener went absolutely nuts on Paynesville (I say that in a good way) and dumped 27 points on their heads. Bravo!

It was a great defensive night, with the Jaguars holding a high-octane Bulldogs offense 12 points below their typical scoring average. For what it's worth, the Jaguars scored about seven point above their typical scoring average.

*Just saw this: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted knocked Eden Valley-Watkins out of first place with a 53-50 win tonight!

B-B-E (9-6) is 4-2 in a three-way tie for second place in the Central Minnesota Conference along with Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and Eden Valley-Watkins. They are off now until next Tuesday, January 29 when they travel to Kimball Area (8-9, 2-4).

Central MN Conference boys'BB scores on January 24:
Kimball Area 58, Pierz 53
HL-W-W 53, Eden Valley-Watkins 50
Maple Lake 64, Holdingford 47

Maple Lake is now in first place alone with a 5-1 mark in the CMC.

More to follow after 22:30.