More to come.
Halftime: the girls' basketball team trails EVW 34-18.
In the first 90 seconds of the second half, the Jaguars trimmed the deficit to 34-24, but the Eagles later led 46-28 and were in command the rest of the way.
Final score: EVW 54, B-B-E 40. The Jaguars, who made 13 of 28 two-point shots in the game but just two of 21 three-point attempts, are now 14-5 overall and 6-3 in the Central Minnesota Conference. The Eagles are 18-0 overall and now 11-0 in the CMC. Tonight's win clinched at least a share of the CMC title for EV-W. Their last CMC loss was on February 4, 2016 at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted; that night, the Lakers won 63-47, but EV-W ended up tying Kimball Area at 12-2 for a co-championship in the CMC.
Also, the last year EV-W hasn't won a conference title was in the 2013-2014 season. That year, HL-W-W finished 14-0, while EV-W tied Rockford Area for third place (9-5).
In boys' basketball news, Pierz knocked visiting Maple Lake out of first place in the CMC with a 65-60 win tonight over the Irish. Technically, Maple Lake (8-7 overall, 5-2 CMC) has a half-game lead over the teams that are tied for second place: B-B-E, EV-W and HL-W-W. Those three teams are currently all 4-2 in the CMC.
**Don't forget! The No. 26-ranked (QRF) B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team hosts Holdingford on Friday this week (tomorrow) in a CMC game.
**Here's video from late in the second half tonight:
Central MN Conference girls' basketball scores on Jan. 31:
Holdingford 68, HL-W-W 46
Kimball Area 66, Maple Lake 46
Area girls' basketball scores on Jan. 31:
Benson 52, Lakeview 50
Parkers Prairie 55, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 20
BOLD 70, Yellow Medicine East 66
Willmar 56, Zimmerman 33
Brandon-Evansville 48, Battle Lake 38
Albany 58, Foley 44
Alexandria 84, Rocori 25
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 52, Browerville 50
Lac qui Parle Valley 64, Montevideo 45
Area boys' basketball scores on Jan. 31:
Melrose Area 73, BOLD 65 (Dutchmen hand the Warriors their first loss of the season after a 17-0 start in 17 games)
Browerville 82, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 70
Central MN Christian 68, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 62
Sebeka 58, Bertha-Hewitt 50
Henning 90, Wadena-Deer Creek 41 (Henning is 17-0)
Menahga 81, Verndale 58
Pillager 61, New York Mills 49
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 61, Canby 47
Minneota 87, MACCRAY 83
Sauk Centre 65, Benson 41
Minnewaska Area 67, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 63
Lac qui Parle Valley 81, Yellow Medicine East 43
Renville County West 72, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 59
Dawson-Boyd 82, Lakeview 49
Browerville 82, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 70
Central MN Christian 68, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 62
Sebeka 58, Bertha-Hewitt 50
Henning 90, Wadena-Deer Creek 41 (Henning is 17-0)
Menahga 81, Verndale 58
Pillager 61, New York Mills 49
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 61, Canby 47
Minneota 87, MACCRAY 83
Sauk Centre 65, Benson 41
Minnewaska Area 67, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 63
Lac qui Parle Valley 81, Yellow Medicine East 43
Renville County West 72, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 59
Dawson-Boyd 82, Lakeview 49
