Game night: Royalton

Game updates to follow here at tonight's home contest against Royalton. The game is aired on 106.5 FM The Train. The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team is looking for their sixth win of the season and snap a two-game losing skid.

**Update: with 5:37 left in the first half, the Royals have a 23 to 18 lead.

And at halftime...we have a five-point game on our hands: Royalton 32, B-B-E 27.

Here's action from early in the second half tonight:


With 1:32 left, the Jaguars are ahead 57-55.

Final score: B-B-E 61, Royalton 57. The Royals (2-12 overall) got two bonus free throws with 22 seconds left to cut B-B-E's lead to 59-57. Then with 10 seconds left, Jackson Peter drained a wide-open three-pointer to salt the lead after the Jaguars blew up Royalton's full court press.

Next: the Jaguars (6-9 overall, 3-4 Central Minnesota Conference) travel to Paynesville Area next Tuesday.

Central MN Conference boys' basketball scores on January 23:
Paynesville Area 72, Maple Lake 61 (game was tied 30-30 at halftime)
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 46, Kimball Area 41
Eden Valley-Watkins 57, Holdingford 46

Area boys' basketball scores on January 23:
BOLD 98, Benson 83 (Braves drain 17 three-pointers in the loss)
Melrose Area 46, Minnewaska Area 29
Sauk Centre 68, Montevideo 56 (Mainstreeters snap a five-game losing skid)
Renville County West 74, Lac qui Parle Valley 71
Isle 63, Ogilvie 47
Henning 85, Menahga 58
Parkers Prairie 57, Brandon/Evansville 44
St. John's Prep 74, Swanville 71

Area girls' basketball scores on January 23:
Melrose Area 71, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 29
Underwood 45, Parkers Prairie 31
Pierz 59, Swanville 30
Albany 68, Eden Valley-Watkins 50
Yellow Medicine East 60, MACCRAY 38
Minneota 81, Renville County West 23
Canby 46, Lac qui Parle Valley 43
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 70, Dawson-Boyd 35
Lakeview 52, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49
Browerville 56, Upsala 49 OT
Pine River-Backus 59, Laporte 13
Henning 59, Menahga 58
Sebeka 69, New York Mills 57
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 54, Hancock 46 OT
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 63, Osakis 34
West Central Area 85, Ortonville 24


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