Thursday night action

With 11:23 left in the first half in tonight's Central Minnesota Conference game, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team has a 13-4 lead over visiting Royalton. The Jaguars scored seven straight points for a 15-4 lead.

**Update: with 8:29 left, the Jaguars are ahead 15 to 8. The Royals ultimately scored 10 straight points to form a 15-14 score.

Halftime: Royalton 23, B-B-E 21.

Here's video from the first half tonight:


*Update: with 14:13 left in the game, the Royals have a 31-25 lead.

**Final: Royalton 44, B-B-E 40. The Jaguars (6-8, 5-4) were led by Karissa Jones's 12 points. The Royals improve to 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the CMC. They keep pace with Eden Valley-Watkins for the top spot in the CMC, sitting a half-game behind the Eagles. EV-W defeated first-place Holdingford tonight (see scoreboard below).

*****The No. 4-ranked B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team defeated No. 3-ranked Minnewaska Area 33-32 tonight. The teams met at a triangular at Melrose high school, hosted by the Sauk Centre-Melrose wrestling team. The Lakers won at 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285...but they didn't score the needed points to overcome B-B-E's 33-3 lead.

In their second dual of the night, the Jaguars throttled the severely outmanned SC-M team by a 67-4 score. They improve to 9-0 on the season.

At Maple Lake, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team lost 61-40 in a CMC game. They were tied with the Irish 19-19 at halftime.

Maple Lake improves to 5-7 overall and 3-2 in the CMC.

Central MN Conference girls' basketball scores on January 16:
Eden Valley-Watkins 36, Holdingford 32 (EV-W Eagles knock the Huskers out of first place and have won six straight since losing to B-B-E on January 2)
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 58, Kimball Area 37
Maple Lake 61, Paynesville Area 40

Area girls' basketball scores on January 16:
New London-Spicer 73, Watertown-Mayer 60
Albany 63, St. Cloud Cathedral 44
Pine City 70, Pierz 57
East Central 52, Isle 39
Ogilvie 71, Hinckley-Finlayson 56
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 43, Canby 40
Lakeview 63, Dawson-Boyd 38
Upsala 62, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 37
Osakis 71, Swanville 29
Henning 67, Staples-Motley 47
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 74, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 51
Benson 56, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 19
Sauk Centre 65, Minnewaska Area 31
BOLD 62, Renville County West 35
Parkers Prairie 53, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 43

Area boys' basketball scores on January 16:
Osakis 62, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 42
Minnewaska Area 78, Paynesville Area 62
Holdingford 60, Foley 51
Braham 71, Swanville 53
Springfield 91, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 76
Albany 73, St. Cloud Cathedral 59
Lac qui Parle Valley 74, Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 47
Minneota 68, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 49
Pillager 68, Sebeka 50
Lakeview 58, RCW 56
MACCRAY 89, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 62
Henning 67, Verndale 27
Dawson-Boyd 53, Yellow Medicine East 49
W/H-N 68, Underwood 49
West Central Area 84, Ortonville 31