Both varsity hoops teams win on the road (UPDATED)

**This blog post was updated no Wednesday with a complete area scoreboard plus CMC scores...

In a Central Minnesota Conference match up on the road tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team picked up a 69-50 win at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The Jaguars led 33-27 at halftime and 57-44 with 7:18 left. Pacing the Jaguars was Kaden Pieper with 28 points.

The boys' basketball team is in action again on Friday this week in CMC action when they host Maple Lake. The varsity game should begin at about 7:30 p.m., as it will follow a girls' basketball game that also takes place at the elementary school. Due to the referee shortage, B-B-E is utilizing one referee crew for both varsity games that will be played in Brooten.

In a non-conference border battle tonight, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team picked up a hard-fought 55-41 win at Minnewaska Area. After building a 34-20 lead at halftime, the Jaguars punched ahead 39-21 with just over two minutes played in the second half. They went cold over a 7-minute period, however, before snapping out of it and keeping the Lakers at bay. With 6:39 left in the game, they led 50-32.

Next: the girls' basketball team (6-1, 2-1) travels to Royalton (5-4, 2-0) on Thursday this week for a CMC game. Their CMC game against A-C-GC (2-6, 1-2) on Friday will be played in Brooten with a 6 p.m. tip-off.

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on January 10:
Paynesville Area 71, Kimball Area 52
Eden Valley-Watkins 73, Maple Lake 26
Royalton 65, Holdingford 48

Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball scores on January 10:
Eden Valley-Watkins 55, Maple Lake 33

Area girls' basketball scores on January 10: Braham 53, Upsala 51 (sub-.500 Cardinals put a scare into state-ranked Bombers in Upsala)
Henning 59, Verndale 45
Sebeka 79, Ogilvie 75
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 90, Sleepy Eye Saint Mary's 52
Kimball Area 65, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 30
New London-Spicer 80, Rockford Area 30
Browerville 59, Osakis 55
BOLD 59, Minneota 46 (Warriors pick up a huge win at Minneota; Vikings fall to 6-2; Warriors are rated No. 7 on the QRF, while the Vikings are down at No. 36)
Swanville 68, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 30
Sauk Centre 63, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 29
West Central Area 78, Staples-Motley 22
Hancock 55, Underwood 52 (Owls get a challenge from No. 25-ranked on the QRF Rockets in Hancock)