Another 2-0 night on the courts! (VIDEO)

The basketball teams each earned varsity wins tonight on their respective home courts.

In a Central Minnesota Conference game, the No. 7-ranked B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team faced Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. After building a 40-30 halftime lead, the Jaguars won by a final score of 70-58 for their sixth straight win. Junior Luke Dingmann scored his 1,000th career point late in the first half as the game developed into an all-out track meet. Catch video of that below.

The first half started out as a real grinder. How much of a grinder? To put it into perspective: with 12:55 to go, the Falcons gained a 6-3 lead on a layup by junior guard Kyler Pickle, who finished with a game-high 25 points (5-for-6 three-point shooting). Over those first 5 minutes, all the Jaguars had to their credit offensively was a three-pointer by Brady Schwinghammer with 15:02 on the clock that put the Jaguars in front 3-2. With 11:56 left, Kaden Pieper scored on a transition shot for a 7-6 lead. Pieper's three-pointer with 11:05 left made it a 12-8 lead, and by that point both teams started heating up from the floor as the track meet ensued.

Later in the half, with 3:13 left, Luke Dingmann scored on a drive off of the left wing to reach 1,000 career points. See below.

Here's a video from the first half of the boys' basketball game:


Around the 3:00 mark on the video, Dingmann reaches that lofty mark. He is just a junior! B-B-E has now had juniors surpass 1,000 career points in back-to-back seasons. Current senior Kaden Pieper passed 1,000 points on January 21, 2022 at home against Pine River-Backus.

The Jaguars (16-3, 8-2) had very balanced scoring with 4 players in double figures: Brady Schwinghammer with 21 points (five three-pointers), Kaden Pieper with 18 points, Hayden Sobiech with 14 points and Luke Dingmann with 12 points. Overall, the Jaguars shot 41 percent from the floor with a 16-of-22 mark at the free throw line. They remain one game out of first place in the CMC, as both Paynesville and Eden Valley-Watkins won their games tonight to improve to 9-1 each.

NEXT: the boys' basketball team travels to Maple Lake next Thursday, February 16.

In their home contest tonight, the No. 6-ranked B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team defeated Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 59-48 in a border battle for their fifth straight win. The opening stage of the game saw the Fighting Saints hold early one to two-possession leads. With 5:50 to go, Bree Thieschafer made two bonus free throws to lift the Jaguars in front 16-15. At halftime, they held a slim 27-26 lead but came out strong in the second half with Tiyana Schwinghammer scoring just 12 seconds in on a layup. Those final 18 minutes became very physical, and the Jaguars (17-3) withstood a stiff defensive challenge while scoring 19 points above K-M-S's defensive average. They survived a cold shooting night (35 percent on field goals) by making 19 out of 26 free throws.

The Fighting Saints (16-6) are currently the No. 2-ranked team in Sub-Section 6A-South behind state-ranked Hancock.

NEXT: the girls' basketball team hosts Royalton for a CMC battle next Tuesday night. The Royals (12-8, 7-4) defeated A-C-GC 58-56 at Grove City last night.

Central Minnesota Conference boys' basketball scores on February 10:
Paynesville Area 73, Kimball Area 52
Holdingford 61, Royalton 58 (Huskers earn their second CMC win of the season and snapped a 5-game losing skid)
Eden Valley-Watkins 68, Maple Lake 32

More to come. Additional video is uploading. I am really hopeful to finally record another sports show! Right now it's time for my final meal of the day. This has been a long, long night.