Basketball teams sweep the Tigers (VIDEOS*)

With a near-full house on hand at the B-B-E high school, the B-B-E Jaguars basketball teams beat their boys and girls counterparts from Browerville by double digit margins today.

In the 2:30 p.m. game, the sixth-ranked B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team came out dialed in from start to finish and throttled their Section 5A rivals 69-35. B-B-E took a 41-15 lead at halftime, and they scaled that up to a 53-17 advantage after 5 minutes gone in the second half.

*This is video from the final 2 minutes of the first half this afternoon:


The Jaguars shot at a 49 percent clip from the floor and were led by Abby Berge's 19 points on 67 percent shooting. Brooklyn Fischer poured in 18 points with 6 coming at the free throw line plus 7 rebounds. Tiyana Schwinghammer added 13 points with 6 rebounds.

In the second varsity game, the No. 7-ranked (Minnesota Basketball News) B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team picked up a 71-56 win against No. 13-ranked Browerville. The Prairie Conference-leading Tigers held an 8-4 lead with 14:39 to go, but Luke Dingmann's midrange bucket with 11:55 left gave the Jaguars their first lead at 12-10. Browerville never led from that point on.

After taking a 31-25 lead at halftime, the Jaguars throttled up the offense. Brady Schwinghammer buried a three-pointer from the top of the key in the first 30 seconds of the second half, and just a minute later he knocked down a three from the left wing for a 37-25 lead to fuel what was a 10-0 run to start the second half.

*Here's the starter introductions, the tip-off and the opening minutes of the boys' basketball game:


Browerville is one of the favorites to win Section 5A. Their main opposition will be Nevis, who resides in the same sub-section as the Tigers.

More to come much later tonight. Video is uploading. It's time to pack up for open gym.


**Remember the B-B-E Scouts Troop No. 667 waffle feed! this is on Sunday, February 5 (tomorrow) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Belgrade V.F.W.

Area girls' basketball scores on February 4:
Albany 57, Litchfield 26
Central MN Christian 56, Ortonville 23
Pine River-Backus 56, Upsala 43
Lac qui Parle Valley 47, Pipestone Area 45
Rush City 51, Maple Lake 32
Minnewaska Area 56, Redwood Valley 49
Becker 62, Sauk Centre 42
Annandale 69, Melrose Area 26
Henning 61, Sebeka 21

Area boys' basketball scores on February 4:
Osakis 73, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 64
Sauk Centre 51, Pelican Rapids 46
Eden Valley-Watkins 61, Watertown-Mayer 44
Pine River-Backus 72, Upsala 55
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 88, Benson 70
Henning 104, Sebeka 34

**Added on Sunday: here's the link (again) for the Bonanza Valley Voice SmugMug photo gallery with winter sports albums...click: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/B-B-E-Winter-Sports-22-23. This is now exactly 2 weeks "behind" and hopefully I will get caught up soon.