Jaguars pick up third straight win, and a Winter Sports Show (VIDEOS)

The game became a barn burner, and they needed some late-game heroics, but the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team prevailed 53-49 tonight for their third win in a row. The Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles gave the Jaguars all they could handle but ultimately lost for the seventh straight time.

After holding a 31-22 halftime lead, the Jaguars had to withstand intense defensive pressure across the second half. Teagan Dingmann's three-pointer put the Jaguars up 34-24 with 17:05 to go, but the Eagles cut the deficit to 36-34 across the next 4 minutes. They pushed the lead from there to 47-36 with 9 minutes to go. For the last 9 minutes of the game, the Jaguars were held for an 8-minute stretch without a field goal. After EV-W tied the game 49-49 with 1:21 to go, Kacey Fischer knocked down a shot in the lane and two free throws to salt away the narrow win.

From the floor, the Jaguars were ice cold with 26 percent shooting on 67 attempts.

Here's action from the first half tonight:


Now 15-7 overall, the Jaguars continue Central Minnesota Conference action with a border battle game this Friday in Paynesville. The Bulldogs (6-14, 4-5) played at Kimball Area tonight.

B-B-E's JV team completed the season sweep over EV-W with a 53-47 win tonight. The C-squad fell 25-23 in a defensive battle after trailing 12-3 at halftime.

Here's my 7th winter sports show of the season:


More to come. Video is uploading.

Central MN Conference girls' basketball scores on February 4:
Royalton 60, Maple Lake 26
Paynesville Area 51, Kimball Area 29 (the Bulldogs led 25-19 at halftime)
Holdingford 48, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 39 (the Falcons led 20-16 at halftime)

Area girls' basketball scores on February 4:
Milaca 67, Braham 44
Ogilvie 59, Hinckley-Finlayson 31
West Central Area 60, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 42
Barnesville 67, Sauk Centre 64
Albany 58, Foley 41
Cromwell-Wright 66, Pine River-Backus 39
Melrose Area 48, Osakis 47
Hancock 73, Parkers Prairie 45
Rothsay 69, Brandon-Evansville 63
BOLD 75, Springfield 39
Underwood 63, Battle Lake 36
Minnewaska Area 71, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 52 (first loss of the season for K-M-S)
Browerville 64, Verndale 45
Willmar 53, Detroit Lakes 44
Russel-Tyler-Ruthton 57, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 38
Upsala 78, Pillager 75