Boys Basketball: BBE holds off HLWW to take lead lone in Central Minnesota
BELGRADE -- Mike Rodgers went 8-for-8 at the free-throw line down the stretch and finished with 26 points and Matt Goodwin added 23 points to help Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa move into first place in the Central Minnesota Conference as the Jaguars outlasted Howard-Lake-Waverly-Winsted 92-82 Tuesday.
BBE (10-2, 20-4) is now a game ahead of HLWW (10-3, 17-7) in the loss column. The Jaguars can clinch a share of the conference title on Friday with a win over Eden Valley-Watkins and can then win the conference title outright with another win on Saturday over Kimball.
HLWW beat BBE 74-70 in overtime on Feb. 6 in Howard Lake in the first meeting.
BBE was 7-for-9 from three-point range in the first half with the seventh coming from Rodgers in the closing seconds that allowed the Jaguars to take a 52-37 lead at halftime.
The Lakers would get within three at 80-77 late in the game, but BBE sealed the win by getting a basket down low by Jackson Illies and going 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes.
Shane Weller drained four 3-pointers and followed Rodgers and Goodwin with 16 points.
BBE 92, HLWW 82
HLWW (10-3, 17-7) 37 45 -- 82
BBE (10-2, 20-4) 52 40 -- 92
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED - 29-59 FG (9-26 3-pt); 15-16 FT; 22 rebounds; 25 fouls ... Scoring: Jace Whitcomb 2, Nash Faulk 30, Quin Leaf 10, Eddie Wessling 9, Jeff Hammer 4, Zach Grangroth 20, Keith Diers 7 ... 3-point shots: Faulk 3, Wessling 3, Leaf 2, Diers 1 ... Rebound leaders: Faulk 8 ... Assist leaders: Faulk 5 ... Steal leaders: none
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA - 28-54 FG (8-15 3-pt); 28-35 FT; 29 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Mike Rodgers 26, Justin Mathiason 2, Zach Roelike 3, Jackson Illies 9, Shane Weller 16, Alex Thompson 2, Matt Goodwin 23, Jared McCleary 11 ... 3-point shots: Weller 4, Rodgers 2, Goodwin 2 ... Rebound leaders: McCleary 8, Illies 7 ... Assist leaders: Rodgers 6, Goodwin 4 ... Steal leaders: McCleary 3
Renville County West 65, Yellow Medicine East 42
Dan Knapper scored 22 points and Brian Harper added 20 to lead the Jaguars (6-16), who shot 60 percent from the field (27-for-45).
Michael Fischer chip-ped in 13 points and Junior Ramirez led the Jaguars with eight steals.
Anton Leiseth's 11 points paced the Sting (2-20), who shot only 28 percent from the field (27-for-45).
YME (2-20) 21 21 -- 42
RCW (6-16) 41 24 -- 65
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST - 12-43 FG (1-7 3-pt); 17-23 FT; 16 rebounds; 16 fouls ... Scoring: Tyler Jensvold 2, Taylor Olson 7, Anton Leiseth 11, Dylan Lindstrom 5, Tom Volstad 5, Destry Skjefte 4, Brian Rosenau 6, Karl Hegna 2 ... 3-point shots: Olson 1 ... Rebound leaders: Rosenau 4 ... Assist leaders: none ... Steal leaders: Leiseth 4 ... Blocks: Hegna 4
RENVILLE COUNTY WEST - 27-45 FG (2-5 3-pt); 9-12 FT; 26 rebounds; 14 fouls ... Scoring: Corey Abbas 2, Brian Harper 20, Steve Gens 1, Cody Groen 1, Junior Ramirez 2, Dan Knapper 22, Michael Fischer 13, Evan Engstrom 2, Denver Zimmer 2 ... 3-point shots: Knapper 2 ... Rebound leaders: Fischer 5, Gens 5 ... Assist leaders: Fischer 4, Gens 4 ... Steal leaders: Ramirez 8
