BELGRADE -- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa whittled a 20-point deficit in the second half to two, but could not get the tying basket and fell to Maple Lake 54-50 in a Central Minnesota Conference boys basketball game Thursday night.
Andy Hartwig hit a pair of free throws to seal the win for Maple Lake (3-4, 13-4).
Jared McCleary had 16 points and Shane Weller added 11 points and seven rebounds for BBE (2-5, 8-8), which made 14-of-16 free throws.
Maple Lake 54, BBE 50
Maple Lake (3-4, 13-4) 29 25 -- 54
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BBE (2-5, 8-8) 16 34 -- 50
MAPLE LAKE - 19 FG (5 3-pt); 11-16 FT; rebounds, not available; 16 fouls ... Scoring: Andy Hartwig 9, Zach Nordling 7, Nic Hudek 10, Jordan Kelm 5, Jerid Aulwes 11, Riley Decker 12 ... 3-point shots: Hartwig 1, Nordling 1, Kelm 1, Aulwes 2 ... Rebound leaders: not available
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA - 17 FG (2 3-pt); 14-16 FT; 18 rebounds; 21 fouls ... Scoring: Jordan Beier 2, Steve Gruber 3, Mike Rodgers 6, Jackson Illies 2, Shane Weller 11, Josh Roelike 8, Jared McCleary 16, Matt Goodwin 2 ... 3-point shots: Weller 2 ... Rebound leaders: Weller 7 ... Assist leaders: Beier 2 ... Steal leaders: Beier 7
Litchfield 72, Annandale 66
Litchfield had the lead from start-to-finish after getting 17 points from Steve Hendrickson, 16 more apiece from Dominic Devine and Mike Bredeson and another 12 from Zach Nelson.
Hendrickson also piled up seven assists and five rebounds while Devine and Bredeson both hooked eight rebounds.
Annandale (2-8, 3-15) 27 39 -- 66
Litchfield (4-6, 5-10) 43 29 -- 72
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ANNANDALE - 21-59 FG (13-31 3-pt); 11-16 FT; 21 rebounds; 13 fouls ... Scoring: Tim Queck 28, Mike Starke 13, Matt Lashinski 2, Mike Fliegel 3, Dillon Dougherty 9, Caleb Mol 11 ... 3-point shots: Queck 8, Starke 1, Fliegel 1, Dougherty 3 ... Rebound leaders: Mol 4, Starke 4 ... Assist leader: Starke 4 ... Steal leader: Mol 3
LITCHFIELD - 20-47 FG (10-20 3-pt); 22-27 FT; 29 rebounds; 11 fouls ... Scoring: Andrew Whitchurch 3, Aaron Solbrack 8, Dominic Devine 16, Zach Nelson 12, Steve Hendrickson 17, Mike Bredeson 16 ... 3-point shots: Solbrack 2, Devine 4, Nelson 2, Hendrickson 2 ... Rebound leaders: Devine 8, Bredeson 8, Hendrickson 5 ... Assist leaders: Hendrickson 7, Bredeson 4 ... Steal leaders: none
