BRAINERD - Wasted opportunities at the free throw line and poor starts to both halves doomed Willmar Friday as the Cardinals were upended 59-49 by Brainerd in a Central Lakes Conference game.
Willmar went to the charity stripe nine more times than Brainerd, but three Cardinals were a combined 16-for-29 (55 percent). The Cardinals were also cold from the field, shooting at a 31-percent clip after going 16-for-51.
“The girls really gave the effort tonight. It was too bad we started both halves so poorly,” said Willmar coach Dustin Carlson. “If we could just throw out the first three or four minutes of each half we (would have been) solid.”
Courtney Magnuson’s double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds paced Willmar. Kaitlynn Kienholz added 16 points and six rebounds, and Cayle Hovland 10 rebounds.
After going 1-2 this past week, Willmar (8-5, 8-13) will look to rebound Tuesday when it plays at Section 2AAA rival Worthington at 6:30 p.m.
Brainerd 59, Willmar 49
Willmar (8-5, 8-13) 27 22 - 49
Brainerd (8-4, 10-9) 36 23 - 59
Willmar
16-51 FG; 16-29 FT; 13 fouls … Scoring: Courtney Hanson 3, Courtney Magnuson 22, Cayle Hovland 6, Lexi Orlowski 2, Kaitlynn Kienholz 16 … 3-point shots: Hanson 1 … Rebound leader: Magnuson 15, Hovland 10, Kienholz 6 … Assist leader: Hovland 2 … Steal leader: none
Brainerd
20-54 FG; 14-20 FT; 20 fouls … Scoring: J. Degen 13, Johnson 18, Heurung 23, Huber 2, Southard 3, Ramburg 2 … 3-point shots: J. Degen 1, Johnson 2, Heurung 2 … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Non-Conference
BBE 63, Hancock 47
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa scored 47 first half points to go on to defeat Hancock.
Hailey Braegelman recorded a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, Katelyn Heinze had 16, and Kinlee Swanson 10 for the Jaguars.
Hancock went scoreless from the free throw line.
Lexi Stegge scored 21 points to go along with five rebounds, and Kassandra Algarate added 15 points with seven rebounds in the loss.
BBE hosts Eden-Valley Watkins on Tuesday, with Hancock hosting Benson on Thursday.
Hancock (9-12) 30 17 - 47
BBE (15-7) 47 16 - 63
Hancock
20-49 FG; 0-4 FT; 14 fouls … Scoring: Lexi Steege 21, Kassandra Algarate 15, Claire Hanson 8, Ashlyn Mattson 3 … 3-point shots: Algarate 3, Steege 3, Mattson 1 … Rebound leader: Steege 5 … Assist leader: Algarate 3 … Steal leader: Algarate 7
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
27-64 FG; 8-9 FT; 11 fouls … Scoring: Bailey Buchholz 4, Peyton Miller 3, Kinlee Swanson 10, Morgan Gronli 7, Ashley Trustheim 9, Katelyn Heinze 16, Hailey Braegelman 14 … 3-point shots: Miller 1 … Rebound leader: Braegelman 13, Heinze 9 … Assist leader: Miller 3, Swanson 3 … Steal leader: Swanson 4, Braegelman 4
West Central
Morris/CA 61, Paynesville 23
Eleven Tigers scored, led by Becca Holland with 16 points in a West Central Conference win over the Bulldogs on Friday in Paynesville.
Kayla Schaefer scored 10 points to led the Bulldogs, who play host to BOLD on Tuesday.
MCA (8-3, 11-10) 12 11 - 23
Paynesville (5-9, 7-12) 33 28 - 61
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
23-54 FG; 11-11 FT; 12 fouls … Scoring: Piper Gibson 4, Lauren Reimers 6, Liz Tiernan 2, Becca Holland 16, Correy Hickman 6, Tracy Meichsner 6, Ashley Solvie 2, Lacee Maanum 7, Moira McNally 4, Kayla Pring 4, Nicole Solvie 4 … 3-point shots: Holland 2 … Rebound leader: Maanum 5, Meichsner 5 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Paynesville
9-41 FG; 4-9 FT; 10 fouls … Scoring: Rian Lee 2, Katelyn Spanier 7, Tayler Burg 1, Rebecca Jimenez 3, Kayla Schaefer 10 … 3-point shots: Jimenez 1 … Rebound leaders: Lee 7, Spanier 7 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Minnewaska 53, Montevideo 51
Montevideo couldn’t get off a 3-point shot at the buzzer after getting close in the final seconds of a West Central Conference game in Montevideo on Friday.
The Thunder Hawks were down three when Erin Balkan went to the line for two foul shots. She made the first, purposely missed the second and a jump ball was called on the rebound with about a second left.
Minnewaska’s Carley Stewart scored 13 points and had 12 rebounds and Bayley Pooler scored 11.
Abby Olson led the T-Hawks with 14 points and Nikki Erickson finished with 12.
The T-Hawks play at Sauk Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Minnewaska (9-5, 14-8) 21 30 - 51
Montevideo (8-5, 10-11) 17 36 - 53
Minnewaska
17-51 FG; 16-23 FT; 21 fouls … Scoring: Bayley Pooler 11, Emma Middendorf 10, Ariel Ostrander 4, Carley Stewart 13, Ashlyn Guggisberg 6, Taylor Amundson 9 … 3-point shots: Pooler 2, Amundson 1 … Rebound leader: Stewart 12 … Assist leader: Stewart 4 … Steal leader: Amundson 3
Montevideo
13-40 FG; 19-38 FT; 19 fouls … Scoring: Abby Olson 14, Kailey Maroney 2, Nikki Erickson 12, Natalie Feldhake 3, Morgan Reidinger 10, Erin Balkan 4, Alexis Schmitz 6 … 3-point shots: Erickson 3, Olson 1, Reidinger 1, Balkan 1 … Rebound leaders: Feldhake 6, Reidinger 6 … Assist leader: Erickson 3 … Steal leader: Olson 3, Maroney 3
Wright County
Litchfield 55, DC 45
Hannah Norlin had 17 points and eight rebounds, Macy Huhner scored 13 and Kyndra Beavers and Mariah Hoff both scored eight to lead Litchfield to a Wright County Conference win on Friday in Cokato.
DC (4-2, 10-10) 22 23 - 45
Litchfield (4-2, 11-10) 29 26 - 55
Dassel-Cokato
17-39 FG; 8-12 FT; 17 fouls … Scoring: Emily Schmidt 13, Cassadi Kirchoff 8, Alayna Johnson 8, Grace Zobel 6, Abby Munson 6, Taylor Sangren 2, Hannah Koller 2 … 3-point shots: Schmidt 3 … Rebound leader: Kirkoff 6, Johnson 5 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Litchfield
19-36 FG; 11-18 FT; 15 fouls … Scoring: Hannah Norlin 17, Macy Huhner 13, Kyndra Beavers 8, Mariah Hoff 8, Hallie Euerle 5, Breanna Sittig 4 … 3-point shots: Huhner 2, Beavers 2, Euerle 1, Sittig 1 … Rebound leader: Norlin 8, Huhner 4 … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
NLS 57, MW 33
Alyssa Fredrick scored 14 points and Morgan Swenson had seven points and a team-high 14 rebounds in New London-Spicer’s Wright County Conference victory Friday in Mound.
The Wildcats’ Ashlyn Geister had 10 points and eight rebounds.
NLS, now 18-3, has won 14 of its last 15 games and six straight since a two-point loss to Dassel-Cokato on Jan. 23 loss. They can exact revenge when they play host to D-C on Tuesday.
NLS (5-1, 18-3) 27 30 - 57
MW (0-6 5-16) 11 22 - 33
New London-Spicer
16-50 FG; 20-34 FT; 10 fouls … Scoring: Shea Oman 4, Mariah Adams 3, Lindsay Vagle 6, Brooke Beuning 3, Alyssa Fredrick 14, Ally DeGeest 4, Ashlyn Geister 10, Kabrie Weber 4, Erin Tebben 2, Morgan Swenson 7 … 3-point shots: Adams 1, Fredrick 1 … Rebound leaders: Swenson 14, Tebben 8, Weber 7, Geister 8 … Assist leaders: Fredrick 5, Weber 3, Nicole Arnold 2 … Steal leaders: Geister 3
Mound Westonka
13-52 FG; 3-6 FT; 23 fouls … Scoring: Lauren Lackenmayer 3, Jennifer Schaibel 2, Emma Kerr 2, McKenzie Anderson 8, Abby Whaktam 2, Haley martin 7, Claire Lake 9 … 3-point shots: Lackenmaier 2, Anderson 2, White 1 … Rebound leader: NA … Assist leader: NA … Steal leader: NA
Camden
Dawson-Boyd 56,
RCW 37
Justine Lee scored 30 points and Dawson-Boyd won its 18th game on Friday.
Andrea Lee added three points and nine rebounds, and Justine Lee had six assists and four steals.
Steph Zaske led the Jaguars with 11 points, and Mikayla Pharr notched eight points and eight rebounds.
RCW (0-13, 0-18) plays Monday at KMS, and Dawson-Boyd (13-1, 18-2) plays Thursday at Lac qui Parle Valley.
DB (13-1, 18-2) 25 31 - 56
RCW (0-13, 0-18) 28 9 - 37
Dawson-Boyd
16-49 FG; 21-29 FT; 11 fouls … Scoring: Alyssa Strand 5, Justine Lee 30, Amanda Miller 2, Alisa Hill 10, Andrea Lee 3, Kelly Husby 6 … 3-point shots: J. Lee 1, Hill 2 … Rebound leader: A. Lee 9 … Assist leader: J. Lee 6 … Steal leader: J. Lee 4
Renville County West
16-46 FG; 3-11 FT; 21 fouls … Scoring: Carina Zaske 4, Steph Zaske 11, Carli Krogman 4, Britney Marr 2, Steph Wersal 4, Mikayla Pharr 8, Emma Kronlokken 2, Emily Filzen 2 … 3-point shots: S. Zaske 2 … Rebound leader: Pharr 8 … Assist leader: C. Zaske 3 … Steal leader: C. Zaske 4
KMS 68, MACCRAY 38
The Fighting Saints handed MACCRAY its 13th straight loss in a conference game on Friday.
Sam Gjerde led KMS with 17 points, and Kalli Forsell scored 15.
Ali Krieger added four points and 11 rebounds, and Ashley Just had 12 points and six steals.
Ali Siverhus’ 11 points paced the Wolverines (1-12, 4-19), who next play Monday at home against RTR.
KMS (5-8, 10-12) hosts Renville County West on Monday.
KMS (5-8, 10-12) 33 35 - 68
MACCRAY (1-12, 4-19) 17 21 - 38
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
28-64 FG; 7-23 FT; 9 fouls … Scoring: Sam Gjerde 17, Kalli Forsell 15, Elizabeth Wilts 10, Ashley Just 12, Kallee Anderson 10, Ali Krieger 4 … 3-point shots: Gjerde 2, Forsell 2, Krieger 1 … Rebound leader: Krieger 11 … Assist leader: Wilts 4 … Steal leader: Just 6
MACCRAY
16-51 FG; 4-5 FT; 17 fouls … Scoring: Ali Siverhus 11, Alicia Ervin 6, Becka Kimpling 6, Annie Sandry 4, Ashley Dirksen 2, Ellie Thein 2, Piper Asche 2, Emily Orwick 2, Emily Wrede 2, Kim Trulock 1 … 3-point shots: Siverhus 2 … Rebound leader: Orwick 10 … Assist leader: Orwick 2 … Steal leader: Ervin 3
LQPV 55, CMCS 42
Lac qui Parle Valley stayed within eyeshot of Dawson-Boyd in the Camden North with a victory over the Bluejays on Friday.
LQPV improved to 11-2 in the conference and 17-3 overall. D-B leads the North with a 13-1 mark.
Kaitlin Connor led the Eagles with 20 points and seven rebounds and Kelsea Lund scored 16 points and had five assists.
Lexi Scott had 14 points and nine rebounds and Kalley Schwitters also scored 14 points for the Bluejays.
CMCS (9-5, 12-6) 19 23 - 42
LQPV (11-2, 17-3 26 29 - 55
Central Minnesota Christian School
16-50 FG; 8-16 FT; 22 fouls … Scoring: Karisa Wubben 6, Kalley Schwitters 14, Erin Orred 6, Lexi Scott 14, Abby Zwart 1, Alli Bulthuis 1 … 3-point shots: Wubben 2 … Rebound leader: Scott 9 … Assist leader: Wubben 2, Christine Mikelson 2 … Steal leader: Scott 5, Schwitters 4
Lac qui Parle Valley
16-35 FG; 19-27 FT; 14 fouls … Scoring: Kelsea Lund 16, Aundrea DuFrane 1, Alaysia Freetly 12, Kaitlin Connor 20, Kelsey Kuechenmeister 2, Tania Tosel 2, Sainora Dokoche 2 … 3-point shots: Lund 3, Freetly 1 … Rebound leaders: Connor 7, DuFrane 5 … Assist leaders: Lund 5, Freetly 3 … Steal leader: DuFrane 3
