Men's basketball: Bluejays take out Warriors

WILLMAR - Vencel Tigue dropped in 18 points with nine rebounds, while Marcus Potter added 13 points and also grabbed nine rebounds as Minnesota West defeated Ridgewater 55-45 on Wednesday.
The Warriors held a 20-15 lead with 5:28 remaining in the first half, but the Bluejays battled back to tie it at halftime.
In the second half, the Bluejays connected on 12 of 14 free throws
Ty O’Brien was the lone Warrior to get into the double figures scoring column with 10, and Joe Leuze chipped in eight points.
DeJuan Curry added six points and eight rebounds, and Aaron Ruter had four points and six rebounds.
Ridgewater’s next game will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Riverland.
MN West 55, Ridgewater 45
MN West 23 32 - 55
Ridgewater 23 22 - 45
MN West
17-52 FG; 17-22 FT; 7 fouls … Scoring: Marcus Potter 13, Sam Nhial 1, Mitch Prouty 2, Dominic Nearly 5, Derek Buysse 15, Collin Hopkins 1, Vencel TIgue 18 … 3-point shots: Potter 3, Nearly 1… Rebound leader: Potter 9, Tigue 9 … Assist leader: Tigue 2 … Steal leader: n/a
Ridgewater
18-53 FG; 4-8 FT; 13 fouls … Scoring: DeJuan Curry 6, Tyler Stegeman 2, Dylan Schueler 5, Ty O’ Brien 10, Dazhown Coleman 6, Joe Leuze 8, Aaron Ruter 4, Eric Smith 2, Carl Williams 2 … 3-point shots: Curry 2, Leuze 2, Schueler 1 … Rebound leader: Curry 8, Ruter 6, Smith 5 … Assist leader: Curry 3 … Steal leader: n/a