Area Boys Basketball
WWG 57, Round Lake-Brewster 51
Westbrook-Walnut Grove used a strong second half to defeat Red Rock Conference foe Round Lake-Brewster 57-51 Friday night in Round Lake.
Taylor Lindaman knocked down four three-pointers and scored 18 points to lead the Chargers. Jacob Comnick added 16 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks to help WWG to victory.
Jake Walker scored 26 points for the Raiders and was the only player on his team to put up more than seven points.
WWG moves to 4-18 overall and 3-13 in the conference with the win. The Chargers play their regular season finale Monday night at home against Red Rock Central.
RLB (51)
Jake Walker 8 6-7 26, Cole Bosma 2 0-1 4, Colin Meinders 1 0-0 2, Darrin Schmitz 3 1-2 7, Cordy Deal 2 0-0 4, Kurt Schmitz 1 0-0 2, Kyle Wendland 2 2-2 6. Totals 19 9-12 51. Three-pointers 4 (Walker 4) Total Fouls 17.
WWG (57)
Andrew Merrick 2 0-0 05, John Elzenga 0 1-2 1, Taylor Lindaman 5 4-4 18, Jacob Comnick 4 8-10 16, Reed Bakken 2 2-2 2, Alex Knutson 1 2-2 4, Matt Otto 2 0-0 5, Aaron Hass 3 0-1 6. Totals 17 17-21 57. Three-pointers 6 (Lindaman 4) Rebounds 28 (Comnick 12) Assists 9 (Knutson 3, Elzenga 3, Comnick 3) Steals 7 (Hass 3) Blocks 4 (Comnick 3) Turnovers 16 Total Fouls 15.
SMC 89, MCC 41
Southwest Minnesota Christian exploded out of the gates for a 30-point halftime lead and cruised to a a 89-41 victory over Murray County Central Friday night in Slayton.
Andrew Top scored 25 points and Zach Huisken added 19 points to help the Eagles improve to 21-1 overall, 16-0 in the Red Rock Conference.
Nate Wieneke scored 14 points for MCC, which saw its six-game win streak snapped.
The Rebels (14-8 overall, 10-6 RRC) will try to rebound Monday in their season finale against Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin.
SMC (89)
Leading Scorers: Andrew Top 25, Zach Huisken 19.
MCC (41)
Leading Scorer: Nate Wieneke 14.
Halftime Score: SMC 54, MCC 24.
CM/C 71, Wabasso 44
The Wabasso boys' basketball closed out the regular season on a 12-game losing streak, falling 71-44 in non-conference play Friday to Cedar Mountain/Comfrey in Wabasso.
Finishing the season at 8-17 overall, the Rabbits got a team-high 11 points from Taylor Zuehlsdorf. Zuehlsdorf also led the team in three-pointers (2), rebounds (8) and steals (4).
No other Wabasso player finished in double digits.
Pacing the Cougars (18-6) was Ryan Pendleton, who finished with 18 points. Marcus Heiling added 16 in the victory.
The No. 9 seed in the Section 3A-South playoffs, the Rabbits take on No. 8 Hills-Beaver Creek on Thursday in Hills.
Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (71)
Riley Kerkhoff 1 0-0 3, Dylan Kopischke 4 2-3 10, Marcus Heiling 5-2 0-0 16, Ryan Pendleton 2-4 4-4 18, Brady Kerkhoff 1 0-0 2, Shawn Sherman 1 0-0 2, Henry Pendleton 3 1-2 7, Zach Kerkhoff 2 0-1 4, Brady Herrig 4 1-3 9. Totals 29 8-13 71. Three-Pointers 7 Total Fouls 18.
Wabasso (44)
Seth Guetter 3 0-2 7, Neil Eichten 4 0-0 8, Tanner Bock 3 0-0 6, Aaron Brau 2 1-2 6, Cole McKeown 0 1-3 1, Taylor Zuehlsdorf 3 3-5 11, Kenric Baune 0 1-3 1, Matt Zeug 1 2-2 4. Totals 16 8-17 44. Three-Pointers 4 (Zuehlsdorf 2) Rebounds 22 (Zuehlsdorf 8) Assists 8 (Eichten 4) Steals 10 (Zuehlsdorf 4) Blocks 2 Turnovers 11 Total Fouls 13.
Halftime Score: CM/C 38, Wabasso 17.
YME 56, LQPV 48
Devon Dyrdahl had 16 points and Elliot Carmany added 13 points to help power Yellow Medicine East to a 56-48 West Central Conference win over Lac qui Parle Valley Friday night in Granite Falls.
Ryan Reishus had eight points and 11 rebounds for the Sting in the victory.
LQPV was led by Eric Smith, who scored a game-high 20 points.
YME moves to 8-13 overall and 2-9 in the conference. The Sting will play their final regular season game Tuesday against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City.
LQPV (48)
Jordan Brehmer 0 1-2 1, Blake Hoium 3 1-6 8, Sawyer Bohn 1 0-0 3, Cody Siegert 1 0-0 3, Brandon Borhorst 1 0-0 2, Eric Smith 7 6-10 20, Jacob Maland 4 0-1 11. Totals 17 8-19 48. Three-pointers 6 (Maland 3) Rebounds 33 Assists 10 (Brehmer 4) Steals 8 Blocks 3 Turnovers 19 Total Fouls 15.
YME (56)
Brandon Grund 1 2-2 4, Elliot Carmany 6 1-3 13, Devon Dyrdahl 7 2-5 16, Adam Koepke 1 3-4 6, Nate Anderson 1 1-2 3, Adam Savariego 3 0-2 6, Ryan Reishus 3 2-2 8. Totals 22 11-20 56. Three-pointers 1 Rebounds 32 (Reishus 11) Assists 15 (Carmany 5) Steals 9 (Carmany 4) Blocks 2 Turnovers 16 Total Fouls 16.
Halftime Score: YME 27, LQPV 19.