SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –Noah Puetz came through in the clutch at the free-throw line to seal a 51-50 win for Marshall over Sioux Falls Roosevelt on Tuesday.

After the Rough Riders hit a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to cut the margin to two points, Puetz calmly knocked down a pair of free throws to give Marshall a four-point cushion. Roosevelt hit another 3-pointer just before the buzzer, but the Tigers still came away with the win.

Puetz led Marshall with 19 points and seven rebounds.

No. 5 Marshall (23-1) will face Waseca on Friday in the Big South Conference Championship.

Marshall 12 14 15 10 — 51

Roosevelt 10 7 7 26 — 50

MARSHALL: Baker 2-6 2-2 8, Black 2-5 0-0 4, Douglas 1-2 1-2 3, Hmielewski 2-9 4-4 9, Lance 2-10 1-4 5, Puetz 4-8 9-10 19, Steinbach 1-2 1-2 3. TOTALS: 14-42 18-24 51.

REBOUNDS: Marshall 24 (Puetz 7). ASSISTS: Marshall 4 (Lance 2). STEALS: Marshall 1 (Hmielewski 1). BLOCKS: Marshall 0. FOULS: Marshall 11. TURNOVERS: Marshall 10.

YME 62, Canby 51

GRANITE FALLS — Yellow Medicine East defeated Canby 62-51 on Tuesday night to earn its first win of the season.

Carter Sneller led the way for YME with 25 points and 13 rebounds.

Kyle Chase added 20 points in the win, while Cody Dahlager recorded eight points and six rebounds.

Evan Weber scored 13 points to lead Canby.

YME will travel to Paynesville Area on Thursday while Canby begins preparations for section tournament play.

Canby 24 27 — 51

YME 22 40 — 62

CANBY: Waldrum 3-12 0-0 9, Sayre 2-4 4-6 8, Weber 4-15 1-2 13, Varcoe 4-9 1-1 11, Viessman 1-4 1-2 3, Prokop 2-3 0-0 4, Bruns 0-1 1-2 1, Hiedeman 1-3 0-0 2. TOTALS: 17-53 8-13 51.

YELLOW MEDICINE EAST: Chase 8-18 0-0 20, Sneller 9-13 5-6 25, Jimenez 2-2 0-0 4, Johnson 2-4 1-1 5, Dahlager 3-8 2-5 8. TOTALS: 24-46 8-12 62.

REBOUNDS: Canby 20 (Viessman5, Bruns 5; YME 32 (Sneller 13). ASSISTS: Canby 10 (Weber 3); YME 13 (Sneller 6). STEALS: Canby 10 (Varcoe 6); YME 13 (Jimenez 4). BLOCKS: Canby 3 (Varcoe 3); YME 0. FOULS: Canby 15; YME 14. TURNOVERS: Canby 20; YME 22.

WWG 79,

HLO/Fulda 77 (OT)

OKABENA — The Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys basketball team defeated Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 79-77 in overtime on Tuesday.

Trailing 37-26 at halftime, WWG outscored HLO/Fulda 54-40 in the second half and overtime periods combined to earn the comeback win.

Ethan Mischke led the way for the Chargers with 34 points while Nathan Ross and Colton Pilaczynski each added 16. Ross and Pilaczynski led in rebounds with seven each while Ross led in assists with four.

WWG (16-8) will face Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey on Friday at 7:15 p.m.

WWG 26 42 12 — 79

HLO/Fulda 37 31 9 — 77

Scoring: WWG (Mischke 34; N. Ross, Pilaczynski 16; Lien 7; Kuehl, VanDeWiele 3).

Rebounds: WWG 34 (N. Ross, Pilaczynski 7).

Assists: WWG 13 (N. Ross 4).

Steals: WWG 5 (Mischke 2).

Blocks: WWG 8 (Kuehl 3).

Turnovers: WWG 10.

Minneota 81, TMB 59

TRACY — Minneota defeated Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 81-59 on Tuesday.

Logan Sussner led the way for Minneota with 23 points.

Jacob Citterman added 22 points in the win while Nolan Boerboom scored 16 points.

Tony Nelson scored 14 points to lead TMB.

Minneota will travel to Luverne on Friday while TMB will travel to Murray County Central on Friday.

Minneota 45 36 — 81

TMB 25 34 — 59

MINNEOTA: Saltzer 2-8 2-2 6, Sussner 9-11 5-9 23, Citterman 10-13 2-3 22, Buysse 4-10 0-0 9, Sorenson 2-5 0-0 5, Boerboom 5-14 2-3 16. TOTALS: 32-67 11-17 81.

TRACY-MILROY-BALATON: Tauer 1-10 1-2 4, Larson 3-9 0-0 7, Wendland 1-5 0-0 2, Zick 4-6 2-5 10, Swenhaugen 4-6 0-0 9, Fultz 0-0 1-2 1, Schmitt 1-1 0-0 2, Nelson 7-7 0-2 14, Gervais 5-9 0-0 10. TOTALS: 26-55 4-11 59.

REBOUNDS: TMB 22 (Tauer 5, Nelson 5). ASSISTS: TMB 15 (Tauer 9). STEALS: TMB 8 (Tauer 4). BLOCKS: TMB 5 (Nelson 2, VanDam 2). FOULS: TMB 16. TURNOVERS: TMB 11.

Lakeview 71, RTR 54

TYLER — Lakeview defeated Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 71-54 on Tuesday.

Colby Marczak led the way for Lakeview with 28 points.

Aaron Loe added 21 points and 10 rebounds in the win, while Billy Errington tallied 12 points and nine rebounds.

Lakeview will travel to Pipestone Area on Friday while RTR will travel to TMB on Friday.

Lakeview 35 36 — 71

RTR 24 30 — 54

LAKEVIEW: Marczak 12-20 1-1 28, Loe 9-19 0-0 21, Errington 6-13 0-2 12, Klocow 2-4 0-0 5, Hoffman 1-2 0-0 3, Gosmire 1-1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 31-63 1-3 71.

REBOUNDS: Lakeview 32 (Loe 10). ASSISTS: Lakeview 24 (Loe 7). STEALS: Lakeview 8 (Marczak 3). BLOCKS: Lakeview 4 (Errington 4). FOULS: Lakeview 13. TURNOVERS: Lakeview 8.

No. 4 SWC 82,

RRC 48

LAMBERTON — The fourth-ranked Southwest Minnesota Christian boys basketball team defeated Red Rock Central 82-48 on Tuesday night to clinch the Red Rock Conference regular season title outright.

Sam Helmer led RRC with 15 points and five assists.

Dominik Smith added nine points in the loss, while Mason Gode recorded seven points and three rebounds.

RRC (5-17) will travel to Hills-Beaver Creek on Thursday.

SWC 53 29 — 82

RRC 28 20 — 48

RED ROCK CENTRAL: Helmer 15, Smith 12, Klabunde 9, Gode 7, Bittner 2, J. Hansen 2, Willhite 1. REBOUNDS: RRC 15 (Gode 3). ASSISTS: RRC 12 (Helmer 5). STEALS: RRC 12 (Willhite 4). BLOCKS: RRC 1 (klabunde 1). FOULS: RRC 8. TURNOVERS: RRC 16.

DB 76, KMS 46

DAWSON — Dawson-Boyd defeated Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 76-46 on Tuesday.

Romell Horton scored 34 points to lead the way for Dawson-Boyd.

Zach Durfee added 20 points and 13 rebounds in the win, while Micah Olson scored 12 points.

DB will travel to Montevideo on Thursday.

KMS 24 22 — 46

DB 45 31 — 76

DAWSON-BOYD: Durfee 7-12 5-5 20, Horton 11-17 5-6 34, Kvaal 1-1 0-2 3, Olson 4-6 1-3 12, Stulz 0-2 1-2 1, Liebl 2-4 0-0 6. TOTALS: 25-46 12-18 76.

REBOUNDS: DB 24 (Durfee 13). ASSISTS: DB 7 (Horton 4). STEALS: DB 4. BLOCKS: DB 1 (Horton 1). FOULS: DB 10. TURNOVERS: DB 12.

Girls basketball

RRC 46, MACCRAY 45

CLARA CITY — With 15 seconds remaining in regulation, Hannah Evans scored the go-ahead basket to lead Red Rock Central to a 46-46 win over MACCRAY on Tuesday. It was the first lead of the game for RRC.

Evans finished with six points in the win.

Karli Arkell led the Falcons with 17 points and seven rebounds. Lily Stavnes added seven points and five steals in the win.

RRC will open Section 3A Tournament play on Saturday afternoon against MCC in Worthington.

RRC 20 26 — 46

MACCRAY 30 15 — 45

RED ROCK CENTRAL: Stavnes 7, Schroepfer 10, Bierl 6, Arkell 17, Evans 6.

REBOUNDS: RRC 30 (Arkell 7, Bierl 7, Schroepfer 7). ASSISTS: RRC 10 (Stavnes 2, Evans 2). STEALS: RRC 9 (Stavnes 5). BLOCKS: RRC 5 (Arkell 2). FOULS: RRC 14. TURNOVERS: RRC 16.

A/E 64, WWG 34

ADRIAN — Adrian/Ellsworth defeated Westbrook-Walnut Grove 64-34 on Tuesday.

Bethany Byers led WWG with 12 points and five rebounds.

Kelly Berglund added five points and seven rebounds for the Chargers.

WWG will face Southwest Minnesota Christian on Saturday afternoon in Worthington to open up the Section 3A Tournament.

WWG 16 18 — 34

A/E 43 21 — 64

WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE: Berglund 1-8 3-6 5, VandeKieft 0-5 2-2 2, Steen 1-4 2-2 4, Byers 4-5 4-4 12, DeSmith 0-1 4-8 4, Bunting 1-4 0-0 2, Jorgenson 1-3 0-0 3, Wiggins 0-1 2-2 2. TOTALS: 8-32 17-24 34.

REBOUNDS: WWG 26 (Berglund 7). ASSISTS: WWG 5 (Byers 2). STEALS: WWG 10 (Berglund 2, Byers 2, Jorgenson 2). BLOCKS: WWG 1 (Byers 1). FOULS: WWG 20. TURNOVERS: WWG 28.