WILLMAR — Cooper Mensink was on fire from 3-point range on Tuesday night, knocking down four of his six attempts from long range to put together a 25-point outing and lead the Marshall boys basketball team to an 85-51 road win over Willmar on Tuesday night.

Mensink wasn’t the only Tiger whose shots were falling from long range. Braxton Koster knocked down three from behind the arc while Jackson Baynard hit another two 3-pointers. As a team, Marshall shot 11-of-20 from long range compared to Willmar’s 5-of-14 shooting. Baynard and Koster finished with 15 and 13 points respectively while JR Vierstraete scored another 10.

Another area in which the Tigers excelled was their passing. They out-assisted Willmar 11-5, led by three assists each from Baynard and Ashton Blomberg, and turned the ball over just 13 times to Willmar’s 19.

Mensink and Vierstraete each played a major role in the turnover battle with two steals each while Jack Meier and Mason Eickhoff each had a block.

Alex Fransen led Marshall to a 34-30 advantage in rebounds by securing three offensive and three defensive rebounds. Koster also added another two on each end of the court while Blomberg and Eickhoff each grabbed three defensive rebounds and an offensive board.

Marshall (2-0) will look to keep the wins coming when it faces Worthington on the road on Friday. The Trojans are also 2-0 at the time of press.

Benson 67, YME 60

BENSON — Benson downed Yellow Medicine East 67-60 Tuesday in a nonconference boys basketball game.

Drew Almich led The Sting with 19 points and six rebounds, while Jacob Peterson had 17 points.

YME (0-2) travels to Lakeview on Friday.

RRC 59, Sleepy Eye 58

SLEEPY EYE — Isaac Simonson nearly put together a triple-double, finishing with 18 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, to lead the Red Rock Central boys basketball team to a narrow 59-58 win over Sleepy Eye on Tuesday night.

Jayden Lang made an impact on both ends of the court with 16 points and four steals while Corey Arkell made his size known with nine rebounds and 8 points. Austin Senst also helped space the floor by knocking down three 3-pointers.

Red Rock Central (1-0) will look to pick up another win when it hosts Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (0-1) on Thursday.

Windom 74, WWG 71