No. 2AA Waseca 88,

No. 10AAA Marshall 73

WASECA — A red-hot shooting night from Cooper Mensink wasn’t enough to boost the Class AAA No. 10 Marshall boys basketball team to a revenge win over Class AA No. 2 Waseca on Friday night. Mensink scored a team-high 28 points, but Waseca’s Deron and Damarius Russell scored 28 and 29 respectively as the Bluejays topped the Tigers 88-73.

When Marshall and Waseca last met on Jan. 4, the Bluejays defeated the Tigers 71-52. The Tigers responded to the loss with eight consecutive victories, but have now lost two in a row after falling to South Dakota Class AA No. 2 Brandon Valley 65-60 on Tuesday.

Mensink shot 10 of 18 from the field in the game and, more impressively, 7 of 13 from beyond the arc. Alex Franson was Marshall’s second-leading scorer in the game with 11 points on 5 of 14 shooting while Mason Graven added another 8 after making each of his three field goal attempts.

In addition to the Russells, Carson Ohnstad also scored 21 points for the Bluejays.

Despite the loss, Marshall controlled the glass in the game. The Tigers outrebounded the Bluejays 32-18, including an 11-7 edge on the offensive glass. Oliver Boigt led the team with seven total and three offensive rebounds, while Mensink grabbed another five total boards.

Turnovers were a major factor in the game’s outcome; Waseca came away with 12 steals to Marshall’s five. Franson accounted for four of the Tigers’ five steals on the defensive end while Graven accounted for the other, as well as a block. Voigt blocked two shots as well.

Marshall falls to 14-5 with the loss and will look to return to form when it opens a five-game homestand against Class AA No. 3 Harrisburg (S.D.) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game is the Tigers’ third consecutive game against a team ranked top 3 in its class.

MLAC 70, MCC 65 

MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Murray County Central boys basketball team fell just short to Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 70-65 Friday evening, and four players finished in double digits. 

Adian Swenson finished with a double-double performance of 14 points and a team-high 15 rebounds. 

Gavin Gillette led the way with 17 points, while Hudson Schryvers tallied 15, and Dylan Kluis finished with 14 points. 

The Rebels shot 42% from the field, 24% from the 3-point line and went 9 of 14 from the free throw. 

MCC trailed 3 points at halftime, 30-27, and fought the entire night but couldn’t quite get over the hump. 

MCC (11-7) will look to get back in the win column when it next travels to No. 9 Hills-Beaver Creek (16-1) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. 

WWG 79, A/E 50 

WESTBROOK — Hudsen Jenniges put up an impressive 18-point, 12-rebound, seven-assist and four-steal stat line to help the Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys basketball team fly past Adrian-Ellsworth 79-50 Friday night. 

Along with Jenniges, Drew Swanson had also had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Jackson Jenniges tallied 19 points behind five 3-pointers. 

Neil Kuehl also distributed seven assists. 

WWG improves to 14-6 overall and has a few days off from gameplay. The Chargers will next host ninth-ranked Hills-Beaver Creek (17-1) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

RTR 74, HLOF 32

OKABENA –The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton boys basketball team picked up its 12th consecutive win on Friday night, more than doubling up the Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda boys basketball team for a 74-32 victory.

Chase Christianson led the team with 19 points in the victory while Sean Griesse and Colten Thomsen added another 13 each. Luke Schreurs also scored 9 points for RTR.

The Knights (16-2) will return to action on Monday, hosting Minneota (7-10) at 7:30 p.m.

HBC 87, RRC 53

HILLS –The Red Rock Central boys basketball team had no answer for No. 10 Hills-Beaver Creek’s offense on Friday night, falling 87-53 to the Patriots.

Henry Stavnes led the Falcons with 23 points and six rebounds in the game while Abe Stavnes added another 12 points.

The Falcons kept pace with HBC in the second half, only getting outscored by 2 points, but the 48-16 halftime deficit was too much to overcome.

RRC falls to 3-16 and goes on the road to face Adrian-Ellsworth (5-13) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

PREP GIRLS

Minneota 71, YME 56

GRANITE FALLS — Jaylyn Coequyt’s 30-point performance helped the Minneota girls basketball team get back in the win column at Yellow Medicine East Friday night. The Vikings defeated the Sting 71-56 behind 24 forced turnovers.

Coequyt added nine rebounds with her points. Both Sarah Gruenes and Claire Rost finished with 11 points apiece as well. Gruenes grabbed another eight boards, and Kiersyn Hulzebos had a game-high six steals.

For YME, Bailey Mortenson finished with a team-high 24 points on 45% field goal shooting with 10 rebounds. Alana Almich followed with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Bayli Sneller added 11 points.

Overall, Minneota shot 43% from the field and went 3 of 7 from the perimeter. The Sting were limited to a 35% field goal shooting night, despite shooting 6 of 18 at the arc.

YME (8-14) will look to end a six-game loss streak next when it hosts Renville County West (5-15) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Minneota (14-9) travels to take on No. 9 Hancock (16-3) on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Canby 66, RCW 42

RENVILLE — Brynn Kockelman’s 21-point performance led the Canby girls basketball team past Renville County West 66-42 Friday evening, marking its third consecutive win.

Kockelman shot 50% on the night, going 8 of 16 from the field including five 3-pointers.

Ava Danielson also tallied 18 points with eight rebounds.

The Lancers built up a 37-14 halftime lead, which was enough buffer to carry them through the rest of the game as RCW had a better shooting effort through the second half.

Canby shot 35% from the field and 29% from the 3, while limiting RCW to just 23% in the field also with a 23% 3-point outing.

Canby (13-9) will look for its fourth straight when it next travels to Montevideo (8-11) for a 7:15 p.m. tipoff on Monday.