MARSHALL — Strong effort on the offensive glass wasn’t enough for the Marshall boys basketball team to take down No. 8 Mankato East on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers trailed the Cougars by a single point at halftime, 32-31, but Mankato East pulled away down the stretch to defeat Marshall 71-61.

Oliver Voigt led Marshall offensively with 22 points on 8 of 17 shooting from the field. He knocked down four of his eight attempts from 3-point range and his six rebounds were a team-high.

The Tigers grabbed eight offensive rebounds, led by two from Andrew Lee, compared to Mankato East’s four. The advantage in second-chance opportunities wasn’t enough to get the Tigers on top, however, as the Cougars finished with 30 total rebounds to Marshall’s 28.

Levi Maeyaert dished out a team-leading three assists for Marshall.

Lee was Marshall’s second-leading scorer with 10 points on 4 of 7 shooting.

Amari Nobles and Lucas Gustafson led the Mankato East scorers with 22 and 20 points, respectively. Noble also posted game-highs with eight rebounds and four assists in the game.

Marshall falls to 6-5 with the loss and looks to remain above .500 when it hosts New Ulm (5-6) tonight at 7:15 p.m.

Minneota 57, BOLD 55

BIRD ISLAND — The Minneota boys basketball team snapped a five-game skid on Monday night, picking up a 57-55 Camden Conference win over BOLD.

Tristen Sussner and Jase Sorensen finished the game as Minneota’s leading scorers, with Sussner shooting 4 of 5 from 3-point range and Sorensen shooting 5 of 7 on 2-point attempts. Sorensen also tied Ian Myhre with a team-high three assists.

Hunter Carstensen led the Vikings on the glass with 12 rebounds while Leo Hennen and Myhre each grabbed another nine. Carstensen and Myhre each had four of their boards come on the offensive glass, leading to a 13-9 offensive rebounding advantage.

Myhre snagged six steals in the game.

Minneota improves to 3-8 with the win and goes on the road to take on Ortonville (3-8) tonight at 7:30 p.m.

RRC 77, MLAC 68

MOUNTAIN LAKE — Henry Stavnes exploded for 37 points to lead the Red Rock Central boys basketball team to a 77-68 win over Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Monday night.

Finn Batalden finished with another 20 points, while Carter Therkilsen led the Falcons with nine rebounds to his three assists. Stavnes also had seven rebounds, and team-highs of five assists and five steals.

RRC (3-10) will return home to host Edgerton (8-2) on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

No. 7 HBC 81, MCC 60

SLAYTON — Four different players finished in double-digit scoring, but the Murray County Central couldn’t fully take down No. 7 Hills-Beaver Creek in an 81-60 loss Monday night.

Dugan Kluis, Tayden Beerman and Aiden Swenson all shared a team-high 12 points, while Wyatt Thompson added in another 10 and led the Rebels with six rebounds. Beerman’s points came from a team-best four 3-pointers.

MCC (6-4) will look to get back on track when it hosts Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (6-5) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

SWMC 74, WWG 61

EDGERTON — The Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys basketball team fell 74-61 to Southwest Minnesota Christian in Red Rock Conference play on Monday night despite 34 points from Drew Swanson.

Swanson knocked down three 3-pointers in the game, scoring 18 of his points in the first half and 16 in the second. He also tied Jackson Jenniges and Max Wiborg with a team-high eight rebounds.

Jenniges also scored 12 points in the game while Neil Kuehl contributed three steals and four assists.

WWG falls to 7-4 on the season and next tries to knock off undefeated No. 7 Hills-Beaver Creek (10-0) in Hills on Thursday.