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SMSU women hold off UMC on Tropical Night

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University womens basketball team held off a second-half push from the University of Minnesota Crookston for a 76-66 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference win Saturday night in the Mustangs’ annual Tropical Night game. SMSU had a 46-26 lead at halftime, and although the Golden Eagles outscored the Mustangs in both the third and fourth quarter, Audrey Swanson’s 20 points and Natalie Nielsen’s 14-point, 14-rebound double-double helped the Mustangs stay in front. Saturday marked Swanson’s eighth game of the season scoring 20 or more ...

Zick, Lanoue lead TMB past MACCRAY in double-OT thriller

TRACY — Griffin Zick and Connor Lanoue led the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys basketball team back from a halftime deficit to a double-overtime win over MACCRAY on Monday in Camden Conference play. The Panthers trailed by 4 at the midway point, but battled back to tie it at 63-all at the end of regulation, eventually resulting in an 85-77 win for the Panthers. Lanoue led TMB in assists with 11 and his six rebounds were tied with Jackson Kruse for third on the team behind Aiden Sanow’s 13 and Eli Lightfoot’s nine. Lanoue also scored 23 points on 7 of 16 shooting from the field with ...

Carter sets WWG rebounds record

WWG 80, YME 60 WESTBROOK — Leah Carter set the Westbrook-Walnut Grove girls basketball career rebounding record on Monday night as the Chargers earned an 80-60 non-conference win over Yellow Medicine East. Carter now has 952 career boards after surpassing the previous record of 942. She also was WWG’s leading scorer in the game with 25 points while Carli Ross added another 20 points. Bayli Sneller, Bailey Mortenson and Charlotte Paslawski each scored 14 points for YME in the loss while Alana Almich added another 12. Mortenson and Almich also grabbed 14 and 13 rebounds, ...

SMSU inducts newest members of Athletics Hall of Honor

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University Athletics inducted eight new members and a team into its Athletics Hall of Honor on Saturday at the Upper Level Conference Center in Marshall. The inductees included athletes Sara Graf of the volleyball team, Amanda Tucci of the softball team, ...