The Brandon-Evansville boys basketball team (4-2) traveled almost two hours for the Lakeview Tournament in Cottonwood and secured a win in its first game of the tournament by beating Cedar Mountain (3-3) in a 66-57 game Wednesday.

“Overall, I thought we played with good energy,” B-E head coach Trent Hintermeister said. “Cedar Mountain never went away. We had multiple double-digit leads and they would fight back to make it close all night long. We had a lot of players play well and do multiple things to help us get the win.”

Four players finished in double figures as junior guard Dezmond White led the way with 20 points. Tyler Bitzan added 16, and Titus Fuller and Micah Fuller had 13 and 11 points, respectively. Riley Perleberg (3), Brady Perleberg (2) and Lucas Fuller (1) rounded out the scoring.

The Chargers will now face the host school at 7 p.m. in Lakeview with the Lakers sitting at 8-0 after beating Ortonville 77-39 on Wednesday. Lakeview is beating teams by more than 26 points per game through its 8-game winning streak.

“We will have to clean some things up to come away with a win (Thursday),” Hintermeister said.

B-E girls snap 4-game skid

The Brandon-Evansville girls basketball team (3-4) was also in Cottonwood on Wednesday for the Lakeview Holiday Tournament as the Chargers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 59-56 win over Cedar Mountain (2-6).

“It was a competitive game with multiple lead changes in the second half,” B-E head coach Zach Traphagen said. “I thought the girls did a really nice job of staying patient offensively, taking good shots, and moving the ball around the perimeter. We shot very poorly from the free-throw line, but made some timely ones late in the game to seal the win.”

Kylee Dingwall had a team-high 16 points for the Chargers while adding four assists, five steals and four rebounds. Olivia Otto added 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 assists.

“It feels good to get back in the win column after a tough 4-game stretch,” Traphagen said. “(Thursday) we will play Lakeview, so we will need to carry over this momentum into the game.”

That game is set to start at 5:30 p.m. in Cottonwood.

B-E 59, CEDAR MOUNTAIN 56

B-E TOTALS - FG - 19-58; Three-point FG - 6-17; FT - 15-31; Assists - 9; Blocks - 2; Rebounds - 30; Steals - 17; Deflections - 11; Turnovers - 9

B-E - Grace Otto - 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal; Sophie Koep - 1 rebound, 1 steal; Olivia Otto - 14 points, 3 assists, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 deflections; Sydney Schaefer - 5 points, 2 assists, 4 rebounds; Kaytlyn Pattrin - 7 points, 1 block, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 deflections; EmmaLee Brethorst - 2 points, 1 block, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 1 deflection; Skylar Bitzan - 2 points; Kylee Dingwall - 15 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 5 steals, 1 deflection; Madison Anderson - 3 points, 1 deflection; Kiley Lund - 5 points, 6 rebounds; Taylin Kramer - 1 rebound

WCA boys dominate opener in Pelican Rapids

The West Central Area boys basketball team led 52-6 at halftime against Underwood in its opening game of the Pelican Rapids Tournament on Wednesday.

The Knights went on to win 77-25 to up their record to 6-1, while the Rockets fell to 1-5.

WCA 77, UNDERWOOD 25

TOTALS - WCA - FG - 32-55; Three-point FG - 8-20; FT - 5-8; Rebounds - 39; Underwood - FG - 8-33; Three-point FG - 2-12; FT - 7-13; Rebounds - 15; Turnovers - 29

WCA - Jacob Strunk - 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals; Ryder Staples - 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals; Cam Anderson - 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals; Cole Anderson - 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals; Brayden Stark - 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Mitch Dewey - 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist; Bryce Kjesbo - 6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 assists; Roman Mihailovschi - 6 points, 2 steals, 1 assist; Isaac Kreft - 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist; Peyton Hanson - 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Tyler Biss - 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist; Brett Amundson - 1 rebound, 1 steal; Brady Lindquist - 1 rebound

UNDERWOOD SCORING - Drew Evavold - 6; Jayden Harig - 5; Kaleb Hammes - 4; Evan Lundgren - 3; Owen Harig - 3; Gavin Paasch - 2; Cole Peterson - 1; Hudson Risbrudt - 1

WCA girls beat good Underwood team

The West Central Area girls basketball team handed Underwood its first loss of the season at the Pelican Rapids Tournament on Wednesday.

The Knights (4-2) got good production from up and down the lineup again to beat the now 7-1 Rockets. Lexi Bright had 15 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 defensive deflections, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Claire Stark had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Kaitlyn Hansen added double figures with 10 points as well.

WCA 56, UNDERWOOD 47

WCA - Addison Staples - 9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists; Lexi Bright - 15 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 5 rebounds, 4 deflections; Claire Stark - 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks; Kaitlyn Hansen - 10 points, 3 deflections, 1 assist, 1 steal; Mya Foslien - 4 points, 3 assists 1 rebound; Halle Foslien - 2 points, 1 deflection; Macy Grosz - 2 assists, 1 deflection, 1 steal; Elizabeth Rustan - 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 deflections

Girls basketball scores from Dec. 29

(Stats not yet available)

Cambridge-Isanti (7-2) 57, Alexandria (3-4) 52