COLD SPRING — Josh Wenzel totaled 18 points and Thomas Smith tallied 15 for the Little Falls Flyers in a 72-65 victory over Rocori Tuesday.
It was the fifth-straight win for Little Falls, which shot 52-percent from the field.
Collin Eckman added 14 points for the 18-5 Flyers.
Rocori 31 34 — 65
Little Falls 35 37 — 72
ROCORI
Mac Mueller 8, Sean Terres 6, Sam Moriarty 4, Nathan Meyer 25, Zach Templin 4, Jonah Eisenschenk 18. FG 27-48 (56 percent), FT 8-13 (62 percent), 3-point baskets: 3-9 (33 percent).
LITTLE FALLS
Collin Eckman 14, Grant Bell 9, Josh Wenzel 18, Matt Valentine 8, Spencer Lubbers 8, Thomas Smith 15. FG 26-50 (52 percent), FT 9-13 (69 percent), 3-point baskets: 11-26 (42 percent). Overall: 18-5. Next: hosts Willmar 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Verndale 75,
Sebeka 62
VERNDALE — Dallas Ehrmantraut scored 21 points, leading the Verndale Pirates, who had lost four of their last five games, to a 75-62 victory against the Sebeka Trojans in a Park Region Conference game Tuesday.
Aaron Denny added 18 points in the Pirates’ second victory over Sebeka. Verndale beat the Trojans 68-60 on Jan. 19.
Verndale 28 47 — 75
Sebeka 21 41 — 62
VERNDALE
Christian Siedschlaw 7, Marcos Gomez 10, Dallas Ehrmantraut 21, Josh Gilb 9, James Kveton 4, Travis Lollar 5, Aaron Denny 18. FT 18-31 (58 percent). Conference: 5-6. Overall: 7-14. Next: hosts Swanville 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Maple Lake 66,
Pierz 63
MAPLE LAKE — Pierz’s Cullin Carter finished with 20 points in Tuesday’s 66-63 Central Minnesota Conference loss to Maple Lake.
Jess Kasper and Caleb Janson each hit for 14 points for the Pioneers, who lost for just the second time in their last eight games.
Maple Lake 33 33 — 66
Pierz 31 32 — 63
MAPLE LAKE
Zach Stokman 12, Donnie Mavencamp 12, Brady Gagnon 7, Joe Mooney 4, David Stokman 14, Jake Johnson 11, Isaac Kotila 6. FG 15-32 (47 percent), FT 9-12 (75 percent), 3-point baskets: 9-25 (36 percent).
PIERZ
Mitch Bednar 4, Ben Boser 3, Jess Kasper 14, Preston Weber 8, Caleb Janson 14, Cullin Carter 20. FG 24-50 (48 percent), FT 6-11 (55 percent), 3-point baskets: 3-15 (20 percent). Conference: 9-2. Overall: 17-6. Next: hosts Kimball 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Perham 61,
Pequot Lakes 36
PEQUOT LAKES — The Pequot Lakes Patriots’ two-game winning streak was snapped after a 61-36 loss to Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Perham Yellowjackets Tuesday.
It was the sixth-straight victory for Perham, which was led by Mark Schumacher’s 17 points.
Perham 33 28 — 61
Pequot Lakes 9 27 — 36
PERHAM
Mark Schumacher 17, Eli Beachy 3, Jordan Bruhn 3, Jordan Cresap 14, Mike Wiskow 6, Jordan Anderson 12, Hunter Salathe 2, Dan Cavanagh 4. FT 7-12 (58 percent).
PEQUOT LAKES
Connor Leagjeld 1, Nevin Greer 3, Logan Lange 9, Nolan Michaelson 5, Jordan Redmond 9, Nic Olmscheid 2, Travis Jacobson 7. FT 10-18 (55 percent). Overall: 13-11. Next: hosts Esko 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Henning 56,
Pillager 53
HENNING — Cole Hunstad scored 15 points for the Pillager Huskies, who saw their six-game winning streak snapped with Tuesday’s 56-53 Park Region Conference loss to the Henning Hornets.
EJ Ziegler added 14 points for the Huskies, who defeated the Hornets 62-54 on Jan. 19.
Henning 28 28 — 56
Pillager 34 19 — 53
HENNING
Collin Dague 12, Anders Amundson 8, Brandon DeBauche 2, Zach Torgerson 9, Aaron Suchy 2, Kaleb Thalmann 8, Andrew Smith 15. FT 8-10 (80 percent).
PILLAGER
Devin Strack 3, Alex Holbrook 8, Conner Uselman 5, EJ Ziegler 14, Cole Hunstad 15, Adam Obermiller 4, Isaac Jacobson 4. FT 7-10 (70 percent). Conference: 9-2. Overall: 17-6. Next: at Pine River-Backus 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
