PILLAGER -- Pillager's Megan Carlson led all scorers with 21 points and Amy Fredman corralled 10 rebounds as the Huskies dumped New York Mills 40-38 Tuesday for their first win of the season.
Tiffany Dixon added 12 points for the Huskies.
New York Mills 6 14 6 12 -- 38
Pillager 13 10 8 9 -- 40
NEW YORK MILLS
Welter 5, Wegscheid 4, Haakana 4, Boe 4, Nelson 6 McCall 2, Hofland 11, Wallgren 2. FG 14, FT 7-10 (70 percent). 3-point baskets: 1 (Welter).
PILLAGER
Brooke Steffen 4, Megan Carlson 21, Katie Terpin 1, Tiffany Dixon 12, Amy Fredman 2. FG 12, FT 10-18 (56 percent). 3-point baskets: 2 (Carlson 2). Conference -- 1-3. Overall -- 1-6. Next game: at Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Pierz 55, B-B-E 49
PIERZ -- The Pierz Pioneers, led by Kayla Meyer's 14 points, outscored Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 22-12 in the fourth quarter and posted a Central Minnesota Conference victory Tuesday.
Mel Waytashek scored 13 points and Kristen Sczublewski 12 for Pierz.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 14 13 10 12 -- 49
Pierz 18 10 5 22 -- 55
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA
Kelly Hiesrich 8, Tiffany Gruber 8, Holly Thompson 6, April Hansen 16, Alyssa Lundgren 4, Ashley Reelike 2, Krista Lundgren 2, Kristen Hagen 3
PIERZ
Mel Waytashek 13, Kayla Meyer 14, Kristin Sczublewski 12, Jenae Swanson 3, Sarah Froelich 4, Kaitlyn Jensen 7, Tina Pohlkamp 2. 3-point baskets: 4 (Sczublewski 2, Meyer 2). Conference -- 3-1. Overall -- 6-4. Next game: at Eden Valley-Watkins 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Fergus Falls 48,
Little Falls 40
LITTLE FALLS -- Elizabeth Schulz scored 11 points for the Little Falls Flyers in a non-conference loss to the Fergus Falls Otters Tuesday.
Fergus Falls 11 7 8 22 -- 48
Little Falls 5 16 10 9 -- 40
LITTLE FALLS
Izzy Anderson 2, Staci Kallis 3, Elizabeth Schulz 11, Bobbie Waldvogel 5, Sarah Kallis 2, Heather Wozniak 9, Megan Meyer 4, Brittany Dobmeier 4. 3-point baskets: 1 (Schulz). Conference -- 1-6. Overall -- 1-9. Next game: at Rocori 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Menahga 59,
Verndale 28
VERNDALE -- The Verndale Pirates dropped a Park Region Conference matchup to the Menahga Braves Tuesday.
Menahga 19 14 14 12 -- 59
Verndale 8 4 3 13 -- 28
MENAHGA
Megan Cleveland 11, Hannah Dissmore 4, Rachel Bruer 1, Cherie Niska 1, Valerie Haapaja 2, Jessica Cox 9, Cari Neisess 14, Erica Cleveland 17. FG 20-35 (57 percent), FT 12-18 (67 percent). 3-point baskets: 7 (M.Cleveland 3, Neisess 2, E.Cleveland 2).
VERNDALE
Christy Schmitz 4, Hilary Kern 2, Cayla Collison 3, Kelly Stave 5, Chelsa Beaver 4, Maria Moenkedick 2, Megan Hejhal 2, Kayla Hackler 1, Nicole Cannon 5. FG 12-46 (26 percent), FT 3-10 (30 percent). 3-point baskets: 1 (Collison). Conference -- 2-2. Overall -- 4-5. Next game: at Bertha 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Detroit Lakes 69,
Pine River-Backus 23
DETROIT LAKES -- Pine River-Backus'' Chelsey Dabill scored nine points as the Detroit Lakes Lakers clawed the Tigers in Mid-State Conference basketball Tuesday.
Pine River-Backus 3 8 6 6 -- 23
Detroit Lakes 13 23 19 14 -- 69
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Chelsey Dabill 9, Kayla Hamilton 6, Krystle Hamilton 2, Caitlyn Mecklenberg 2, Kayla Anderson 4. 3-point baskets: 1 (Dabill). Conference -- 0-4. Overall -- 1-7. Next game: host Staples-Motley 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Deer River 71,
Aitkin 30
DEER RIVER -- Lindsey Chenevert scored six points as the Aitkin Gobblers lost to the Deer River Warriors in non-conference play Tuesday.
Aitkin 4 8 5 13 -- 30
Deer River 13 21 20 17 - 71
AITKIN
Angie Carlson 4, Lindsey Chenevert 6, Ellie Cox 2, Lauren Eno 1, Angrid Kezar 2, Svea Lindgren 1, Katie Olson 4, Laura Wagner 10.
DEER RIVER
Stephanie Ayers 15, Marie Booth 10, Brittany Brink 13, Danielle Robinson 2, Amanda Schjenken 7, Kathy Seelye 13, Lulu Seelye 9, Nikki White 2. 3-point baskets: 3 (Seelye, Schjenken, Ayers).
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