Huskies run down McGregor

McGREGOR - Amy Fredman registered 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Pillager Huskies knocked off the McGregor Mercs Monday in the opening round of the McGregor girls' basketball holiday tournament.

Amy Kientzle scored nine points to push Pillager into Tuesday's championship game against Ogilvie.

Pillager 27 26 - 53

McGregor 14 21 - 35

PILLAGER

Lena Unger 6, Kelly Johnson 4, Shelby Nokken 4, Rachel Sebasky 4, Amy Kientzle 9, Jackie White 4, Amy Fredman 22. Team totals: Overall: 4-3. Next game: vs. Ogilvie in McGregor tournament 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

McGREGOR

Casey Pierce 3, Hope Sorensen 10, Jennifer Troup 2, Sarah Sample 7, Dani Hawkinson 11, Lacie Campbell 2. Team totals: 3-point baskets: 5 (Sorensen 2, Hawkinson 3).

Menahga 65, PR-B 62 (OT)

MENAHGA - Despite 19 points and 17 rebounds from Naomi Anderson and 26 points from Taylor Sheley, the Pine River-Backus Tigers fell to the Menahga Braves 65-62 in overtime Monday.

PR-B outrebounded Menahga 36-18, but couldn't contain the outside shooting of the Braves, which recorded 11 3-point baskets.

Pine River-Backus 28 29 5 - 62

Menahga 31 26 8 - 65

PINE RIVER-BACKUS

Taylor Sheley 26, Krystle Hamilton 5, Katie Wangberg 6, Laura Kaiser 2, Caitlyn Mecklenberg 4, Naomi Anderson 19. Team totals: 3-point baskets: 4 (Sheley 2, Hamilton 1, Wangberg 1). Overall: 4-2. Next game: hosts Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

MENAHGA

Megan Cleveland 26, Rachael Bruer 15, Hannah Dissmore 18, Kendra Skoog 2, Kati Neisess 2, Tarah Cleveland 2. Team totals: 3-point baskets: 11 (Cleveland 5, Bruer 4, Dissmore 2). Overall: 6-1.

Perham 78, W-DC 75 (2OT)

WADENA - It required two overtimes for the Perham Yellowjackets to escape with a 78-75 non-conference, girls' basketball victory against the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Monday.

Courtney Volkmann led W-DC with 21 points followed by Jordan Moenkedick's 13, Kendra Grothmann's 12 and Brigetta Berg's 11.

Perham 29 32 7 10 - 78

Wadena-Deer Creek 24 37 7 7 - 75

WADENA-DEER CREEK

Brigetta Berg 11, Steph Perkins 5, Courtney Volkmann 21, Kendra Grothmann 12, Hannah Askew 1, Lorraine Endres 8, Avery Jackson 4, Jordan Moenkedick 13. Team totals: FT 21-25 (84 percent), 3-point baskets: 6 (Berg 2, Grothmann 3, Volkmann 1). Overall: 2-5. Next game: at Pine River-Backus 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

PERHAM

Tara Sailer 17, Becca Peloquin 13, Steph Miller 6, Rachel Pfeffer 3, Tiffany Schroeer 18, Sara Formanek 8, Elisa Moenkedick 13. Team totals: FG (percent), FT 28-39 (percent), 3-point baskets: 2 (Sailer 2). Overall: 2-3.