PEQUOT LAKES — Alex Morgan led all scorers with 22 points and his teammate Bode Magnuson tallied 20 points as Pequot Lakes defeated Pillager 80-74 in overtime in a Section 7-2A matchup Monday, Feb 24.

Ty Swenson led Pillager with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Spencer Schaefer totaled 19 points and 13 rebounds. The Huskies, saw their four-game winning streak stopped and are now 2-3 against section opponents.

The Patriots won for the ninth time in their last ten games and improved to 6-3 against section opponents.

Pillager 34 37 3 -- 74

Pequot Lakes 38 33 9 -- 80

PILLAGER

Judah Beard 8, Carson VanVickle 16, Ty Swenson 21, Griffin Decker 2, Spencer Schaefer 19, Cole Hiltner 2, AJ Gratke 6. FT 13-24 (54%). Overall: 15-9. Next: at Bertha-Hewitt 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.

PEQUOT LAKES

Bode Magnuson 20, Daltin Ackerman 4, Alex Morgan 22, Korey Jackson 15, Ryan Monahan 8, Eli Laposky 9, Nic Kotaska 2. FT 18-31 (58%). Overall: 18-7. Next: hosts Perham 7:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.

Esko 75, Crosby-Ironton 57

ESKO —Crosby-Ironton’s Carsen Turk recorded 23 points for the Rangers as they lost 75-57 to the Esko Eskomos in a Section 7-2A game Monday, Feb. 24.

Jordan Oehrlein added 13 points and nine rebounds for the Rangers who are now 8-6 against section opponents.

Esko 32 43 -- 75

Crosby-Ironton 27 30 -- 57

ESKO

Eli Blue 7, Jonah Randa 4, Preston Lowe 10, Braden Gabel 2, Cade Berger 2, Payton Wefel 30, Riley Fischer 14, Connor Lahti 2. FG 23-43 (51%), FT 28-40 (70%).

CROSBY-IRONTON

Carter Smith 1, Cayden Turk 9, Carsen Turk 23, Colten Turk 5, Dietrich Winegarner 6, Jordan Oehrlein 13. FG 20-51 (39%), FT 11-18 (61%). Overall: 15-9. Next: at Cloquet 7:15 p.m. Thursday.

St. John’s Prep 66, Staples-Motley 60

COLLEGEVILLE — Izaiah DeMars led Staples-Motley with 14 points and Max Strickland and Sivert Klefsaas each added 10 in a 66-60 non-conference loss for the Cardinals to St. Johns Prep Monday, Feb 24.

The Cardinals trailed by 16 at the half and made up 10 points off the deficit in the second half before falling short at the end.

St. John’s 40 26 -- 66

Staples-Motley 24 36 -- 60

ST. JOHN’S PREP

Anson Mies 30, Logan Richter 2, Mekan Mamedov 18, Luke Meyer 6, Jason Meng 8. FT 13-27 (48%).

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Max Strickland 10, Isaiah Schultz 7, Sivert Klefsaas 10, Adam Oberlander 4, Izaiah DeMars 14, Ryan Wick 2, Ben Olander 4, Issac Kronenberg 8. FT 7-12 (58%). Overall: 5-20. Next: hosts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thursday, Feb. 27.

New York Mills 77, Verndale 41

VERNDALE —Verndale’s Hunter Umland registered 12 points for the Pirates as they fell 77-41 to the New York Mills Eagles Monday, Feb. 24 in a Park Region Conference game.

New York Mills 46 31 -- 77

Verndale 27 14 -- 41

NEW YORK MILLS

Noah Noffsinger 2, Tate Olson 14, Derin Gaudette 32, Jace Rudolph 4, Jonah Johnson 14, Eli Olson 2, Isaiah Laudenbach 3, Breck Hensch 6. FG 27-44 (61%), FT 17-22 (77%). 3-point 6-13 (46%).

VERNDALE

Ben Brownlow 3, Dilan Orlando 7, Zach Brownlow 4, Josh Johnson 3, Brandon Greenwaldt 7, Hunter Umland 12, Jacob Ismil 2, Austin Ludovissie 3. FG 15-38 (39%), FT 5-14 (36%). 3-point 6-17 (35%). Conference: 2-11. Overall: 3-21. Next: hosts Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.

East Grand Forks 78, Wadena-Deer Creek 67

EAST GRAND FORKS — Wadena-Deer Creek’s Bereket Loer recorded 20 points for the Wolverines as they fell 78-67 to the East Grand Forks Green Wave Monday, Feb. 24.

Cooper Folkestad added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Wolverines.

East Grand Forks 38 40 -- 78

Wadena-Deer Creek 29 38 -- 67

EAST GRAND FORKS

Nathan Willett 17, Carter Vasek 1, Nate Thompson 1, Sam Votava 25, Tanner Campos 6, Jeremiah Haavig 3, Tyler Aamodt 2, Julian Benson 10, Ayden Stainbrook 13. FG 30-68 (44%), FT 11-16 (69%). 3-point 7-30 (23%).

WADENA-DEER CREEK

Bereket Loer 20, Lucas Hinojos 6, Tony Kreklau 6, Aiden Larson 8, Payton Rondestvedt 12, Zach Shaw 2, Cooper Folkestad 13. FG 25-51 (49%), FT 7-14 (50%). 3-point 10-22 (45%). Overall: 15-10. Next: at Vernadle 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.