Big Second Half Carries Blooming Prairie Boys Basketball to Victory

The Blooming Prairie boys basketball team outscored Lyle/Pacelli 40-29 in the second half Thursday for a 68-58 road victory. Four Awesome Blossoms reached double figures.

BP shot 56 percent on the night to turn a 29-28 halftime deficit into a win. They held the Athletics to just 31 percent shooting. Blooming Prairie was led by Gabe Hagen with 21 points. Max Romeo had 16, Seth Bedenbaugh scored 15 and Jake Ressler added 12. Blooming Prairie blocked seven shots. Blooming Prairie (10-13) ended a six-game losing streak with the win. BP hosts Faribault Bethlehem Academy on Monday night.

Scoreboard, Thursday, February 16
Boys basketball
Blooming Prairie 68, Lyle/Pacelli 58
Maple River 77, Faribault BA 50
Red Wing 58, Stewartville 56, overtime
Rochester Century 63, Faribault 47
Rochester Mayo 65, Mankato West 63
Randolph 52, Kenyon-Wanamingo 48

Girls basketball
Dover-Eyota 70, Medford 56
Lake City 74, Triton 58
Hayfield 67, Cannon Falls 34
Rochester Lourdes 80, Pine Island 34
Rochester Mayo 49, Red Wing 35
St. Clair 61, Faribault BA 57

Boys hockey
La Crescent 6, Dodge County 1
Albert Lea 9, Faribault 1
Mankato East 4, Rochester Century 1
Red Wing 4, Northfield 1
Rochester John Marshall 5, Austin 3
Rochester Lourdes 7, Mankato West 1

Girls hockey
Section 1AA championship
Farmington 4, Lakeville South 1
Section 1A championship
Northfield 2, Red Wing 0

Gymnastics
Mankato West won the Section 2A championship

Junior hockey
Steele County 4, River Falls 2

Schedule, Friday, February 17
Boys basketball
Kenyon-Wanamingo at Triton
Redwood Valley at NRHEG
WEM at Medford

Girls basketball
Owatonna at Red Wing, 7:30PM on KRFO AM 1390
Mankato Loyola at Blooming Prairie
Medford at WEM
NRHEG at USC
Triton at Kenyon-Wanamingo

Gymnastics
Section 1AA meet at Owatonna High School, 6:30PM