FAIRMONT — Post player Taylor Crissinger and point guard Lexi Lunn gave credence to Fairmont’s senior night by combining for 43 points during the Cardinals basketball team’s victory over the Worthington Trojans on Tuesday night.

Crissinger produced a game-high double-double performance of 28 points and 14 rebounds to complement five blocked shots and four steals, while Lunn delivered 15 points to power Fairmont to a 64-58 Big South Conference decision over Worthington.

“Our only two senior players really stepped it up tonight,” said Fairmont assistant coach Chris Voss. “We didn’t panic when Worthington made a late run at us in the second half and found a way to regain our composure down the stretch.

“We just stuck with running our offense, made them foul us and then made enough free throws to win.”

Crissinger poured in 18 of her career-high 28 points before Maggy Totzke converted a late one-and-one situation to stake Fairmont to a 36-28 lead by intermission.

Worthington, however, assembled a 10-0 scoring surge during the second half to knot the game at 44 and 46 with less than 7 minutes remaining in regulation.

Madisyn Huisman, who finished with a team-best 18 points for the Trojans, drilled a 3-pointer and two free throws to sandwich teammate Payton Sauerbrei’s two charity tosses to ignite the deficit-erasing run.

Trailing 48-47 after two more Huisman free throws, Lunn single-handedly reeled off eight consecutive points to re-establish Fairmont’s lead to 55-50 with 3:17 remaining in the second half.

Cadence Becker’s floor-burning hustle set up one of Lunn’s jumpers before Crissinger’s steal led to Maggy Totzke’s ensuing assist to Lunn for a layup.

Olivia Hayenga tossed in two of her 12 bench points on a reverse layup to inch the Trojans within 58-53, but Crissinger literally took control on the boards down the stretch to nail the Cardinals’ triumph.

Crissinger connected on 8 of 12 field goals en route to 18 points during the opening half. Crissinger and Faith Olson combined to trigger Fairmont’s early 10-0 offensive avalanche with 9 minutes left in the first segment.

Crissinger swooshed one of her two 3-pointers off one of Totzke’s four assists before nailing a 15-footer off Lunn’s inbound pass. Olson tossed in the second of her two 3-pointers via Becker’s kickout pass from the low post before Olson slashed through right-wing traffic for a runner off a Crissinger assist to build an 18-7 lead.

Olson finished with eight points off the Fairmont bench, Totzke went 6-for-6 at the free throw line to account for all of her points, while Becker grabbed six rebounds and doled out four assists.

Sauerbrei finished with 14 points, four steals and three assists for the Trojans, while Hayenga went 5-for-6 from the floor to pace her 12-point effort.

Fairmont (6-11) travels to Blue Earth Area on Friday night for a 6 p.m. tipoff. Worthington (3-10) hits the road to Luverne on Thursday night.

Worthington 28-30–58

Fairmont 36-28–64

FAIRMONT (64)

Crissinger 10-17 6-10 28, Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Becker 1-2 0-0 2, Quiring 1-3 2-4 5, Lunn 5-14 4-5 15, Olson 3-5 0-0 8, Totzke 0-3 6-6 6, Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-45 18-25 64.

WORTHINGTON (58)

Othow 1-6 1-2 3, Huisman 4-10 8-10 18, Wietzema 2-12 0-2 4, M. Scheitel-Taylor 3-8 0-0 7, Sauerbrei 4-12 6-9 14, Hayenga 5-6 2-2 12, B. Scheitel-Taylor 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 19-56 17-27 58.

3-pointers: Fairmont 6-19 (Crissinger 2-3, Olson 2-4, Quiring 1-3, Lunn 1-5, Totzke 0-3, Allen 0-1); Worthington 3-13 (Huisman 2-6, M. Scheitel-Taylor 1-4, Othow 0-1, Wietzema 0-1, B. Scheitel-Taylor 0-1). Fouled out: Wietzema and Othow. Rebounds: Fairmont 33 (Crissinger 14); Worthington 23 (Wietzema 7). Assists: Fairmont 15 (Becker and Totzke 4 each); Worthington 7 (Sauerbrei 4). Steals: Worthington 14 (Sauerbrei and Wietzema 4 each); Fairmont 7.

Worthington defeated Fairmont in B-squad action, 24-19, Tuesday night.

Claire Nemmers scored six points to top the Cardinals, while Brittney Mosloski tallied five points.

The Trojans edged the Cardinals in C-squad action, 41-40, Tuesday night.

Emily Frank and Carissa Saxton each netted nine points for the Cardinals, while Laura Thompson and Sami Lenort each contributed eight points.

Martin County West 54, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 48 — The Mavericks edged the Knights 54-48 in a Valley Conference matchup to win their 11th straight Tuesday night.

Alyssa Williamson hits three 3s to lead the Mavericks with 20 points, while teammate Samantha Meyer delivered 10 points in the win.

Cheyenne Owens brought down a team-leading eight rebounds, while Karlee Thiesse grabbed eight boards and pocketed three steals.

The Mavericks shot 18 of 39 from 2-point range, hit 4 of 12 3-pointers and sank 6 of 13 free throws.

Martin County West (12-4) hosts Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons on Friday night in Trimont.

Blue Earth Area 51, LeSueur Henderson 39 — Caitlin Rorman scored 22 points to lead the Bucs past the Giants in nonconference action Tuesday night in LeSueur.

Hannah Johnson contributed 14 points to BEA’s winning ways.

Blue Earth Area (9-6) plays host to Fairmont on Friday.

Granada-Huntley-East Chain/ Truman/Martin Luther 62, Madelia 27 — Rachel Stauter put up 15 points, grabbed five rebounds and collected five steals to lead the Jaguars past the Blackhawks in Valley Conference basketball action Tuesday night in Northrop.

Lydia Studer contributed 14 points and a team-leading seven rebounds, while Eden Studer scored eight points for the Jaguars. Michaelah Petrowiak led GHECTML with 11 rebounds.

The Jaguars (4-13) play host to Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton on Friday night in Granada.

Boys Basketball

Blue Earth Area 67, Martin County West 59 — Three players scored in double digits for each team, but the Bucs outlasted the Mavericks in nonconference basketball action Tuesday night in Blue Earth.

Caelan Sanders led the Bucs with 18 points, while grabbing six rebounds and pocketing four steals. Cameron Anderson put up a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Carter Bell dropped 15 points and collected three steals to help the Bucs.

Austin Thielfoldt scored six points and dished out three assists, Zach Hermann dropped five points and pocketed three steals and Grant Strukel scored four points and brought down seven rebounds.

Wyatt Geistfeld led the Mavericks with 20 points, while Angel Reyes and Kolton Larson joined him in double digits with 14 and 10, respectively.

Dawson Weber contributed nine points, while Zach Anderson had six.

Blue Earth Area (7-5) plays host to Fairmont on Friday night, while Martin County West (6-5) hosts Mankato Loyola on Thursday night in Sherburn.