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MANKATO -- Jamis Ulman delivered a game-best 26 points to engineer the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights' 62-50 victory over the Fairmont Cardinals in the opening round of the KwikTrip Holiday basketball tournament Wednesday night on the Bethany Lutheran College campus.
Jack Brockman contributed 12 points to the winning effort at Younge Gym, while teammate Ethan Wiens tossed in 10 more for the Knights.
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (6-1) faces Minnesota Valley Lutheran tonight in a 6:30 p.m. championship semifinal in North Gym. MVL rolled by St. Clair in their opener, 95-69.
Fairmont (2-4) squares off against St. Clair tonight in a 6 p.m. consolation semifinal back at Younge Gym.
Post player Oliver Tordsen neared netting a double-double performance for Fairmont by scoring 14 points and pulling down nine rebounds. Tordsen also topped the Cardinals' defense by recording three steals.
Blaze Geiger scored eight points for Fairmont, while Harmon Schrunk, Levi Pooley and Logan Junkermeier each tallied six points and grabbed four boards.
Joseph Hackett, Hadan Toomer and Trevor Maakestad all added four rebounds to the Cardinals' boardwork in Mankato.
The Cardinals blistered the BLC nets on 21 of 36 shots from 2-point range for 58 percent, but hit only 20 percent from 3-point distance (5 of 24). Fairmont also went 5 of 9 at the free throw line.
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial edged Fairmont, 49-46, in overtime during first-round holiday junior varsity tournament action Wednesday in Mankato.
Brett Williams sank a pair of 3-pointers to fuel his team-best 13-point effort for the Cardinals, while Jordan Thompson nailed three trifectas to pace his 11-point outing.
Ty Tumbleson and Tavian Harvey contributed 10 and nine points, respectively, to the Fairmont junior varsity's effort.
Fairmont junior varsity plays St. Clair at 1 p.m. today at Younge Gym on the BLC campus in Mankato.
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RTR Holiday Invite
Hancock 71, Martin County West 45 -- Chase Evink poured in a game-best 35 points and teammate Hudson Ver Steeg contributed 16 more to steer the Owls to a 26-point first-round victory over the Mavericks during the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Holiday Invite on Wednesday in Tyler.
The 6-foot-6 Evink delivered 27 points during the first half to help Hancock build a 41-25 lead at intermission.
Hunter Schmidt scored a team-leading 18 points for the Mavericks, while teammate Jacob Wilmes tossed in 16 points, including a dozen during the second half.
Martin County West (1-9) faces Edgerton (1-6) in today's 4 p.m. third-place game, while Hancock (4-3) takes on host Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (4-3) for the championship at 6 p.m. tonight in Tyler.
Chase Christianson poured in a game-best 33 points to power host RTR to a 78-31 rout over Edgerton in Wednesday's opening round.