OVER THE DEFENSE — Martin County West’s Liv Borchardt (2) leaps to shoot over Mankato Loyola defenders Isabel Endres (13) and Rachel Ammann (left) during Valley Conference basketball action Friday night in Sherburn. (Photo by Greg Abel)

SHERBURN — The Martin County West Mavericks downed the Mankato Loyola Crusaders 56-35 Friday night to notch their 11th win of the year.

Maverick forward Liv Borchardt filled the stat sheet, finishing the night with 16 points to go along with eight boards, five assists and three steals.

It was a bit of an off shooting night for MCW forward Emily Anderson. Anderson shot 4 of 10 from the floor, but finished with 13 points, six boards, five assists and four blocks.

“It was good to see Liv play really well tonight and then Avery Sanders hit some nice shots for us to get us going in the first half,” MCW head coach Cliff Anderson said. “All those girls play well together and some nights, some girls aren’t hitting their shots and the other girls will pick them up, but it was good to see from Liv and Avery.”

Sanders hit three timely mid-range jumpers in the first half which propelled her to a point total of seven to go with five rebounds and five assists.

Forward Maddie Carlson made the most of her minutes off the bench, totaling six points on perfect shooting splits for the Mavericks.

As for the Crusaders, their offense struggled to find consistency throughout the matchup.

They were able to swing the ball around the horn well and reverse it back, but they couldn’t penetrate the Mavericks 2-3 zone until late in the game.

Leading the Crusaders was guard Amelia Speckel, who finished with 15 points, three boards and a pair of steals. Speckel nailed 4 of her 8 attempts from behind the 3-point arc.

Gabby Bemmels totaled nine points for Loyola, while Maddie Huiras finished with six points to go with her eight rebounds.

Mankato Loyola (8-6) will look to get back in the win column at 7 p.m. Monday against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton at home.

Martin County West (11-3) will look to keep the momentum rolling at 7 p.m. Monday against Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial in Lake Crystal.

LOY       17-18–35

MCW    37-19–56

MCW (56)

Borchardt 8-11 0-1 16, E. Anderson 4-10 2-2 13, Sanders 3-4 1-2 7, E. Carlson 2-9 2-2 6, M. Carlson 3-3 0-0 6, C. Anderson 2-8 0-2 4, Schettler 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 24-48 5-9 56.

LOYOLA (35)

Speckel 5-11 1-2 15, Bemmels 3-11 1-2 9, Huiras 2-7 2-6 6, Endres 1-6 0-0 3, Ammann 1-10 0-2 2. Totals 12-45 4-12 35.

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Fairmont 56, Waseca 38 — Grace Pendergast connected on a pair of 3-pointers to help pace her game-best 18-point performance to guide the Cardinals to an 18-point Big South triumph over the Bluejays on Friday night in Waseca.

Pendergast also contributed six rebounds to Fairmont’s winning ways, while teammate Nevaeh Rahm produced 16 points and pulled down four boards.

Brylee Miller hit two 3-pointers en route to 10 points to go with five rebounds for Fairmont, Ava Terfehr contributed 10 points, while Ellie Ortega paced the defense with three steals.

Fairmont (10-7) travels to St. Peter on Monday night for another conference game.

Waseca edged Fairmont, 29-28, during B-squad action Friday night.

Makayla Lowry collected 12 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinals, while Carys Gudahl supplied seven points and seven boards.

Gwyneth Schultz tossed in 18 points to propel Fairmont to a 40-17 win over Waseca during C-squad action Friday night.

Abbie Simpson supplied 10 points for the Cardinals.

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Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther 63, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 51 — Olivia Mattson erupted for game-bests of 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots to engineer the Jaguars’ 12-point Valley Conference victory over the Knights on Friday night in Granada.

McKenna Benck netted 14 points and grabbed five rebounds for the Jaguars, while Bethany Petrowiak delivered 11 points and seven rebounds.

Londyn Bowers tallied 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Jaguars, while Keira Benck chipped in eight points.

The Jaguars (11-4) play host to Cleveland on Monday night in Granada.

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North Union 46, West Hancock 39 — Naomi Jones produced 18 points, grabbed six boards and doled out five assists to lead the Warriors to a seven-point win over the Eagles on Friday night in Britt, Iowa.

Olivia Merrill contributed 12 points and six rebounds to North Union’s winning performance, Libby Stevens scored nine points, while Ainsley Ulrich tossed in seven points.

North Union (11-4) travels to Buffalo Center, Iowa, on Monday night to face North Iowa.

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Maple River 68, Blue Earth Area 28 — Alexis Thomas tallied 19 points and Claire McGregor chipped in 17 more to power the Eagles to a rout over the Bucs during non-league action Friday night in Blue Earth.

Lola Lundquist produced 19 points, six rebounds and three steals to top BEA, while teammate Madelyn Ferguson pulled down seven rebounds.

Blue Earth Area (2-12) hosts Jackson County Central on Tuesday night.