ELLSWORTH -- Aaron Van Der Stoep was on fire from long range Tuesday, hitting 12 3-pointers for 44 points as the Ellsworth Panthers boys basketball team dropped Hills-Beaver Creek, 89-57.
Cody Schilling registered his fifth triple-double of the season by charting 21 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists for the 20-2 Panthers, who shot 65 percent in the first half, and finished with 15 three-pointers as a team for the game.
Aaron Esselink scored 19 for H-BC (1-19), which hosts SSC Thursday,
H-BC 17 40 -- 57
Ellsworth 55 34 -- 89
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PA 69, SWC 63 OT
EDGERTON -- Wade Newgard burned the nets for 25 points as the Pipestone Area Arrows went on the road to knock off the Southwest Christian Eagles in overtime.
Matt Paulsen and Austin Carpenter joined Newgard in the Pipestone Area (7-11) scoring column with 15 and 12 points, respectively.
Eric Schaap had a game high 28 points, while grabbing seven rebounds, to lead the way for SWC (9-8). Josh Van Hofwegen also played a strong game, scoring eight and hauling in 10 boards.
SWC travels to SV-RL-B Thursday, while PA plays at MACCRAY Saturday.
PA 33 26 10 -- 69
SWC 27 32 4 -- 63
G-LR 82, R. Valley 49
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GEORGE -- Tyler Fluth knocked down 23 points, grabbed 11 boards, and dished out four assists, as George-Little Rock Mustangs cruised to victory at home over the Rock Valley Rockets.
Tyler Johnson (19 points, 10 rebounds), K.C. Fiedler (12 points), and Reid Geerdes (11 points, five assists), all turned in big performances for the Mustangs (13-3, 15-3).
G-LR travels to Orange City Friday night to take on the #5 ranked MOC-FV, then travels to Ellsworth on Tuesday for a rematch against the Panthers.
RV 29 20 -- 49
G-LR 42 40 -- 82
Sheldon 74, LeMars 51
SHELDON -- The Sheldon Orabs put four players in double figures, shot 63 percent from the field, and handed out 26 assists as a team, on their way to a home victory over the LeMars Bulldogs.
John Doely led the scoring output for Sheldon (14-4) with 19 points, while younger brother David Doely had 11 assists and five steals.
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Justin Kuiper (18), Stephen Kirschbaum (15), and Tyler Lloyd (13), rounded out the double figure scorers for the Orabs, who host Spencer Friday night.
LeMars (8-8) was led in scoring by Jared Clement's game high 27 points.
LeMars 10 9 15 17 -- 51
Sheldon 21 14 21 18 -- 74
H-LP 47, CC-E 40
LAKE PARK, Iowa -- Harris-Lake Park picked up a Cornbelt Conference victory by defeating Clay Central-Everly.
Nathan Shipman topped the Wolves' stat sheet with 22 points, 10 rebounds and five shot blocks.
Seth Hiveley and Travis Nissen each dished out five assists, and Kyle Noble ripped down seven boards for H-LP (10-5, 12-6).
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Colton Meyer led CC-E (7-9) with 13 points.
CC-E 11 8 14 7 -- 40
H-LP 10 15 9 13 -- 47
MOC-FV 83, S-O 47
SIBLEY, Iowa -- Michael Jeskoot scored 18 points and Dale JeJong added 13 rebounds as MOC-FV knocked off Sibley-Ocheyedan.
Colton Howard led S-O (0-16, 0-18) with 13 points.
MOC-FV is now 16-0 in conference play, 16-2 overall.
MOC-FV 20 25 23 15 -- 83
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S-O 6 13 8 20 -- 47
Other scores
In other boys games, St. James defeated JCC, 60-57, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton topped Luverne, 65-50, and Redwood Valley beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, 82-71.
