The Martin County West girls basketball team earned its 20th win of the season Saturday, topping Mankato Loyola 53-40 as part of the Karson Kent Janssen Hoops for Heart event in Trimont.
The Mavericks are 20-4 overall, 12-0 in conference play. The Crusaders are 14-8 and 7-5.
Emily Anderson produced a double double 21 points and 11 rebounds. Emily Schettler added 13 points for MCW.
The Mavericks play Maple River on Monday in Mapleton.
Martin County West will then play back-to-back games at Class 1A fourth-ranked Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s to close out its regular-season schedule.
The teams will play on Thursday and then again a week from Tuesday in the Tomahawk/Valley Conference championship game.
The Mavericks have finished Valley Conference play unbeaten with a 12-0 record.
The Knights are 14-1 in the Tomahawk Conference and have a two-game lead over Sleepy Eye (12-3) with only one conference game remaining, Monday at Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart.
MCW will start play in the Section 2A tournament on Monday, Feb. 20.
TOMAHAWK/VALLEY CONFERENCE
Girls basketball standings
Valley Conference
Through Feb. 8
Martin County West 12-0
GHECTML 8-3
Nicollet 7-4
Mankato Loyola 7-5
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 4-8
Cleveland 3-9
Madelia 0-12
Conference games only
Tomahawk Conference
Through Feb. 8
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 14-1
Sleepy Eye 12-3
Lester Prairie 12-4
Springfield 9-6
Cedar Mountain 8-7
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 7-7
New Ulm Cathedral 3-12
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 2-12
Wabasso 0-15
Conference games only
Section records
Here are the won-loss records of Section 2A girls basketball teams through Saturday. The teams are listed in order of won-loss percentage.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 21-2 .913
Martin County West 20-4 .833
Sleepy Eye 16-7 .696
BOLD 14-8 .636
Mankato Loyla 14-8 .636
Cedar Mountain 15-9 .625
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 12-8 .600
Springfield 13-9 .591
United South Central 13-11 .542
GHECTML 10-10 .500
Nicollet 10-10 .500
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 8-12 .400
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 7-17 .292
Cleveland 4-17 .190
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 4-17 .190
New Ulm Cathedral 4-18 .182
Madelia 3-19 .136
Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 2-20 .091
MCW girls basketball schedule/results
Monday, Nov. 25: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, W 53-39
Tuesday, Nov. 26: at Cleveland, W 61-41
Saturday, Dec. 30: Edgerton at Worthington, W 49-41
Tuesday, Dec. 3: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, W 46-42
Thursday, Dec. 5: at Mankato Loyola, W 57-42
Tues., Dec. 10: Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther, W 58-48
Saturday, Dec. 14: at Fairmont, L 42-41
Tuesday, Dec. 17: at United South Central, W 53-49
Friday, Dec. 20: at Nicollet, W 71-47
Friday, Dec. 27: at Windom, L 63-32
Sat., Dec. 28: Glencoe-Silver Lake at Windom, L 56-41
Friday, Jan. 3: Maple River, W 62-52
Monday, Jan. 6: at Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (Comfrey), W 49-19
Thursday, Jan. 9: at Madelia, W 70-24
Saturday, Jan. 11: at Minnesota Valley Lutheran, W 72-60
Tuesday, Jan. 14: Cleveland, W 50-31
Friday, Jan. 17: at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (Alden), W 49-37
Tuesday, Jan. 21: Nicollet, W 61-48
Thursday, Jan. 23: at Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther, W 60-52
Friday, Jan. 24: at St. Clair, W 52-45
Thursday., Jan. 30: Sleepy Eye, L 53-47
Monday, Feb. 3: Madelia, W 67-28
Tuesday, Feb. 4: Blue Earth Area, W 50-34
Saturday, Feb. 8: Mankato Loyola, W 53-40
Monday, Feb. 10: at Maple River, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13: at Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 18: at Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, 7:15 p.m.