TRIMONT – Zach Anderson’s double-double propelled top-seeded Martin County West to a 60-52 win over Truman/Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain in the quarterfinals of the Section 2A South Sub-Section boys basketball tournament Tuesday. The Mavericks led 32-23 at halftime.
The win gives MCW a 23-4 record and a spot in the sub-section semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday in Lake Crystal vs. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey. The fourth-seeded Wolverines (21-6) beat fifth-seeded Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs 79-63 Tuesday.
The teams did not meet during the regular season.
Anderson, a 6-foot-6 junior, had game-highs of 33 points (including seven three-point baskets and 16 rebounds for the Mavericks Tuesday. He also posted four blocked shots and four steals).
Tanner Sinn also scored in double figures for MCW with 15 points.
Adam Heckman led the Jaguars with 16 points.
Thursday’s late semifinal in Lake Crystal has Mankato Loyola (19-8) taking on Madelia (14-14). The winners play for the sub-section title at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at St. Peter High School.
SECTION 2A SOUTH SUB-SECTION
Thursday, March 4
First round
Truman/Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain 62, Nicollet 50
United South Central 83, Alden-Conger 45
Madelia 78, Cleveland 39
Tuesday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Martin County West 66, Truman/Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain 52
Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 79, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 63
Mankato Loyola 56, United South Central 46
Madelia 66, Springfield 59
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
At Lake Crystal
Martin County West (23-4) vs. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (21-6), 6 p.m.
Mankato Loyola (19-8) vs. Madelia (14-14), 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15
Championship
At St. Peter High School
Semifinal winners, 7:45 p.m.
SECTION 2A NORTH SUB-SECTION
Thursday, March 4
First round
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 52, Sleepy Eye 35
Tuesday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 69, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 55
New Ulm Cathedral 64, Mayer Lutheran 59
BOLD 67, Cedar Mountain 49
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 60, Lester Prairie 54
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
At St. Peter High School
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (18-11) vs. New Ulm Cathedral (18-9), 6 p.m.
BOLD (19-8) vs. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (11-12), 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15
Championship
At St. Peter High School
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
SECTION 2A
Friday, March 18
Championship
At MSU
South Sub-Section vs. North Sub-Section, 6 p.m.