The Blooming Prairie boys basketball team beat Lyle-Pacelli 68-58 in Lyle Thursday.

The Athletics (8-13 overall) had plenty of open looks from the outside, but the couldn’t connect.

“We came out slow in the second half and we just missed so many shots,” LP head coach Scott Koenigs said. “We had a lot of open looks and it was not a good shooting night.”

Gabe Hagen had 21 points to lead BP (10-13 overall), which snapped a six-game losing streak.

BP 28  40  —  68

LP 29  29  —  58

BP scoring: Gabe Hagen, 21; Max Romeo, 16; Seth Bedenbaugh, 15; Jake Ressler, 12; Ben Smith, 4; free throws: 58 percent (15-for-26)

LP scoring: Trinity Anderson, 17; Kamis Kuku, 16; Jed Nelson, 8; Cole Walter, 6; Nathan Drees, 4; Brady Lester, 4; Joseph Maas, 2; Zach Bollingberg, 1; free throws: 54 percent (15-for-28)