CENTRAL PLAINS 65, OTIS-BISON 45 — Otis-Bison coach Curtis Little figured the Cougars would run out of energy after a triple overtime game Monday.

Central Prairie League co-leader Central Plains (14-2, 6-0 CPL) stretched a 3-point margin to 65-45 with a strong second-half finish. 

Red-hot Brodie Crites scored 26 points with Camden Stiles (17) and Peyton Dody (11) hitting double figures.

Otis-Bison's Kelson Juno scored 15 points and Kolten Cory added 11 points.

Central Plains 16 19 11 19 — 65

Otis-Bison 9 12 17 7 — 45

CENTRAL PLAINS (14-2, 6-0)—Crites 11 (1) 3-3 26; Stiles 7 (3) 0-0 17; Dody 4 3-4 11; Siemsen 3 3-5 9; Kempke 1 0-0 2; Totals 26 (4) 9-12 65

OTIS-BISON (6-8, 0-6) —Juno 7 1-1 15; Cory 5 1-6 11; Firebaugh 3 (2) 0-0 8; Ochs-Lohrey 2 2-3 6; McVey (1) 0-0 3; Seth Richardson 1 0-1 2; Totals 19 (3) 4-11 45

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 44, OTIS-BISON 25 — The Central Plains sister act was on fire with Emery Siemsen scoring 16 points and Aevyn Siemsen adding 10 points in a 44-21 Central Prairie League basketball win over Otis-Bison. Izzy Hurley added 12 points.

Otis-Bison's Allie Smith and Rowyn Juno scored six points.

Central Plains 10 15 15 4 — 44

Otis-Bison 6 6 5 8 — 25

CENTRAL PLAINS (11-5, 5-1)—Emery Siemsen 5 (4) 2-2 16; Izzy Hurley 5 (2) 0-0 12; Aevyn Siemsen 5 0-2 10; Hekele 2 0-0 4; Davis 1 0-0 2; Totals 18 (6) 2-4 44 

OTIS-BISON (5-10, 1-5) —Allie Smith 1 4-6 6; Juno 3 0-0 6; Ficken 2 1-1 5; Grace Smith 2 0-0 4 Schwindt 1 0-0 2; Totals 10 5-7 25