MELLETTE – Cooper Logan and Grant Luikens combined for 42 points to help power Potter County to a 68-59 non-conference boys’ basketball win over Northwestern Friday night.

Logan scored 23 points, while Luikens contributed 19 for the Battlers, who pulled away from a two-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

Northwestern received 19 points from Jamal Gallego, 17 from Quintin Fischbach, and 11 from Jude Ortmeier

POTTER COUNTY: Cooper Logan 8 6-8 23, Colin Arbach 2 0-0 4, Seth Sharp 3 0-3 6, Grant Luikens 5 8-9 19, Alex Tanner 4 0-0 8, Drake Bassett 4 0-1 8. Totals 26-59 14-21 68.

NORTHWESTERN: Samuel Groft 2 0-0 5, Christopher Toennies 2 0-1 5, Jude Ortmeier 4 2-5 11, Quintin Fischbach 6 0-0 17, Rush Larson 1 0-0 2, Jamal Gallego 9 1-1 19. Totals 24-35 3-7 59

Potter County 16 30 47 68

Northwestern 14 25 45 59

3-point field goals – Logan, Luikens; Groft, Toennies, Ortmeier, Fischbach 5. Fouled out – Toennies. Total fouls – Potter County 15; Northwestern 21. Rebounds – Potter County 18 (Sharp 7); Northwestern 32 (Groft 7).