EUREKA – Donovan Nelson produced game-high totals of 28 points and 14 rebounds to help power North Central to a 72-65 non-conference boys’ basketball victory over McLaughlin on Saturday.

Kobe Wherry added 16 points for the Thunder, and Isaiah Heilman followed with 13.

Lai’Ty Brown Otter scored 23 points for McLaughlin. Tyler Bullhead added 14, Javon Chasing Hawk contributed 11, and Caleb Oliveras finished with 10.

McLAUGHLIN (9-10): Tyler Bullhead 4 4-7 13, Caleb Oliveras 4 0-0 10, Talan Brown Otter 2 0-0 4, Javon Chasing Hawk 4 0-0 11, Zack Bullhead 2 0-0 4, Lai’Ty Brown Otter 9 0-0 23. Totals 25 4-7 65.

NORTH CENTRAL (10-9): Donovan Nelson 11 4-8 28, Jared Wherry 0 3-4 3, Kobe Wherry 5 3-5 16, Trent Beyers 2 0-0 4, Zane Haar 2 1-2 6, Isaiah Heilman 5 2-6 13, Easton Kunz 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 13-25 72.

McLaughlin 25 35 51 65

North Central 20 41 61 72

3-point field goals – T. Bullhead, Oliveras 2, Chasing Hawk 3, L. Brown Otter 5; Nelson 2, K. Wherry 3, Haar, Heilman. Fouled out – T. Bullhead, Z. Bullhead. Total fouls – McLaughlin 17; North Central 10. Rebounds – McLaughlin 20 (L. Brown Otter 6); North Central 32 (Nelson 14). Turnovers – McLaughlin 12; North Central 11.

Miller 71, Kimball-White Lake 36

KIMBALL-WHITE LAKE (1-17): Keaton Christen 3 2-2 8, Jhett Kirsch 1 0-0 2, Jack Suelflow 1 3-4 5, Colt Leiferman 4 1-1 9, Kamden Hamiel 1 0-0 3, Easton Nelson 2 2-2 6, Kade Mohnen 1 0-0 3. Totals 13 8-9 36.

MILLER (9-10): Drew Keenan 1 0-0 2, Hollis Fawcett 3 0-0 6, Brecken Anderberg 2 0-0 5, Derek Brueggeman 5 0-0 10, Isaak Hunter 12 1-1 31, Will Resel 5 0-0 11, Oliver Fritzsche 3 0-0 6. Totals 31 1-1 71.

Kimball-White Lake 6 12 27 36

Miller 21 44 58 71

3-point field goals – Hamiel, Mohnen; Anderberg, Hunter 6, Resel. Total fouls – Kimball-White Lake 1; Miller 7.