The Southland boys basketball team was a little rusty after a week off, but they still beat Chatfield 75-66 on the road Tuesday.

Southland (9-5 overall, 6-4 Three Rivers) led 32-25 at the half and it led by 16 late.

Chatfield (4-9 overall) had 17 offensive rebounds in the loss.

“On defense we were a step slow and Chatfield did a good job of taking advantage of it, but we’ll take the win,” Southland head coach Jon Thalberg said.

Southland scoring: Sam Noterman, 18; Mike Goergen, 17; Decker Bendtsen, 16; Nick Schmitz, 13; Alan May, 8; Sam Klaehn, 3; free throws: 73 percent (22-for-30)