The Blooming Prairie girls basketball team lost to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (6-11 overall, 3-4 Gopher) 63-52 on the road Friday.

Sam Wurst had 12 points and 13 rebounds in the loss for BP (9-3 overall, 5-2 Gopher). WEM closed the first half on a 10-0 run.

“The girls gave great effort tonight in Waterville, but just couldn’t quite get out of a hole we dug ourselves in the first half,” BP head coach John Bruns said.

BP 31  32  —  63

WEM 21  31  —  52

BP scoring: Julia Work, 15; Sam Wurst, 12; Megan Oswald, 12; Ayren Ingvalson, 7; free throws: 52 percent (9-for-17)