When the Albert Lea girls’ basketball team struggled offensively Thursday in Mankato against Mankato West, senior Abbey Arends turned it up a notch to help lead the Tigers to a 47-36 victory.

Arends scored a game-high 30 points on 7 of 15 shooting from the field and went 13 of 14 from the free throw line as Albert Lea (8-10, 6-6) snapped a two-game losing streak.

“That’s putting a team on your shoulders when they’re struggling offensively,” said Tigers head coach Sean Gillam.

Albert Lea scored 18 points in the first half, but held the Scarlets (4-14) to just eight points.

The Tigers cleaned up on the boards and outrebounded West 41 to 24 and committed 13 turnovers.

Albert Lea plays Owatonna Tuesday at Albert Lea High School.

Albert Lea 47, Mankato West 36

Albert Lea 18 29 — 47

Mankato West 8 28 — 36

Albert Lea scoring: Abbey Arends 30, Morgan Stadheim 8, Skyler Anderson 4, Alyssa Sager 3, Taylor Friehl 2.

Mankato West scoring: Emily Doyle 17, Morgan Klaustermeier 5, Clarissa Ahlquist 5, Cara Christiansen 4, Jessica Makela 2, Dani Sukalski 2, Shelby Murry 1.