Hunter Eustice led the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys’ basketball team with 19 points Tuesday night as the Panthers defeated Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial 57-40 at the Bethany College Holiday Tournament.

The Panthers (5-2) played strong defense against the Knights, which helped lead them to the victory, said NRHEG head coach Brian Riley.

Evan Ferber scored 13 points for the Panthers and Cory Camerer led the team with 10 rebounds.

NRHEG plays Minnesota Valley Lutheran Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

NRHEG 57, Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial 40

NRHEG scoring: Hunter Eustice 19, Evan Ferber 13, Matt Nafe 8, Brett Hagen 5, Trevor Spooner 4, Tyler Firme 4, Cory Camerer 4.

LCWM scoring: Brian Jacobs 11, Josh Sonnabend 11, Jarrett Imlay 6, Dylan Krahling 4, Evan Masters 4, Alex Cornish 2, Mitch Kelly 2.