By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ basketball team snapped a three-game slide by rolling to a 15-point win in Pipestone Tuesday.The skid reached three games with a 26-point loss in Marshall Friday.Luverne, 11-3 overall, hosts Worthington for Parents’ Night Saturday.Luverne 52, Pipestone 37The Cardinals raced to a 30-15 lead in the first half and never looked back during Tuesday’s game in Pipestone.Marc Boleman, who blocked three shots along with scoring a team-high 18 points and collecting 10 rebounds, netted 11 points to help the Cards gain a 15-point lead at the intermission.Pipestone whittled the difference to nine points at one stage of the second half, but LHS thwarted the Arrows’ rally to end a three-game losing funk."It was nice to get a win on the road," said LHS coach Tom Rops."Pipestone came out in a zone defense in the first half, and we did a good job against it. We also rebounded the ball really well, probably as well as we have in quite some time."Derek Boeve and Jake Hendricks added 12 and 10 points to the winning effort. Nick Heronimus added eight rebounds.Box scoreBoelman 7 0 4-5 18, Miller 2 0 0-2 4, Hendricks 1 1 5-9 10, Boeve 5 0 2-6 12, Heronimus 3 0 2-3 8.Team statisticsLuverne: 19 of 45 field goals (42 percent), 13 of 25 free throws (52 percent), 26 rebounds, 13 turnovers.Pipestone: 15 of 51 field goals (29 percent), seven of nine free throws (78 percent), 23 rebounds, 16 turnovers.Marshall 80, Luverne 54The Cardinals dropped their third consecutive game when they traveled to Marshall for a conference clash Friday.Luverne played with the Tigers in the first half, trailing 39-31 at the intermission. Marshall, however, outscored the Cards 41-23 in the second half to win by 26."We came out flat in the second half and didn’t play very well. Give Marshall credit for executing its game plan of getting some turnovers and scoring easy baskets," said LHS coach Rops.Forcing the Cards to turn the ball over 20 times in the game and a 39-23 rebounding advantage lifted the Tigers to victory.Derek Boeve led LHS with 25 points and six rebounds. Marc Boelman netted 10 points and blocked four shots. Nick Heronimus recorded five assists.Box scoreBoelman 4 0 2-3 10, Miller 2 1 0-0 7, Hendricks 1 2 1-2 9, Boeve 5 3 6-8 25, Clark 0 0 1-2 1, Ward 0 0 0-2 0, Sawtelle 0 0 0-2 0, Heronimus 0 0 2-4 2.Team statisticsLuverne: 18 of 51 field goals (35 percent), 12 of 23 free throws (52 percent), 23 rebounds, 20 turnovers.Marshall: 28 of 63 field goals (44 percent), 19 of 31 free throws (61 percent), 39 rebounds, five turnovers.