High Fives, Parades and busy Tuesday HS results plus Maple Grove & Lakeville North recap.
D1 HIGH FIVE
Annika Stewart, Minnesota, Wayzata 15
Ayoka Lee, Kansas State, Byron 15
Callin Hake, Nebraska, Chanhassen 12
Tori McKinney, Minnesota, Minnetonka 12
Sophie Hart, Minnesota, Farmington 12
TOTALS: 66
60% of the players were Gophers, 80% Big 10. Four players were AAAA. The Lake conference had two players. McKinney was a state champ last year at Minnetonka.
POINT PARADE
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AAAA
Navaeh Torma, Osseo 34
Jordan Ode, Maple Grove 27
AAA
Macie Miller, Bloomington Kennedy 35
Zoe Verhasselt, Hutchinson 35
Vivian Carter, Holy Angels 25
AA
Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 47
Clarissa Sauer, Winona Cotter 35
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 27
A
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 41
Gabby Fineday, Cass Lake-Bena 35
Anna Neyens, Mountain Iron-Buhl 28
Lainey Braulick, BOLD 26
Victoria Prins, SW MN Christian 26
NON MSHSL
Lexi Nelson, Willmar Community Christian School 26
TUESDAY RESULTS
AAAA
#4 Maple Grove 72, #5 Lakeville North 51
#7 Eden Prairie 82, Champlin Park 30
#8 Prior Lake 70, Waconia 47
#9 Rosemount 74, Rochester Century 16
#10 East Ridge 69, Woodbury 50
AAA
#3 Marshall 83, New Ulm 79
#4 Alexandria 116, Sauk Rapids-Rice 26
Mahtomedi 78, St. Anthony 49
#7 Hill-Murray 70, St. Croix Lutheran 40
#9 Monticello 87, #3AAAA St. Michael-Albertville 79
#10 Delano 72, #6 Totino-Grace 70
AA
#1 Providence 80, Orono 51
#2 Crosby-Ironton 81, Aitkin 21
#3 Duluth Marshall 110, Hibbing 22
#4 Minnehaha 101, Blake 36
#5 New London-Spicer 65, Holdingford 30
#6 Sauk Centre 73, Benson 34
#9 Minnewaska 59, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 40
A
#2 Mayer Lutheran 62, Norwood-Young America 48
#3 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 86, Clearbrook-Gonvick 38
#4 Cass Lake-Bena 75, Lake of the Woods 27
#5 Mountain Iron-Buhl 93, Red Lake 8
#7 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 64, Sleepy Eye 33
#8 Hancock 61, Brandon-Evansville 50
#9 Breckenridge 62, Pelican Rapids 55
#10 Lester Prairie 73, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 59
ABOUT LAST NIGHT
I had a lot of options last night—five to be precise. The game I chose had the earmarks of a competitive match up—a #4 vs #5 in the then AAAA polls which mirrored the seeds in the last AAAA title game which was decided on a last second sideline out of bounds play. This game was not that game. This was the widest differential of the five options I had. The Crimson ran over visiting Lakeville North 71-52 keeping the Panthers searching for their first win of the new season.
MG established what they wanted to do early. Multiple players got the ball inside and they converted their two points shots to the tune of 62.5%. But it was the start of the second half that broke LN’s backs as the Crimson scored the first seven times they touched the ball turning a 34-26 halftime lead to a 49-28 comfortable margin. At the widest MG led 70-46 with under three minutes left. By that time the deep bench was on the floor for both squads.
Everyway MG had the stat advantage: 29 rebounds to only 20 (it is hard to rebound made baskets); a plus +11 in turnovers. MG forced a turnover ever 15.39 touches compared to the 28.25 by LN. Not only that metric on defense, but the shot selection, where & when, and execution had the Crimson in the pink.
Balance was a theme last week when I charted MG vs. Wayzata. MG had more of it, not only on the launch of their shots, but with their line up scoring as well. Michigan State bound Jordan Ode delivered 27 points with a 39 score in the 31 Club. The rest of her starting group scored 12-10-9-7. The top three scorers for LN equaled Ode’s 27 (10-10-7). The score was 19 but it was more severe than that. Just measuring starters, it was MG 65-35 or translated 127.5-72.9. MG was almost pure gold at the line going 10/11. LN was 7/12. LN had an advantage with traditional post personnel, but it was MG that led in touches in the paint 58-53. Other than Ojulu and Wilson the Panther starters only had nine additional touches. But the problem was the drift, the lack of squaring up, and the fades that hampered LN’s shooting percentage. MG found a way to get the ball in whether on the drive or on entry passes. LN did have the advantage behind the arc with six 3s, two by 8th grade guard Nivaya Koles during the deep bench portion of the game.
DAY AHEAD
There are eight Wednesday games, all metro based.
#1AAAA Hopkins heads to Eastview.
Byron travels to #1AAA Benilde-St. Margaret’s.