High two, five Paraders (so far), the day ahead plus a review of Hopkins and Two Rivers.
D1 HIGH FIVE
Ja-Kahla Craft, Seton Hall, St. Michael-Albertville 4
Audrey Kormann, NJIT, Maple Grove 2
TOTALS: 6
Very limited action last night at D1 with only seven games. Maybe it should be the High Two.
POINT PARADE
Parade starts at 25. If someone is missing email kja8067@gmail.com
AAA
Kendra Harvey, Byron 29
AA
Lauren Hust, Rochester Lourdes 25
A
Lily Hubin, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 32
Sienna Duininck, Central MN Christian 30
Kambry Pearson, Bigfork 27
MONDAY RESULTS
AAAA
#1 Hopkins 91, Two Rivers 32
A
#1 Goodhue 58, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 40
ABOUT LAST NIGHT
I traveled to Hopkins last night to check on the Royals changed line up situation and to see Two Rivers, a team that could possibly get to the AAA state tournament out of section 3AAA. Former Hopkins Miss Basketball winner Nia Hollie is at the helm of the Warriors and the hosts dissected the visitors 91-32. Hopkins had enough for the victory with 7:08 left to go in the first half when up 33-8.
As usual the Hopkins full court defense was key. They forced 32 turnovers, or one every 8.31 touches, many in the backcourt. This led to frequent layup opportunities and Hopkins enjoyed taking 28 more shot attempts. Another big factor was second chance opportunities. Hopkins had 19 offensive boards to seven. Just looking at Hopkins’ missed shot chances the Royals rebounded those at a very healthy 46.3% clip. On the other end, Two Rivers grabbed their own miss at a 21.2% rate. The Royals also feasted on the three point line with eleven to only one for TR. The bench provided five of those 3s for Hopkins. In fact the loudest cheer came on the last play of the game when Lanaia Durant stole the ball near midcourt, took one bounce and let it fly. For dramatic effect the ball bounce around the rim and through for the final points as the horn sounded. One area both were equal came at the free throw line with 31 attempts each. That should clue you in that this was a very physical contest. Overall, the winner’s pp100 was 123.0 to only 43.8 in a running time win. This sure beats the 60 pp100 the Royals had in their opening win over Lakeville North.
With Tatum Woodson of Hopkins out with a knee injury the Royals have had to adjust their line up. Defense has always been their bread and butter and that won’t change. The scoring leader may rotate depending on the opponent. Last night Lauren Hillesheim, North Dakota bound next year, topped the Royals efforts with 20 including 4/7 from beyond the arc. She also was the only member of the 31 Club with a score of 34.
DAY AHEAD
There are 136 contests on tap today. Unbeatens facing each other on Tuesday:
Windom at #2AAA Marshall
#9AAA Delano at #10AAA Monticello
#8AA Minnewaska at #5AA New London-Spicer
Other games of note:
#3AA Duluth Marshall at #7AAA Rock Ridge
Holy Angels at #6AAA DeLaSalle
#10AAAA Lakeville North at #1AA Providence