Recap of Minnesota GBB action from Friday, December 20.

D1 HIGH FIVE

Alayana Contreras, Kansas City, Hopkins 20

Annika Stewart, Minnesota, Wayzata 20

Nunu Agara, Stanford, Hopkins 17

Tori McKinney, Minnesota, Minnetonka 17

Mallory Heyer, Minnesota, Chaska 15

Totals: 89

Heavy dose of Gophers with three on the list.  Four of the players came from the Lake Conference with Hopkins again leading the charge with two. Two sections provided all five—2AAAA with three, 6AAAA with two. Four were state champs. McKinney is the most recent high school grad at 2024. The oldest is Stewart at 2020.

POINT PARADE-20

Parade starts at 25. If there is a player missing on the list email kja8067@gmail.com

AAAA-4

Madlin Freking, Anoka 40

Tori Schlagel, Eden Prairie 28

Ciara Seifert, Rochester JM 27

Addi Schneider, Chaska 25

AAA-2

Madison Ohm, Byron 27

Aneisha Scott, DeLaSalle 25

AA-9

Brylee Miller, Fairmont 39

Morgan Staloch, Jordan 33

Halle Eischens, Park Rapids 30

Mylea Monahan, Glencoe-Silver Lake 30

Alyvia Engler, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 28

Anna Yliniemi, Park Rapids 28

Eileenah Zarate, Lakes International Language Academy 27

Savi Borowicz, Jordan 25

Isla Dille, Litchfield 25

A-5

Emily Anderson, Martin County West 31

Aubrey Steffl, Cedar Mountain 31

Kendyl Lodermeier, Goodhue 28

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 28

Aniyah Thomas, Mountain Iron-Buhl 25

MILESTONES-3

Fairmont’s Brylee Miller reached the 1000 point mark with 39 in the win over Jackson County Central Friday night.

Windom’s Hannah Dauer hit the 1000 point mark against Redwood Valley.

On the coaching front TJ Super of Perham picked up career win #300 with a victory over Staples-Motley.

RANKED RESULTS

AAAA

#3 Eden Prairie 87, #8 Chaska 56

#5 Wayzata 72, Roseville 56

#6 Eastview 78, Rosemount 53

#7 Prior Lake 51, Shakopee 44

AAA

#2 Marshall 76, Pipestone 50

#7 DeLaSalle 66, #1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 63

#8 Byron 76, #1A Goodhue 74

Mahtomedi 65, #10 Totino-Grace 43

AA

#6 Caledonia 74, Wabasha-Kellogg 17

#7 Proctor 59, Milaca 49

#9 Minnewaska 69, Melrose 26

#10 Jordan 87, Champlin Park 70

A

#2 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 64, Browerville 24

#4 Mountain Iron-Buhl 96, Northome-Kelliher 66

#6 Kittson County Central 92, Roseau 29

#7 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 66, Sibley East 24

#8 Hillcrest Lutheran 74, EGF Sacred Heart 47

ABOUT LAST NIGHT….#3AAAA Eden Prairie v #8AAAA Chaska

Heading into this game it looked like a tight contest with the host Eagles hanging on for a narrow win over Lakeville South on Wednesday, while the visiting Hawks knocked off the ranked Lake Conference member St. Michael-Albertville on home on Tuesday. With the result of that win Chaska joined the top 10 listing. Adding a layer of intrigue onto this contest was the implications for section 2AAAA seeding, probably the most brutal AAAA section in the state. The hype was better than the game.

The Eagles flirted with running time in the 87-56 beat down of the Hawks. EP pounced early, took advantage of early mounting fouls for Chaska, and won convincingly. Three Eagles reached the coveted 31 Club led by Tori Schlagel, making the next level up (41 Club) at 43. Teammates Rae Ehrmann (37) and Vanessa Jordan (34) joined her. Jordan delivered 14/21 on the distribution charts to help propel her to the 31 Club. Schlagel defensively was a ball hawk (or in this case a ball eagle) with game high 12 d stops of which eight came via steals. That went along with her game high 28 points. Ehrman also had a double-double with 22 points and one less d stop at 11. All five Eagle starters were on fire with each cracking the century pp100 mark. The starters together were at 120.6 for the game, the Eagles were 104.8 with the bench added. This was ahead of the 68.3 put up by Chaska. Their starters did check in with a 78.9.

Chaska was hampered by early fouls. Their 31 Club member (on the nose) was Addi Schneider. Schneider had her second foul at the 12:44 mark of the first half, but already the game was slipping away at 17-6. By the time of her third foul at 9:08 the Hawks trailed by 13 at 25-12. With Schneider sentenced to the bench the Eagles soared to a 46-23 halftime lead. EP then bolted out of the gates to start the second half with six straight scores making it a 61-25 contest. At the widest it was 67-29. Chaska prevented the running time scenario thanks to four straight scores shortly after that all from Schneider’s hand. But the comeback was extremely steep even then.

The further breakdown showcased EP’s efficiency on the quick end scoring on plays lasting three touches or less 23/53 (43.4%) compared to Chaska’s 14/50 (28.0). The Hawks were much better in the control/deliberate game of seven or more touches going 6/11 (54.5%) while EP avoided those possibilities with a cold 2/7 mark (28.6%).

One other sidelight—-there were six offensive fouls (some were screens that had not been fully established).

DAY AHEAD

There are 18 games for Saturday. The next contests will take place five days later. Get your fill before the drought.

Ranked

#1AAAA Hopkins at Dowling Catholic, IA

#6AA Caledonia v Waverly-Shell Rock, IA at Luther College

#3A Cass Lake-Bena at #3AA Minnehaha

Ranked & Undefeated

#6AAA Rock Ridge at #2AA Crosby-Ironton

#6A Kittson County Central v #8A Hillcrest Lutheran at EGF Sacred Heart Tournament