Recap of MN GBB action from Thursday 1.23.2025
D1 HIGH FIVE
Nunu Agara, Stanford, Hopkins 19
Piper Carlson, Idaho State, St. Michael-Albertville 15
Adalia McKenzie, Illinois, Park Center 15
Macy Smith, Oakland, Spring Lake Park 13
Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 9
Liza Karlen, Notre Dame, Stillwater 9
Totals: 71
Six players squeezed into the High Five and all six played at AAAA in high school. All made the state tournament at one point in their career (maybe at a different school than where they graduated). The split today was three of the High Fives are from power conferences; three from mid-majors.
POINT PARADE-17
Parade starts at 25. If there is a player missing email kja8067@gmail.com
AAA-2
Zahara Bishop, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 35
Madison Ohm, Byron 34
AA-9
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 33
Addi Mack, Minnehaha 32
Tatem Votava, East Grand Forks 31
Avery Freier, MN Valley Lutheran 31
Sydney Dahl, Minnewaska 28
Sammie Hachey, Crosby-Ironton 28
Catherine Walker, Breck 28
Chloe Carlson, Proctor 26
Brooklyn Pettis, Minneapolis North 25
A-6
Emily Anderson, Martin County West 40
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 31
Cara Sarbacker, CHOF 27
Taylor Schroeder, United South Central 27
Keira Benck, GHEC/T/ML 26
Kate Gebauer, Liberty Classical 25
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 101 Crosby-Ironton
Winner Low 41 St. Paul Highland Park OT
Loser High 77 Cass Lake-Bena
Loser Low 10 Hmong Academy
Biggest Margin 74 Crosby-Ironton v Pine City
Smallest Margin 1 Melrose v Morris / Chokio-Alberta
Most Combined: 171 Northome/Kelliher v Cass Lake Bena
Least combined: 63 Community of Peace v Hmong Academy
Margins 30 or more 25
Margins 5 or less 15
Average 54.46
Winner Average 65.20
Loser Average 43.72
Average margin 21.48
Average combined 108.91
AAAA Ave 62.69
AAA Ave 49.19
AA Ave 56.93
A Ave 53.30
So why is AAA the laggard Thursday? Two teams failed to score 20 points. Three more did not reach 30. Eliminating those five scores brings the AAA average up to 55.86, still behind AA. And that includes three teams that could not get to forty. Of the five teams not to 30, two were in the Mississippi 8 and one more was in the Granite Ridge.
Ranked Upsets: 2 #4AAA DeLaSalle fell to Visitation 56-49; #8A Breckenridge lost to Pelican Rapids 78-66. Both of those winners are AA schools—one topping a bigger, one beating a smaller class rival. Both were conference contests.
AAA:
#3 Monticello 80, Zimmerman 27
Visitation 56, #4 DeLaSalle 49
#5 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 86, New Prague 49
#6 Orono 71, Chanhassen 68
#7 Hill-Murray 64, Two Rivers 49
AA:
#2 Crosby-Ironton 101, Pine City 27
#4 Minnehaha 84, Dover-Eyota 67
#7 Proctor 97, Grand Rapids 37
#8 Minnewaska 66, Montevideo 45
A:
#2 Hillcrest Lutheran 72, Brandon-Evansville 35
#3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 67, Springfield 28
#4 Mountain Iron-Buhl 90, Deer River 37
#6 Kittson County Central 78, BGMR 59
Pelican Rapids 78, #8 Breckenridge 66
#9 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 59, Osakis 25
#10 Hancock 76, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 52
MILESTONES
Montana Carsten of Wadena-Deer Creek got to the 1000 point mark with 23 points in an 80-13 win over Verndale.
DAY AHEAD
122 games await the fans for Friday. AAAA schedule has nine of the top 10 in action for the most action packed class.
RANKED V RANKED
#6AAAA St. Michael-Albertville is at #2AAAA Hopkins
#4AA Minnehaha is at #1AA Providence
OTHER RANKED IN ACTION
AAAA: #1 Maple Grove; #3 Eden Prairie; #4 Eastview; #7 Prior Lake; #8 Minnetonka; #9 Lakeville North; #10 Rosemount
AAA: #1 Marshall; #2 Alexandria; #4 DeLaSalle; #10 Totino-Grace
AA: #3 New London-Spicer; #5 Sauk Centre; #6 Caledonia; #8 Minnewaska; #10 Jordan
A: #1 Goodhue; #5 Mayer Lutheran; #7 Central MN Christian