MN GBB: Tuesday 1.29.2025 reports: High Fives; 20 Paraders; Ranked Results; 4000 + More Milestones; plus recap of Mpls. North v Mpls. Southwest

Tuesday 1.29.2025 action and recaps.

D1 HIGH FIVE

Only four games. None involving a Minnesota native. So….. what about D2?

D2 HIGH FIVE

Ashlynne Guenther, Bemidji State, Duluth East 13

Kylan Gerads, St. Cloud State, Albany 8

Aubrey Heyer, Bemidji State, Chaska 5

Rachel Kottke, St. Cloud State, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 4

Sage Ganyo, Bemidji State, Mountain Iron-Buhl 1

Totals: 31

Only one contest in the Northern Sun. Ganyo and Guenther are 2023 HS grads. The rest are 2024s. Another observation—-Two were from AAAA, one from AA, and two from A. At the D1 level it is usually a sweep for AAAA with lower classes rare.

POINT PARADE-20       

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

AAAA-3

Jordan Ode, Maple Grove 33

Amisha Ramlall, Rosemount 31

Laynie Meister, Rochester JM 26

AAA-4

Ella Kuhlman, North Branch 38

Ajiem Agwa, Austin 34

Mya Wilson, Hill-Murray 32

Avery Freier, MN Valley Lutheran 26

AA-8

Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 42

Maddyn Greenway, Providence 41

Regan Jueneman, Crosby-Ironton 29

Aaliyah Williams, Rochester Lourdes 29

Jayden Sonnenberg, Frazee 28

Olivia Fynboh, Jordan 26

Acelynn Hacker, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 26

Kendal Knutson, Chatfield 26

A-5

June Tessum, PACT 40

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 33

Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 28

Sienna Duininck, Central MN Christian 27

Morgan Engel, Ada-Borup West 26

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 110 Crosby-Ironton

Winner Low 37 Parnassus Prep

Loser High 71 Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted

Loser Low 6 North Lakes

Biggest Margin 83 Crosby-Ironton v East Central

Smallest Margin 1 Perham v Pelican Rapids; New York Mills v Wadena-Deer Creek; Pine City v Pierz; Upsala v Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa; Mounds View v Stillwater

Most Combined: 152 Dover-Eyota v Lewiston-Altura

Least combined: 57 Parnassus Prep v Hmong Academy

Margins 30 or more 56

Margins 5 or less 16

Average 54.20

Winner Average 66.64

Loser Average 41.76

Average margin 24.88

Average combined: 108.40

Ranked Upsets: Upsala upset #9A BBE 55-54.

AAAA Ave 52.82

AAA Ave 52.51

AA Ave 57.60

A Ave 52.23

AA rules the day by 4.78 points. Again AAAA is hampered by poor production. 19 from Sauk Rapids does not help. Five others could not get to 40.

AAAA:

#1 Maple Grove 88, Park Center 46

#2 Hopkins 63, #8 Minnetonka 50

#4 Eastview 54, #9 Lakeville North 51

#5 Wayzata 75, #6 St. Michael-Albertville 57

#7 Prior Lake 79, Apple Valley 29

#10 Rosemount 57, Farmington 45

AAA:

#2 Alexandria 69, Moorhead 40

#4 DeLaSalle 66, St. Anthony 50

#5 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 73, Chaska 61

#7 Hill-Murray 77, North St. Paul 42

#8 Mahtomedi 76, Hastings 40

#9 Delano 76, Hutchinson 41

#10 Totino-Grace 76, Osseo 35

AA:

#1AA Providence 78, #10AA Jordan 67

#2 Crosby-Ironton 110, East Central 27

#3 New London-Spicer 85, Watertown-Mayer 59

#5 Sauk Centre 62, West Central 55

#7 Proctor 65, Cloquet 39

#8 Minnewaska 76, BOLD 53

A:

#1 Goodhue 85, Lake City 54

#2 Hillcrest Lutheran 74, Ashby 30

#3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 83, Wabasso 22

#5 Mayer Lutheran 70, Heritage Christian 31

#6 Kittson County Central 80, Roseau 38

#7 Central MN Christian 80, MACCRAY 55

Upsala 55, #9 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 54

#10 Hancock 70, Battle Lake 35

MILESTONES

Tori Oehrlein of Crosby-Ironton scored 42 points en route to scoring her 4,000th vs. East Central. Oehrlein is the third player to get to 4000 points, and is now the fastest to achieve that mark.

Sophomore Morgan Mathiowetz of Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s got to 2000 points in a 83-22 win over Wabasso. She is the first sophomore to get to that level this season. Morgan passed sister Madison on the 2000 plateau. Madison got there as a junior.

Senior Madie Gillis of New Ulm Cathedral made the 1000 point plateau with 21 in a 83-34 loss to Lester Prairie on Tuesday.

NRHEG Junior Camryn VanMaldeghem also made the 1000 point mark on Monday in a win over Medford.

Moving over to rebounds St. Croix Lutheran junior Callie Oakland got rebound number 1000 in a win over Trinity on Tuesday.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT…..Minneapolis North v Minneapolis Southwest

I attended this game last night to check North off my to do list. Usually, Southwest is in the hunt for the City title. The first meeting this year went to North by 18 points. This year it appears the Polars have a lock on that spot as they got to running time in the first half as they sunk the Lakers 83-33 on the road. North was scorching out of the gate and shot 67% from 2s in the first half (21/31) in addition to 44% from 3s (4/9). North ratcheted up the defensive pressure forcing 22 turnovers to start the game (35 total for the night). That usually led to fast break points. Also leading to fast break points was SW’s idea to press North full court. North had 10 points at about the 15 minute to go mark; 20 points at 13:30; 30 at 11:30; 40 at 7:30 and 50 at 5:30. Then they kind of cooled off. The second half turned frigid at the start for North as they failed to score on their first five possessions. Indeed, the lack of urgency/focus contributed to four turnovers in that start. It didn’t matter. The Lakers were in too deep a hole to make an impact. One area that SW succeeded at was rebounding. They out boarded North 39-33 and actually had a 24-19 offensive rebound to defensive North rebounds or 55.8% advantage. That success rate spells trouble long term in March for North. The longer teams stay alive in postseason, the fewer turnovers they generate because the opponents handle the ball better or make better decisions.

That first half North was sizzling with a pp100 of 141.5 with the starters going 160.6. All five starters were north of 146 pp100. At that stage Brooklyn Pettis had 19 points. She made the 31 Club with a 39 and was joined by teammate Shanya Glover with 36. For the game North dropped to 113.7 pp100 showing a definite cooling in the second half. SW was relatively consistent with a 47.1 for the game, slightly better than the 43.6 for the first 18 minutes.

That marks the fourteenth straight for North who now stand at 16-3. Two of their losses are to section 5AA opponents however: Jordan and SW Christian of Chaska. That could put them as a four seed. Their other loss was to Oakland Tech of California. Washburn is the nearest competitor to North for the city title and the Millers fell to North by 36 in the first meeting.

THE DAY AHEAD

A miniscule five game set awaits the fans today. The only ranked team in action is Eden Prairie who will host section 2AAAA rival Waconia. The most interesting game is probably Richfield at Visitation in Tri-Metro action.

 

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