Friday action from 1.31.2025
D1 HIGH FIVE
Gianna Kneepkens, Utah, Duluth Marshall 28
Jenna Johnson, Utah, Wayzata 10
Totals: 38
15 games yielded two Minnesota players, both on Utah.
D2 was silent (at least in the Northern Sun.
POINT PARADE-15
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AAAA-3
Sophie Hawkinson, Wayzata 30
Maggie Dyer, Rochester Mayo 27
Dani Coleman, Lakeville South 26
AAA-2
Abbie Pietila, Delano 31
Morgan Hulke, New Ulm 27
AA-6
Aubrey Quern, Dassel-Cokato 35
Emma Korinek, Concordia 34
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 34
Julia Bishop, Annandale 33
Reagan Essig, Triton 33
Brylle Miller, Fairmont 27
A-4
Jaylyn Coequyt, Minneota 30
Kensyn Storhoff, Lanesboro 30
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 29
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 28
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 93 St. Anthony & Crosby-Ironton
Winner Low 37 Spectrum
Loser High 82 Belle Plaine
Loser Low 15 Mille Lacs
Biggest Margin 64 Monticello v Cambridge-Isanti
Smallest Margin 1, Rockford v Blake; Cleveland v ACGE; Spectrum v PACT
Most Combined: 168 Jackson County Central v Belle Plaine
Least combined: 61 Hills-Beaver Creek v Garretson, SD
Margins 30 or more 29
Margins 5 or less 15
Average 55.27
Winner Average 66.00
Loser Average 44.53
Average margin 21.47
Average combined: 110.53
Ranked Upsets: It was a Friday Night Massacre with four undefeated teams falling. #5AA Sauk Centre lost to #7AA Minnewaska 51-48 in West Central Conference action; The last unbeaten in A, #3 Sleepy Ey St. Mary’s, fell at #5A Mayer Lutheran 65-54. In addition to that, an outside the ranked world, two more AA schools dropped from the unbeaten ranks: Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg lost to MACCRAY 65-53; and Menahga fell on the road to Rock Ridge, a AAA school, 72-68. That leaves two unbeatens in AAA and four in AA.
AAAA Ave 57.50
AAA Ave 58.96
AA Ave 56.06
A Ave 52.68
AAA again wins the day 1.46 ahead of bigger AAAA. A 19 and 29 from a pair of section 7AAAA schools dragged the totals down.
AAAAA
#2 Hopkins 75, Buffalo 28
#3 Eden Prairie 70, Edina 47
#4 Eastview 58, #10 Rosemount 37
#5 Wayzata 78, #8 Minnetonka 67
#9 Lakeville North 74, Farmington 55
AAA
#1 Marshall 71, Waseca 19
#2 Monticello 83, Cambridge-Isanti 19
#6 DeLaSalle 75, Cooper 36
#7 Hill-Murray 69, Simley 26
#9AAA Delano 69, #10AA Jordan 66
AA
#2 Crosby-Ironton 93, Aitkin 38
#3 New London-Spicer 53, Annandale 47
#7AA Minnewaska 51, #5AA Sauk Centre 48
A
#1 Goodhue 75, Cannon Falls 30
#5A Mayer Lutheran 65, #3A Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 54
#7 Central MN Christian 70, Lac qui Parle Valley 32
#8 Breckenridge 53, Frazee 50
#9 Hancock 82, Ashby 27
#10 Braham 61, Mille Lacs 15
ABOUT LAST NIGHT…..Mayer Lutheran v Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
#5 Mayer Lutheran knocked off the last undefeated squad in class A when the #3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights came to town. The Crusaders utilized their balance, and height to their advantage and eventually found a way to slow down SESM’s 2000-point scorer Morgan Mathiowetz. The hosts trailed at half 37-27 as they ran into foul trouble in the first half with a pair of their starters picking up three. The high-water mark for SESM came in the second half early with the Knights up 41-30. The next 15 and a half minutes belonged to ML. After that dividing line ML outscored the visitors 35-13 with a robust 112.9 pp100 to what was frustrating to the Knights a 43.3. Before that mark Mathiowetz had 23 points. The rest of the way she only added five to her total. She did not receive much help in the scoring department except for Olivia Schieffert who had 10 at half but only added three more in the second. One reason for the plummeting pp100, which stood at a healthy 102.8 at the break, was the shift in defensive assignments. In the first half Avery Arvig was assigned to guard Mathiowetz, but three fouls necessitated a change. The Keaveny twins picked up the slack with Izabelle doing most of the box & one assignment. SESM was not able to get the flow into their offense and possessions went deep into the shot clock, sometimes without Mathiowetz getting the last touch. When the Knights were in trouble she was the first on the radar. In possessions lasting seven possessions or longer SESM was 1/16 for the game. Meanwhile, on the Crusader side of the ledger, balance was the key word with all five starters scoring between six and nine in that same late game stretch. They were better in the drawn-out possessions going 6/19 for the game.
For the night Mayer had a pp100 of 89 showcasing their own frustrations on the offensive side of the equation in the first half. Then they shot about 25%. SESM’s frigid second half dragged their 102.8 pp100 down to 74. Other key metrics belonging to the ML camp included a 46-35 rebound advantage and scoring 18 free throws to 14. The Crusaders did not let SESM get to the line that much in the second half, holding them to only six attempts after allowing 14 in the first half. The turnaround also was their two players with three fouls in the first half were relatively clean in the second half, but SESM soon had a few players of their own with too many fouls and that hampered their efforts. Both teams benches were not potent as neither provided a point for either squad. Just looking at starters, ML’s pp100 was 95 to 74.
Mathiowetz made the 31 Club alone in the first half with 19 points. She did crack the 41 Club in the second half with 28 points, 12 d stops and five distributions for a total of 45. Clara Keaveny was the 31 Club representative for ML with a score of 39 on 21 points, 12 d stops and six distributions. Down the 15:30 stretch Marley Martin of ML had 18 in the 31 Club (she was second for the night for the Crusaders at 27). She had 6 points in the last 15 with a 200 pp100, 7 d stops and was 5/6 on her distributions. One advantage for Martin was her ability to tap rebound able balls to her teammates.
DAY AHEAD
40 games on tap for Saturday including another Breakdown event. This time it is the Community Clash with 10 games held at three different sites: 3 at Becker; 2 at Delano; and 5 St. Michael-Albertville. A hefty seven games match ranked v ranked. The Breakdown will host five of them, four at STMA.
RANKED V RANKED
#1AAAA Maple Grove v #8AAAA Minnetonka at STMA
#2AAAA Hopkins v #10AAAA Rosemount at STMA
#1AAA Marshall v #5AAA Orono at Delano
#1AA Providence at #7AA St. Michael-Albertville
#6AAA DeLaSalle v Horace, ND at STMA
#4AA Minnehaha at #2AA Crosby-Ironton
#3A Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s at #7A Central MN Christian
OTHER RANKED
AAA: #9 Delano
AA: #6 Caledonia
A: #5 Mayer Lutheran