Recap of MN GBB action from Wednesday 2.5.2025
D1 HIGH FIVE
Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Lakeville North 21
Amber Scalia, St. Thomas MN, Stillwater 20
Paige Kindseth, Presbyterian, Farmington 15
Alyssa Sand, St. Thomas MN, Albany 10
Alayna Contreras, Kansas City, Hopkins 9
Totals: 75
D2 HIGH FIVE
Bri Stoltzman, Southwest MN State, Mankato West 27
Peyton Blandin, Southwest MN State, Farmington 23
Myra Moorjani, UM Duluth, Eden Prairie 22
Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 19
Ashley Fritz, MSU Moorhead, Eden Prairie 15
Totals: 106
Another day where D2 tops D1. SW MN State alone had 69 of the 106 D2 points. Farmington provided 38 across both divisions. EP had 37 all from D2. Of the 10 total players eight were AAAA HS players. All made the state tournament at one point in their career. Scalia, Kindseth, Sand, Contreras, Blandin all were state champs, or in the virus year, finalists.
POINT PARADE-3
Parade starts at 25. If there is a player missing email kja8067@gmail.com
AAAA-2
Jordan Ode, Maple Grove 27
Lyric Singleton, Park Center 25
AAA-1
Naijona Shaw, St. Paul Como Park 26
AA-0
none
A-0
None
The paraders were only 1-2 on the day with Ode the only winner.
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 82 Maple Grove
Winner Low 27 Cristo Rey Jesuit
Loser High 69 St. Paul Como Park
Loser Low 12 Hiawatha Collegiate
Biggest Margin 39 United Christian v Hiawatha Collegiate
Smallest Margin 1 Centennial v Totino-Grace
Most Combined: 145 St. Croix Prep v St. Paul Como Park
Least combined: 48 Cristo Rey Jesuit v Math & Science
Margins 30 or more 2
Margins 5 or less 3
Average 50.79
Winner Average 57.92
Loser Average 43.67
Average margin 14.25
Average combined: 101.58
Ranked Upsets: Elk River knocked off #10AAAA Anoka 53-47
AAAA Ave 56.07
AAA Ave 60.00
AA Ave 33.83
A Ave 51.00
Yikes. 33.83 for AA puts them almost 18 points behind A (albeit one team in A was in action on Wednesday). For the day AA was 3-3. But other than St. Croix Prep’s 76-69 win over Como not one team cracked 50 and that includes two winners. In fact three of those contests the combined totals failed to crack 70.
AAAA
#1 Maple Grove 82, Andover 45
Elk River 53, #10 Anoka 47
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….Rogers v Park Center
I continued my tour of the teams in the bubbling under the QRF Top 50 with #65 Rogers the main draw in a game at Park Center. It was also my second game this week featuring action in the NW Suburban. And for the first time this week a game was played that did not involve running time. The visiting Royals proved to be more consistent throughout the night and won 74-60.
The game started out in yo-yo fashion. One team would get hot, then the other. Rogers opened with a 9-1 mark, and I had visions of running time after only three minutes of play. PC quickly bounced back and tied it up at 10 in their next five possessions. Rogers zipped back in front 27-16 as they scored on four straight possessions with two scores coming long distance. With six minutes left in the half PC trailed 31-17. They caught fire in their last four possessions capped by a mid-court 3 by Lyric Singleton, who led all scorers with 25, to make it 38-36 at the break. Together both teams nailed a combined nine 3s in the first half with Rogers going 5/7.
On the PC coaching staff is Suzanne Gilreath who played her HS ball at Fridley and then played at Wisconsin. Her influence can be seen on the 3 shooters. They hit three consecutive 3s early in the second half but still trailed 45-42. With under 10 minutes left eighth grader Demi Holman cut the deficit to 50-48 with another 3. That was as close as it was going to get. Rogers responded on the very next chance with a 3 from Brooke Brattensborg. From that point on Rogers outscored the hosts 20-12. At the widest Rogers led 74-53 with about a minute left. PC scored on their final three chances but may have lost Singleton to an injury on her steal lay up with less than 10 seconds left. By the time I left the gym, she was still on the floor with focus on her right leg being stretched out.
The rebound war went to Rogers 52-41. The Royals had an offensive rebound clip of 45.7% to PC’s 37.9. The Pirates had six more offensive rebounds, but it did not provide them with the necessary scoring. Rogers shot better from both 2s (43.2%-23.9%) and 3s (47.1%-33.3%). Rogers also had better efficiency with a pp100 for the day of 104.2. The first half was 102.7. Their starters checked in with 112.5. PC for the game had 84.5 overall, a drop from 94.7 in the first half.
PC’s Lyric Singleton led all scorers with 25 points (gaining access to the parade) and was the tops also in the 41 Club with a score of 42 adding nine d stops and 8/20 on distributions. Rogers had two players make the 31 Club: Sophomore Kinnley Colligan had a 37 with a team high 22 points, 10 d stops and five distributions in 14 set ups. Senior Chloe Netzinger was close behind with a 34 score in the 31 Club on 21 points, 11 d stops and two distributions on eleven set ups. Rogers sophomore point guard Alexa Juntunen had a 75% distribution mark going 12/16 with 59 touches per turnover.
DAY AHEAD
There are 95 games ready to go today. 13 ranked teams are in action with a pair of #1s taking the court. Class A has the lion’s share of the action with seven schools playing including the top five.
OTHER RANKED
AAAA: #1 Maple Grove
AAA: #2 Orono, #8 Mahtomedi
AA: #2 Crosby-Ironton; #3 New London-Spicer; #6 Minnewaska; #7 Sauk Centre
A: #1 Goodhue; #2 Mountain Iron-Buhl; #3 Mayer Lutheran; #4 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s; #5 Hillcrest Lutheran; #7 Central MN Christian; #9 Hancock