Recap of Thursday GBB action in Minnesota

D1 HIGH FIVE

Liv McGill, Florida, Hopkins 22

Somah Kamara, Tennessee State, Cooper 17

Tori McKinney, Minnesota, Minnetonka 16

Macy Smith, Oakland, Spring Lake Park 15

Paige Bueckers, UConn, Hopkins 14

Annika Stewart, Minnesota, Wayzata 14

Totals: 84

D2 HIGH FIVE

Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 30

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 22

Destinee Bursch, MSU Mankato, Chaska 21

Willow Thiel, UM Crookston, Perham 19

Alexis Rose, Sioux Falls, Becker 16

Totals 108

Another day where D2 outperforms D1, this time by 24. There were only three Northern Sun contests Thursday. Eleven names dot the two lists. Eight are AAAA; one AAA, two AA. All the smaller class reps are at the D2 level. The Lake (all D1) had a combined 66. Hopkins accounted for 36. Two players did not make a MN state tournament—-Kamara and Stewart.

POINT PARADE-15

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

AAAA-0

none

AAA-1

Adele Changamire, Becker 26

AA-6

Addison Ringold, Spectrum 34

Jada Dykhoff, Wadena-Deer Creek 33

Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 32

Heather Sheehy, Maranatha 29

Regan Juenemann, Crosby-Ironton 25

Mallory Clepper, Pine City 25

A-8

Emma Thein, MACCRAY 37

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 32

Sienna Duininck, Central MN Christian 27

Olivia Schieffert, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 27

Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 26

Avery Morrison, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 26

Bailey Mortensen, Yellow Medicine East 26

Paige Haala, Sleepy Eye 25

A complaint…..Some schools are not reporting box scores. I believe a coach does not have to report the scores. They can find another to get that job done. But be professional and report to your local papers, and get your information on the MN GBB hub. If it was up to me schools would be banned from post-season action if they can’t get information out correctly.

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 101 Northome/Kelliher

Winner Low 31 Hmong Academy

Loser High 68 Central MN Christian

Loser Low 9 Minneapolis Edison

Biggest Margin 79 Northome/Kelliher v Lake of the Woods

Smallest Margin 2 Mille Lacs v Ogilvie; Bertha-Hewitt v Sebeka

Most Combined: 152 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg v Central MN Christian

Least combined: 45 Hmong Academy v Lincoln International

Margins 30 or more 32

Margins 5 or less 13

Average 54.47

Winner Average 66.50

Loser Average 42.43

Average margin 24.07

Average combined: 108.93

Ranked Upsets: #7A Central MN Christian lost to KMS, a AA school 84-68

AAAA Ave 52.54

AAA Ave 48.58

AA Ave 56.66

A Ave 55.02

Another topsy-turvey day with AA winning the night 1.64 ahead of A. AAA was almost ten points behind. AAAA was off by four plus. Why the putrid scores? In AAA eight teams could not get to 40. Five of those could not reach 30. Of the eight four were city (Minneapolis 3/St. Paul 1) schools. Why so low. Two factors—-1. there is no structured youth program; 2. Any athlete that shows promise is scooped up by other programs through open enrollment or private enrollment. City schools also do not make life easy with access to facilities. Until these factors are addressed you will continue to see horrible scores and margins.

AAAA:

#1 Maple Grove 78, Chaska 40

AAA:

#2 Orono 91, Bloomington Jefferson 28

#8 Mahtomedi 62, South St. Paul 29

AA:

#2 Crosby-Ironton 91, Mora 20

#3 New London-Spicer 68, Albany 23

#6 Minnewaska 61, Melrose 40

#7 Sauk Centre 73, Montevideo 39

A:

#1 Goodhue 47, Dover-Eyota 39

#2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 53, Cromwell 37

#3 Mayer Lutheran 71, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 54

#4 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 82, MLGHECT

#5 Hillcrest Lutheran 69, Parkers Prairie 50

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 84, #7 Central MN Christian 68

#9 Hancock 78, Rothsay 32

DAY AHEAD

Friday is ready for 123 games. AAAA has the most ranked teams in action with seven. There are two head on games, one in the mighty Lake and the other a cross-class clash between private Catholic powers.

RANKED V RANKED

#3AAAA Eden Prairie at #5AAAA Wayzata

#7AAA Hill-Murray at #1AA Providence

OTHER RANKED

AAAA: #2 Hopkins; #4 Eastview; #6 Prior Lake; #8 St. Michael-Albertville; #9 Lakeville North;

AAA: #1 Monticello; #3 Marshall; #4 Benilde-St. Margaret’s; #5 Alexandria

AA: #3 New London-Spicer; #5 Caledonia; #8 Duluth Marshall; #10 Visitation

A: #1 Goodhue; #4 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s; #5 Hillcrest Lutheran; #6 Kittson County Central; #8 Breckenridge; #10 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa