Thursday MN GBB results
D1 HIGH FIVE
Savannah McGowan, Illinois State, Armstrong 8
Kylie Waytashek, Valparaiso, Royalton 6
Savannah White, Indiana State, DeLaSalle 6
Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 3
Totals: 23
No High Fiver cracked double digits. Or is it High Quad. Three were AAAA, White was AAA.
POINT PARADE-13
Parade starts at 25.
AAAA-4
Madlin Freking, Anoka 38
Addi Schneider, Chaska 32
Jordan Ode, Maple Grove 30
Elise Dieterle, White Bear Lake 28
AAA-2
Taleigha Bigler, Marshall 30
Aneisha Scott, DeLaSalle 26
AA-4
Cierra Kortan, Sauk Centre 32
Camryn VanMaldeghem, NRHEG 29
Josie Foster, Caledonia 27
Abigail John, Barnesville 25
A-3
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 30
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 27
Lexi Lawrence, EGF Sacred Heart 27
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 79 Sauk Centre
Winner Low 52 Rock Ridge
Loser High 64 Barnesville
Loser Low 47 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Biggest Margin 29 Goodhue vs. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Smallest Margin 2 Rock Ridge v Monticello
Most Combined: 140 Caledonia v Barnesville
Least combined: 102 Rock Ridge v Monticello
Margins 30 or more none
Margins 5 or less 4
Average 60.57
Winner Average 66.50
Loser Average 54.64
Average margin 11.86
Average combined: 121.14
Ranked Upsets: Hopkins (#3) over Eastview (#2) in AAAA; #2 Monticello, undefeated before the state AAA tournament went 0-2 with a two point loss to #6 seed Rock Rapids. Mayer Lutheran became the second #2 to lose to a #7 in this tournament when MACCRAY topped the Crusaders 55-51.
AAAA Ave 63.00
AAA Ave 56.13
AA Ave 68.25
A Ave 58.75
AA again topped the charts with 5.25 more than second place AAAA. True it was only two games compared to four, but it was also consolation games. AAA trailed in the four classes.
AAAA
#1 Maple Grove 69, #4 Lakeville North 50
#3 Hopkins 68, #2 Eastview 48
#5 Brainerd 68, #8 White Bear Lake 63
#6 Chaska 75, #7 Anoka 63
AAA
#1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 60, #5 Alexandria 52
#3 Marshall 57, #7 Cretin-Derham Hall 48
#4 DeLaSalle 70, #8 Stewartville 60
#6 Rock Ridge 52, #2 Monticello 50
AA
#5 Sauk Centre 79, #8 NRHEG 54
#6 Caledonia 76, #7 Barnesville 64
A
#1 Goodhue 76, #8 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 47
#3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 65, #6 EGF Sacred Heart 61 OT
#4 West Central 61, #5 Cromwell-Wright 54
#7 MACCRAY 55, #2 Mayer Lutheran 51
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….A quarters plus one AAAA semi
Another busy day again, this time with five and a half games. I did not chart the first AAAA semi, since I got there with the first half completed. With all the quarters finished I was able to see 31 of the 32 teams in the state field this year. NRHEG escaped my charting.
For the second time this tournament a #7 seed upended a #2. MACCRAY edged Mayer Lutheran 55-51 joining Cretin-Derham Hall in their win over Monticello in AAA. The Wolverines and Raiders also share the fact that they were the only non-ranked teams to advance to the semifinals in any class.
Here is the quick synopsis from Thursday
A | PP100 |
Goodhue | 105.6 |
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | 104.8 |
EGF Sacred Heart | 96.8 |
West Central | 92.4 |
Cromwell-Wright | 83.1 |
MACCRAY | 80.9 |
Mayer Lutheran | 76.1 |
Walker-H-A | 64.4 |
AAAA | |
Hopkins | 104.6 |
Eastview | 73.8 |
Name | School | 31 Club | Pp100 |
A | |||
Morgan Mathiowetz | Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | 54 | 96.8 |
Brielle Janssen | MACCRAY | 47 | 73.0 |
Lexi Lawrence | EGF Sacred Heart | 40 | 108.0 |
Marly Martin | Mayer Lutheran | 32 | 125.0 |
AAAA | |||
Jailyah Diggs | Hopkins | 32 | 61.5 |
Bra’ja Torry | Eastview | 31 | 65.2 |
I find it odd that of the six 31 Clubbers (plus) only two were able to be centurions. This too me is concerning. Especially the AAAA level where the pair could not get to 70. Both were beneath their team’s pp100. Obviously, they are doing quite a bit to get to 31, but their effectiveness can be sooo much better. Decision making/turnovers is one example. When you are a point guard (both are) and turning it over every 10.88 or 10.14 touches that requires remediation.
In the olden days, when I named a player of the week, the requirements to be considered were clearing the bar on numbers, with a pp100 of 100 or better, and a floor % of .500 or better. In this case the only two under consideration would be Lawrence and Martin and both their teams lost yesterday. I need consistency. Even on the biggest stage with the brightest spotlights.
The three teams that were centurion level are in the finals (Hopkins) or are favored in the A Semis Friday.
DAY AHEAD
A & AA Semis. This will only be the second time in state history that there will be a match up of two top five scorers of all time (Mack, Minnehaha v Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton). The first came on January 24 with Mack & Greenway. (when both were top five—they met earlier but had not reached that status).