D1 HIGH FIVE
23 teams were playing on Thursday.
Liv McGill, Florida, Hopkins 29-L
*Amaya Battle, Minnesota, Hopkins 21-W
*Olivia Olson, Michigan, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 21-W
Tori Schlagel, South Dakota, Eden Prairie 17-W
*Mara Braun, Minnesota, Wayzata 15-W
*Piper Carlson, Idaho State, St. Michael-Albertville 15-W
Totals: 103 points, 5-1
Battle and Schlagel set new personal bests.
Five were AAAA based players (all Lake Conference) and one AAA.
All made the state. McGill, Battle, Olson and Carlson won state titles.
D2
31 teams were playing on Thursday.
Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 32-W
Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 26-W
Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 23-W
Myra Moorjani, UM Duluth, Eden Prairie 21-W
Abby Berge, MSU Moorhead, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 18-W
Totals: 120 points, 5-0
There were three AAAA based players, one AA and one A.
All five made the state tournament.
D3—no action
MN GBB RESULTS
AAAA
#1 Wayzata 78, Eden Prairie 52
#2 Hopkins 82, #6 Minnetonka 75
#3 Maple Grove 63, Buffalo 52
Shakopee 60, #4 Rosemount 59
#5 Rochester Mayo 70, Prior Lake 68
#10 Elk River 55, Totino-Grace 54
AAA
#2 Stewartville 70, #9 DeLaSalle 48
#3 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 86, Waconia 73
AA
#3 Duluth Marshall 82, Mesabi East 63
#4 Red Wing 54, Lake City 37
#9 Fairmont 75, Waseca 35
A
#2 Northome/Kelliher 79, Hill City/Northland 24
#4 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 89, GHECTML 49
#5 Hillcrest Lutheran 57, Rothsay 51
#8 BOLD 74, Melrose 56
#10 Hills-Beaver Creek 66, Mountain Lake/Comfrey 42
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 96 West Lutheran
Winner Low 46 Lakeview; Spring Lake Park
Loser High 75 Minnetonka; Lester Prairie
Loser Low 11 Fond du Lac Ojibwe; Hmong Academy
Biggest Margin 76 Carlton/Wrenshall v Fond du Lac Ojibwe
Smallest Margin 1 Shakopee v Rosemount; Russell-Tyler-Ruthton v Westbrook-Walnut Grove; Elk River v Totino-Grace
Most Combined: 159 Benilde-St. Margaret’s v Waconia
Least combined: 66 Higher Ground Academy v Hmong Academy
Margins 30 or more 33 (34.375%)
Margins 5 or less 10 (10.417%)
Average 55.845
Winner Average 67.299
Loser Average 44.392
Ranked Average 70.111
Nonranked Average 54.386
Average margin 22.907
Average combined: 111.690
Ranked Losses: three
AAAA Ave 62.931
AAA Ave 53.909
AA Ave 55.611
A Ave 54.157
POINT PARADE
AAAA
Erma Walker, Hopkins 34
Maggie Dyer, Rochester Mayo 29
Toni Fisher, Prior Lake 26
Allison Thomes, Brainerd 25
AAA
Kennedy Lewis, Sartell 25
AA
Aria Garrett, Dilworth-Glydon-Felton 31
Kate Palm, Aitkin 29
Audrey Hayden, Roseau 26
Vivian Shepersky, Park Rapids 26
Aubrie Klug, Caledonia 25
Brylee Miller, Fairmont 25
A
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 42
Jaylyn Coequyt, Minneota 26
Mia Hurst, Barnum 25
Bailey Mortenson, Yellow Medicine East 25
MILESTONES
Lilly Henriksen of BOLD scored her 1000 point in the win over Melrose. She had 21.
Lauryn Ankeny of Minnewaska scored her 1000 point in the win over West Central. She had 12.
Sophomore Bailey Mortenson of Yellow Medicine East scored her 1000 point in the win over TMB. She had 25.
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….HOPKINS V MINNETONKA
I finally got out this week and went to the Lake Conference for a potential match up in the state semis. Two years ago this was a state final. But that might be problematic. Right now Minnetonka probably is the #1 seed in section two; but they are suffering from some significant injuries. Hopkins is looking at the #2 seed in section 6 but that could change with next week’s contest with current #1 Wayzata. At any rate the contest last night had offense, with a heavy emphasis on free throws. It also showed that despite the big lead with Hopkins, the Skippers scrapped back. Fouls again kept the game perhaps closer than it should be.
Clearly the loss of 6-2 Jazmin Daing and 6-2 Le’Sedra Williams impacted the Skippers rebounding totals. The Royals owned the glass 38-23. Even more important was Hopkins offensive rebound rate of 53.12%. Minnetonka came in at 27.58%. Both teams cashed in at the line at a great clip and Minnetonka was better at 2s hitting for 60.6%. Not that Hopkins was shabby at 55.3%. Do not believe there was therefore no defense. This was a physical contest and shots were contested. The quality of the game, and the skill of the performers can be noted by the pp100 with Minnetonka losing out despite a 101.4 pp100. Hopkins came in at 112.3 but their starters were even more proficient at 127.3. Another facet for Hopkins was their bench which outscored the Skippers 12-0.
The game started off tight with the visitors scoring a lay up off the jump ball by Lanelle Wright. Hopkins broke free from a one possession game (25-23) with 16-4 burst capped by seven straight scoring possessions down to about the 1:40 mark in the first half. The Skippers tried to slow the momentum with a time out at 3:17 but the Hopkins Express kept rolling for three more possessions to make it 41-27. From that point on it was catch up mode for Minnetonka. At half the hosts led 45-30.
Fouls started to pile up for Hopkins in the first minute (two) and the tone was set for the rest of the game. Minnetonka made all 13 free throws attempted in the second half, they only made four in the first half. The visitors narrowed the gap to 49-40 with a 10-4 start after three minutes. Hopkins regained their mojo and pushed their lead to 72-53 (a 23-13 stretch) with 6:21 remaining. The pendulum once again swung back to Minnetonka to close the night. The Skippers finished with a 22-10 kick including stretches of four and three scoring possessions (eight total possessions). But the clock worked in Hopkins’ favor.
| Team | Pt | PP100 | OR/DR | FTM/a | 2M/A | 3M/A | TO/TpTO | LEAD |
| Hopkins | 82 | 112.3 | 17/21 | 18/22 | 26/47 | 4/11 | 20/17.45 | 19 |
| Minnetonka | 75 | 101.4 | 8/15 | 17/19 | 20/33 | 6/23 | 17/17.94 | 4 |
As for the 31 Club each team provided one member. Hopkins junior Erma Walker was up one level to the 41 Club. She dominated inside going 12/17 from the floor and was physically imposing. She also went to the line 14 times hitting ten. She also kept away from fouls that were unnecessary. Not everyone at Hopkins has learned that lesson yet.
Senior Lanelle Wright made the 31 Club right on the nose with 31. She had a productive second half. She skyrocketed her pp100 to 214.3 pp100 in the second half with 15 point and a perfect 9/9 at the line. She helped push the Minnetonka second half pp100 up to 118.4, above the 97.4 pp100 for the host Royals.
| Player | School | 31Club | PP100 |
| Erma Walker | Hopkins | 47 | 161.9 |
| Lanelle Wright | Minnetonka | 31 | 131.2 |
SEEDS
The first seeds have dropped for postseason. 3A leads the way.
A
3N: #1 Central MN Christian; #2 MACCRAY; #3 Lakeview
3S: #1 Hills-Beaver Creek; #2 Adrian/Ellsworth; #3 Murray County Central
DAY AHEAD
There are 27 ranked teams playing on Friday.
AAAA
#1 Wayzata travels to West Fargo Horace
#4 Rosemount travels to Edina
#7 East Ridge travels to #6AAA Cretin-Derham Hall
#8 Eastview travels to Lakeville North
#9 Monticello hosts St. Francis
AAA
#1 Orono hosts Chaska
#2 Stewartville hosts Zumbrota-Mazeppa
#4 Marshall travels to Brandon Valley SD
#5 Hill-Murray travels to South St. Paul
#7 Delano travels to Holy Family
#8 Byron hosts Kasson-Mantorville
#9 DeLaSalle travels to Columbia Heights
#10 Northfield hosts Austin
AA
#1 Providence travels to Rock Ridge
#3 Duluth Marshall travels to #2A Northome/Kelliher
#5 Rochester Lourdes travels to Goodhue
#6 New London-Spicer hosts Eden Valley-Watkins
#7 Foley hosts Milaca
#10 Frazee travels to Pelican Rapids
A
#3 NRHEG travels to Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons
#6 Central MN Christian travels to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
#7 Mayer Lutheran hosts Minneota
#8 BOLD travels to West Central
#8 EGF Sacred Heart travels to Red Lake County
#10 Braham hosts Hinckley-Finlayson