D1 HIGH FIVE

There were three teams in action on Tuesday.

*Nora Francois, Arizona, DeLaSalle 12-W

Haven Fisher, Tulsa, Prior Lake 4-W

Totals: 16 points, 2-0

This was F Troop.

One each from AAAA and AAA.

D2

There was one team in action on Tuesday.

No one from MN played.

D3

There were 9 teams in action on Tuesday.

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 25-W

Natalie Beaver, Luther, Hayfield 24-W

Brianna Nusbaum, St. Mary’s MN, Spring Lake Park 24-W

Ava Haus, St. Scholastica, St. Michael-Albertville 21-L

Lexi Thomas, Luther, Maple River 20-W

Totals:

This is Thomas first time on the D3 HF list. That makes the total 89 for the year.

There were two AAAA players, and one each from AAA, AA and A.

MN GBB RESULTS

AAAA

#2 Maple Grove 83, Irondale 38

#8 Monticello 69, Buffalo 29

AAA

#4 Marshall 83, Worthington 23

AA

#4 New London-Spicer 66, Morris/Chokio-Alberta 51

#6 Rochester Lourdes 44, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 38

#7 Fairmont 52, Luverne 42

A

#6 Central MN Christian 52, Minneota 49

SECTION RESULTS

AAAA

5

#1 Maple Grove 83, #8 Irondale 38

#2 Champlin Park 70, #7 Osseo 48

#3 Mounds View 56, #6 Park Center 43

#5 Spring Lake Park 75, #4 Rogers 72

8

#1 Monticello 69, #8 Buffalo 29

#2 Elk River 53, #7 Bemidji 41

#3 Brainerd 55, #6 Moorhead 47

#4 St. Michael-Albertville 49, #5 Alexandria 43

AAA

2

#1 Marshall 83, #8 Worthington 23

#2 Jordan 91, #7 Mankato East 35

#3 New Ulm 85, #6 Hutchinson 41

#4 Mankato West 74, #5 St. Peter 73

AA

1

#2 Rochester Lourdes 44, #7 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 38

#3 Goodhue 95, #6 Triton 59

3N

#1 New London-Spicer 66, #4 Morris/Chokio-Alberta 51

#2 Minnewaska 67, #3 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 50

3S

#1 Fairmont 52, #5 Luverne 42

#3 St. James 72, #2 Pipestone 56

4

#9 Concordia Academy 61, #16 Twin Cities Academy 41

#10 Higher Ground 44,  #15 Math & Science 41

#11 Nova Classical 37, #14 St. Paul Academy 36

#12 Mounds Park 35, #13 St. Paul Humboldt 30

7

#3 Proctor 72, #14 Two Harbors 30

#4 Pequot Lakes 88, #13 Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 34

#5 Mesabi East 77, #12 Moose Lake/Willow River 34

#6 Esko 64, #11 Pillager 36

#7 Pierz 59, #10 Staples-Motley 44

#8 Aitkin 74, #9 International Falls 59

A

1

#2 Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy 74, #7 Lanesboro 59

#3 Southland 73, #6 Fillmore Central 65

3N

#1 Central MN Christian 52, #4 Minneota 49

#2 MACCRAY 69, #3 Lakeview 30

3S

#1 Hills-Beaver Creek 62, #5 Westbrook-Walnut Grove 38

#3 Murray County Central 59, #2 Adrian/Ellsworth  43

5W

#8 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 65, #9 Laporte 45

#10 Browerville 50, #7 Verndale 35

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 95 Goodhue

Winner Low 35 Mounds Park Academy

Loser High 73 St. Peter

Loser Low 23 Worthington

Biggest Margin 60 Marshall v Worthington

Smallest Margin 1 Mankato West v St. Peter; Nova Classical v St. Paul Academy

Most Combined: 154 Goodhue v Triton

Least combined: 65 Mounds Park Academy v St. Paul Humboldt

Margins 30 or more 10 (27.778%)

Margins 5 or less 6 (16.667%)

Average 54.611

Winner Average 65.389

Loser Average 43.833

Ranked Average 64.143

Nonranked Average 53.585

Average margin 21.556

Average combined: 109.22

Ranked Losses: none

Higher seed losses: four

AAAA Ave 54.438

AAA Ave 63.125

AA Ave 52.75

A Ave 54.25

POINT PARADE

AA

Marta Forsline, Mesabi East 34

Lola Christianson, Goodhue 26

Brylee Miller, Fairmont 26

Chloe Carlson, Proctor 25

Clara Swanson, Esko 25

A

Jensyn Storhoff, Lanesboro 29

Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 27

Leah Carter, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 26

Lily Morrisey, Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy 26

Sienna Duininck, Central MN Christian 25

CLASS	Highest seed out	1st #1 seed out	1st ranked team out	#1 Seeds alive	Highest QRF Out
AAAA	5: #4 Rogers	None	None	All	#27 Alexandria
AAA	2: #5 St. Peter	None	None	All	#142 St. Peter
AA	S2S: #3 Pipestone	None	None	All	#111 Pipestone
A	S3S: #2 Adrian/Ellsworth	None	None	All	#187 Lakeview

ABOUT LAST NIGHT…..STMA V ALEXANDRIA

Host  and #4 seed St. Michael-Albertville rallied from eight down with 5:47 left to survive the #5 seed Alexandria Cardinals in the quarters of 8AAAA Tuesday. 4/5s are usually the best option in the quarters, but what made this game compelling was Alex was #27 in the QRF and finished the year 19-8. STMA is now #46 and 10-16. Why was STMA the higher seed? 14 of those losses came to teams that are or have been in the top 10. They also ripped Alex 64-36 a month ago.

This was a low scoring affair all night. For the first half the Knights had a slight advantage in a game marred by missed opportunities. To use the Olympic hockey metaphor there were several wide open empty netters that missed the mark (Alex was 2/7 on transition, STMA never had a chance). Neither squad shined offensively in this game with the first half pp100s for both teams sub 70. It was fairly tight, even if the scoring was light with STMA holding a five point advantage at the widest in the first half. At the break it was 24-20. Alexandria grabbed the lead at 34-30 when Riley Beyer made the first free throw and then the Cards got the missed rebound off the STMA hands. Lauren Beyer cashed in with a 3 from the left corner on the inbounds. That started an 11-3 run to put them, what looked like the driver’s seat, at 41-33. The next eight possessions over the course of the next 4:30 minutes delivered nothing. The Knights scored 11 unanswered points. A key contributor in that surge was Caelyn Foster who had three points, and 3 d stops. McKinley Hoelscher broke the drought for Alex with a driving left hand lay up to make it 44-43 STMA with under 1:10 to go. The Knights scored on a nine touch possession with Tenlee Egan on the right block. The drought returned for Alex on their next three chances and they were forced to foul. STMA was ¾ at the line down the stretch.

Both teams had important pieces of puzzle spending more time on the bench than on the floor. For Alex it was Kate Hennessy who had two fouls in the 2:15, gained her third shortly after returning after the nine minute mark, number four was less than a minute into the second half. As a result, Hennessy did not get into an offensive flow. Cail Jahnke exited the game with 8:13 left in the first half with an injury after driving the baseline and attempting a reverse lay up on the left side. She did not return. She too did not have a point. With both players out the depth of the bench was tested. STMA won that battle 17-5 and 81.0 pp100 to 35.7.

STMA won the offensive board battle 25.58% to only 12.5%. Maybe it would be better to state the Knights dominated the defensive boards. Because they really clamped down on second chancers for Alex. Free throws were a huge advantage for STMA with eight more made, and 13 more attempted. It did not help that Alex had chances in the drought to score at the line but were 0/4 in one stretch.

Team	Pt	PP100	OR/DR	FTM/a	2M/A	3M/A	TO/TpTO	LEAD
STMA	49	74.2	11/35	17/29	7/28	6/23	11/33.64	6
Alexandria	43	64.2	5/32	9/16	8/26	6/25	14/24.79	8

With such a low scoring game it should come to no surprise that no one made the 31 Club. The best Knight came in at only 22; the best Cardinal 26. STMA’s Jacey Bryan led all scorers with 16 points. Alex’s Riley Beyer led all players with 11 d stops.

DAY AHEAD

AAAA

#5 Rochester Mayo hosts Rochester JM

#6 Rosemount hosts Apple Valley

#9 Chanhassen hosts Chaska

#9 Eastview hosts Burnsville

AAA

#1 Orono hosts Westonka

#5 Hill-Murray hosts North St. Paul

#6 Cretin-Derham Hall hosts South St. Paul

#7 Delano hosts Minneapolis Southwest

#8 Northfield hosts Austin

#9 DeLaSalle hosts Minneapolis Edison

#10 Becker hosts Annandale