D1 HIGH FIVE

There were six teams in action on Thursday.

*Alayna Contreras, Middle Tennessee, Hopkins 24-L

*Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 2-W

Lizzie Holder, Navy, Stillwater 2-L

Haven Fisher, Tulsa, Prior Lake 2-L

Totals: 30 points, 1-3

This is the first time on the list for Holder and that pushes the totals to 73.

All four players were AAAA based. Contreras, Fandre and Holder made the state tournament with Contreras a champion.

D2—no action

D3

There were two teams in action on Thursday.

Morgan Bednarek, Crown MN, Sibley East 21-W

Moriah McLendon, North Central MN, Eastview 12-L

Sydney Cotton, Crown MN, Grand Meadow 11-W

Lydia Schroeder, North Central MN, Minnehaha 10-L

Brycelyn Brewster, North Central MN, United Christian 9-L

Totals: 63 points, 2-3

There were two players that were based in AA and A, one in AAAA.

MN GBB

AAAA

#1 Hopkins 60, #4 Maple Grove 45

#2 Rosemount 65, #3 Rochester Mayo 64

#6 Monticello 83, #7 Chanhassen 63

#8 Blaine 58, #5 East Ridge 54

AAA

#1 Stewartville 65, #4 Cretin-Derham Hall 51

#2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 71, #3 Marshall 59

#5 Hill-Murray 86, #8 Willmar 76

#6 Totino-Grace 57, #7 Rock Ridge 55

AA

#4 Rochester Lourdes 79, #8 Norwood-Young America 61

#6 Minnehaha 44, #7 Sauk Centre 26

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 75, #8 Braham 62

#2 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 72, #7 Mayer Lutheran 57

#4 Hillcrest Lutheran 83, #5 NRHEG 55

#6 Central MN Christian 82, #3 Northome/Kelliher 69

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 86 Hill-Murray

Winner Low 44 Minnehaha

Loser High 76 Willmar

Loser Low 26 Sauk Centre

Biggest Margin 28 Hillcrest Lutheran v NRHEG

Smallest Margin 1 Rosemount v Rochester Mayo

Most Combined: 162 Hill-Murray v Willmar

Least combined: 70 Minnehaha v Sauk Centre

Margins 30 or more none (0.0%)

Margins 5 or less 3 (21.429%)

Average 63.464

Winner Average 70.00

Loser Average 56.929

Ranked Average 65.636

Nonranked Average 55.500

Average margin 13.071

Average combined: 126.93

Upsets: 2

AAAA Ave 61.50

AAA Ave 65.00

AA Ave 52.50

A Ave 69.375

POINT PARADE

AAAA

Samantha Voll, Monticello 34

Amelia Mills, Rochester Mayo 29

AAA

Ashlee Wilson, Hill-Murray 27

Mya Wilson, Hill-Murray 26

AA

Amelia Truty, Rochester Lourdes 27

Lauren Hust, Rochester Lourdes 25

A

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 41

Morgan Rysdam, Braham 32

Ellin Retzlaff, Hillcrest Lutheran 31

Sienna Duininck, Central MN Christian 30

Kate Thayer, Kelliher/Northome 29

ABOUT LAST NIGHT….A QUARTERS

I was at the A quarters yesterday and they went according to script except for the final game of the day where #6 Central MN Christian topped #3 Kelliher/Northome. The As featured the only tournament with all eight teams as the #1 seeds AND all ranked in the final poll. The starts were essential Thursday. #1 Mt. Iron-Buhl was smoking hot in the first half in their win over Braham scoring the first nine points and building what turned out to be an insurmountable 53-22 halftime lead. They needed all of that as the tables abruptly turned in the second half. The Rangers first half pp100 was 143.2 (starters and even better 170.4). The second half it was definitely colder for MIB with only a 53.7 pp100 (which was lower than the Bombers first half totals of 57.9). In game two between #4 Hillcrest Lutheran and #5 NRHEG again the first nine minutes told the tale. The Comets were up 16-9 and by half they were on their way with a 40-19 lead. The Panthers were not at full strength with twin Camryn Vanmaldeghem out with a knee injury suffered in the section 1 final. HLA has balance and strength. They also are out of 6A which was home of last year’s state champion West Central. WC also was a #4 seed last year. Is lightning (or Comets) ready to strike again? Game three had the best pp100 for a losing team with Mayer Lutheran notching 90.5. The Crusaders were even better in the first half right at 100, but Morgan Mathiowetz was sizzling with 28 points—in the first half at 43-33. MM has a lethal step back 3 and that proved to be fatal for ML. It was a good night for the Knights with the best pp100 for the day at 112.5. Game four featured frenetic energy fourfold with CMC topping KN. KN set the pace with their full court defense. The Mustangs forced 31 turnovers on the day, but CMC had a reliable hand at the steering wheel in Sienna Duininck. Despite the Bluejays 10.77 touches per turnover once they took shots they were gold. They shot 55.3% on 2s and 50 (5/10) on 3s. KN turned it over on 23 times and their touches per turnovers were better at 15.74, but their shooting was not at the level of CMC with only 30.9% on 2s and 34.8% on 3s. Their reward will be a rematch with SESM. The Crusaders have been the only team to beat the Knights—a four point game at home.

With NRHEG & KN checklisted I have now seen all 32 teams that made the state.

Team	PP100
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s	112.5
Hillcrest Lutheran	109.2
Mountain Iron-Buhl	96.2
Central MN Christian	95.3
Mayer Lutheran	90.5
Kelliher/Northome	80.2
Braham	79.5
NRHEG	73.3

31 CLUB

Every game featured a 31 Clubber with only Mayer Lutheran failing to provide a player in the eleven. In fact, there were two players in the 41 Club and three that made the even higher 51 Club. Kate Thayer just missed the 61 Club by one. She had 29 points and 21 d stops of which 13 were steals—clearly the top marks in both categories yesterday. The best pp100 in the group belong to Ella Knutson of HLA with a 187.5. She ended up with 15 points and was 5/6 on 2s, 1/1 on 3s and 2/3 at the line. Elin Retzlaff scored 31 points or one point every 1.61 touches. That was even better than the 2.15 touches by Morgan Mathiowetz of SESM who had 41 points in the Knights win. HLA also had a trio (including the sisterhood theme from yesterday) in the 31 Club. NRHEG had two members as the only other squad with multiple entries.

Player	School	31 Club	PP100
Kate Thayer	Kelliher/Northome	60	96.7
Sienna Duininck	Central MN Christian	57	111.1
Morgan Mathiowetz	SESM	55	136.7
Morgan Rysdam	Braham	44	114.3
Elin Retzlaff	Hillcrest Lutheran	43	140.9
Elsa Retzlaff	Hillcrest Lutheran	37	94.7
Emma Braem	Central MN Christian	36	100.0
Ella Knutson	Hillcrest Lutheran	35	187.5
Gabrielle Schlaak	NRHEG	35	142.9
Quinn Vanmaldeghem	NRHEG	35	65.2
Aniyah Thomas	Mt. Iron-Buhl	34	157.1