Friday, March 13, 2026 Reports: High Fives, MN GBB State Results, Point Parade & Brief Review of AA & A Semis

D1 HIGH FIVE

There were five teams in action on Friday (but only one player played & scored).

*Amber Scalia, Miami OH, Stillwater 22-W

Totals: 22 points, 1-0

Scalia was AAAA based and made the state tournament.

D2

There were 11 teams in action on Friday.

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 18-L

Lexi Hanna, UM St. Louis, Maple Grove 17-W

Lexi Karge, UM Duluth, Mankato East 16-W

Rhyan Holmgren, MSU Mankato, St. Peter 13-L

Leah Dengerud, Concordia St. Paul, Totino-Grace 12-W

Mackenzie Schweim, MSU Mankato, Mankato East 12-L

Totals: 76 points, 3-3

This was Holmgren’s first appearance on the list bringing the total for the year to 79.

Hanna set a new personal best.

Four players were AAA based (two from Mankato East), one each from AAAA and AA.

D3

There were nine teams in action on Friday.

Sydney Cotton, Crown MN, Grand Meadow 24-W

Morgan Bednarek, Crown MN, Sibley East 23-W

Brycelyn Brewster, North Central MN, United Christian 20-L

Grace Knupp, UW LaCrosse, East Ridge 16-W

Malia Nelson, UW LaCrosse, Dover-Eyota 15-W

Totals: 98 points, 4-1

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

MN GBB RESULTS

AAAA

#6 Monticello 70, #8 Blaine 52

AAA

#5 Hill-Murray 81, #6 Totino-Grace 41

AA

#1 Providence 72, #5 Perham 49

#2 Duluth Marshall 71, #3 New London-Spicer 56

#4 Rochester Lourdes 71, #6 Minnehaha 40

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 78, #4 Hillcrest Lutheran 56

#2 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 53, #6 Central MN Christian 47

#7 Mayer Lutheran 70, #3 Kelliher-Northome 67

#8 Braham 78, #5 NRHEG 65

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 81 Hill-Murray

Winner Low 53 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

Loser High 67 Kelliher/Northome

Loser Low 40 Minnehaha

Biggest Margin 40 Hill-Murray v Totino-Grace

Smallest Margin 3 Mayer Lutheran v Kelliher/Northome

Most Combined: 143 Braham v NRHEG

Least combined: 100 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s v Central MN Christian

Margins 30 or more 2 (22.22%)

Margins 5 or less 1 (11.11%)

Average 62.056

Winner Average 71.556

Loser Average 52.556

Ranked Average 64.00

Nonranked Average 46.50

Average margin 19.000

Average combined: 124.111

Upsets: 2

AAAA Ave 61.00

AAA Ave 61.00

AA Ave 59.833

A Ave 64.25

POINT PARADE

AAAA

Samantha Voll, Monticello 34

AAA

Ashlee Wilson, Hill-Murray 34

AA

Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 36

Maddyn Greenway, Providence 30

Kaita Anderson, Perham 26

Amelia Truty, Rochester Lourdes 25

A

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 31

Anna Neyens, Mountain Iron-Buhl 30

Quinn Vanmaldeghem, NRHEG 30

Elin Retzlaff, Hillcrest Lutheran 29

ABOUT LAST NIGHT…..A & AA SEMIS

It was Friday the 13th at Williams Arena on Friday. Glaeser’s Theorem is alive and well (a team, in order to win a tournament, needs to survive a bad half). Depleted Perham put up a fight in the first half against Providence trailing only by two. Maddyn Greenway was her usual productive self, but the next highest scorer came off the bench: junior Lily Sabers delivered 14 points going 4/5 on 2s, and 2/6 on 3s and the Lions will be looking for a fifth straight AA title.

Hillcrest Lutheran & CMC’s second half sank their chances. The Comets had three players in the 31 club on Thursday, only one on Friday. CMC had two members on Thursday, zero on Friday. NLS got off to a slow start, made a move to cut it to five, but faded due to fouls down the stretch.

Tent pole players like Greenway, Johnson, Mathiowetz lived up to consistent expectations. MIB has balance and depth that is unusual for A teams. Their top performer was Anna Neyens with a 200 pp100 going a scintillating 8/11 from 3s on her way to 30 points.

Team PP100
Mountain Iron-Buhl 106.8
Providence 105.9
Duluth Marshall 102.8
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 82.8
New London-Spicer 80.0
Hillcrest Lutheran 77.8
Central MN Christian 74.6
Perham 72.1

31 CLUB

The 31 Club was 4-3 in the win/loss column on Friday. Four players were AA, three A. The only school not to provide a member was Central MN Christian. The top pp100 came from Anna Neyens with 200. Mathiowetz, and Retzlaff  repeated from Thursday. Johnson and Anderson repeated from Wednesday. I did not chart Greenway or Tanner on Wednesday. Anderson and Greenway are the only 2026s on the list. There were no multiple school entries for the first time this tournament.

Player School 31 Club PP100
Chloe Johnson Duluth Marshall 58 133.3
Maddyn Greenway Providence 55 115.4
Morgan Mathiowetz SESM 45 118.5
Elin Retzlaff Hillcrest Lutheran 39 161.1
Kaia Anderson Perham 37 136.8
Anna Neyens Mt. Iron-Buhl 33 200.0
Korbin Tanner New London-Spicer 33 95.2

 

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