FRIDAY FOURSOME

The MN State AAU Qualifier opened on Friday at Kennedy. I don’t know if you can chalk up the lower numbers, especially by the non-winning teams, to nerves, or lack of together time, or fill in the blank, but even winning teams were not stellar.  When a team fails to reach 20 it is rough. That happened twice. My mantra is 10 points every four minutes, not 10 points a half. Two teams, both the 2019 level remarkably had the same pp100 just under my low bench mark of 80. North Tartan Starks, the five time defending state champs showed why they hold that position. Four players reached double digits led by Paige Bueckers.

The reason this is so brief is time constraints. It is off to Kennedy again for a smattering of games. Sunday will showcase the battle for number one seeds.

Team	Division	Score	Pp100	Leading scorer
MN Fury 2021 Yellow	2021	60	103.3	Allison Fritz 14
Crossfire Maxson	2021	16	23.0	Elsa Maas 5
North Tartan Herbie	2019	43	78.6	Lindsey Becher 12
Lady Gotshook Walker	2019	23	41.1	Isabell West 11
MN Fury 2019 Gauntlet	2019	55	78.6	Taylor McAulay 19
MN Comets Elite	2019	40	53.5	Lariah Washington 12
North Tartan Starks	2020	60	115.4	Paige Bueckers 12
E1T1	2020	17	33.3	Patience Williams 8

TRENCH PLAYERS:

Game 1 Maggie Czinano, MN Fury 2021 Yellow (Watertown-Mayer)

Game 2 Jadyn Hanson, North Tartan Herbie (St. Michael-Albertville)

Game 3 Taylor McAulay,  MN Fury 2019 Gauntlet (Centennial)

Game 4: Paige Bueckers, North Tartan Starks (Hopkins) the only 31 Clubber on the day, playing roughly half the game.

PLAYER OF THE DAY: PAIGE BUECKERS