A-5<\/strong><\/p>\nMorgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s 38<\/p>\n
Kate Thayer, Northome\/Kelliher 33<\/p>\n
Anna Neyens, Mountain Iron-Buhl 31<\/p>\n
Kylee Binkley, Northome\/Kelliher 29<\/p>\n
Kara Henning, Heritage Christian 27<\/p>\n
TOP OF THE CLASS (GRAD)<\/strong><\/p>\n2025:<\/strong> Hadley Thul, Alexandria 37<\/p>\n2026:<\/strong> Maddyn Greenway, Providence 41<\/p>\n2027:<\/strong> Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s 38<\/p>\n2028:<\/p>\n
RANKED RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nWinner High<\/strong> 89 Northome\/Kelliher, Providence<\/p>\nWinner Low<\/strong> 34 St. Paul Humboldt<\/p>\nLoser High<\/strong> 75 Alexandria<\/p>\nLoser Low<\/strong> 14 Lincoln International<\/p>\nBiggest Margin<\/strong> 50 Nicollet v Medford; Cromwell-Wright v Barnum<\/p>\nSmallest Margin<\/strong> 2 Mountain Lake\/Comfrey v Adrian\/Ellsworth<\/p>\nMost Combined:<\/strong> 164 Providence v Alexandria<\/p>\nLeast combined:<\/strong> 55 St. Paul Humboldt v Hiawatha Collegiate<\/p>\nMargins 30 or more<\/strong> 12<\/p>\nMargins 5 or less<\/strong> 4<\/p>\nAverage<\/strong> 51.03<\/p>\nWinner Average<\/strong> 61.74<\/p>\nLoser Average<\/strong> 40.31<\/p>\nAverage margin<\/strong> 21.44<\/p>\nAverage combined<\/strong>: 102.1<\/p>\nRanked Upsets:<\/strong> none<\/p>\nAAAA Ave<\/strong> none<\/p>\nAAA Ave<\/strong> 54.00 1-3<\/p>\nAA Ave<\/strong> 49.36 12-10<\/p>\nA Ave<\/strong> 51.36 24-26<\/p>\nAAA wins the point production contest despite losing three of the four games played. AA is the lowest point production despite having the best winning percentage of any class.<\/p>\n
AA<\/strong><\/p>\n#1 Providence 89, #5AAA Alexandria 75<\/p>\n
A <\/strong><\/p>\n#4 Mountain Iron-Buhl 81, Ogilvie 45<\/p>\n
#6 Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s 65, Mankato Loyola 29<\/p>\n
#8 Braham 60, Mora 24<\/p>\n
MILESTONES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nSenior Hope Counts of Providence reached the 1000 point mark in the win over Alexandria.<\/p>\n
SEEDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nEarlier we posted 1AA & 1A seeds. here are the lastest seeds<\/p>\n
AA<\/strong><\/p>\n2: #1 Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton; #2 NRHEG; #3 Tri-City United<\/p>\n
3N: #1 New London-Spicer; #2 Minnewaska; #3 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg<\/p>\n
3S: #1 Jackson County Central; #2 Fairmont; #3 Windom<\/p>\n
A<\/strong><\/p>\n2: #1 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s; #2 BOLD; #3 Sleepy Eye<\/p>\n
3N: #1 Central MN Christian; #2 MACCRAY; #3 Minneota<\/p>\n
3S: #1 Hills-Beaver Creek; #2 Adrian\/Ellsworth; #3 Southwest MN Christian<\/p>\n
ABOUT LAST NIGHT\u2026..Providence v Alexandria<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nProvidence completed their Minnesota portion of their schedule with a make up game against Alexandria and for the 24th<\/sup> time this season came away a winner in an 89-75 victory at home. Originally this game was supposed to take place on Saturday, January 18. What was significant in this victory is for the 15th<\/sup> time this year the Lions have beaten a ranked team. Providence has taken down currently ranked AAAA teams #1, #2, #3, #8, #9; AAA teams #2, #5 (Monday\u2019s opponent Alexandria), #7; and AA teams #4 (twice); and #8. Throw in Iowa\u2019s #2 in class 5A. Awaiting next is a road trip to Wisconsin to face #9 in D1 (Hortonville) on Friday; the Lions then face Green Bay Notre Dame on Saturday.<\/p>\nWhat also was significant was the fact that the Cardinals had the tightest margin (14) since an eleven-point win at Jordan on January 28. Providence has had three wins under ten points all year with the closest coming against Dowling Catholic of Iowa 71-69 at the WBL Thanksgiving Tip-Off.<\/p>\n
Some other key parts to this game: Hope Counts got to the 1000 point level at the 12:31 mark in the first half on a put back. That pushed Providence to a 16-8 lead. Alex would compete throughout the game and battled back to tie it up at 22. That forced a Providence time out at the 9:21 mark. The game still remained tight with both team\u2019s leading scorers delivering key baskets. Senior Hadley Thul from Alex and Maddyn Greenway are the tent poles for their respective teams. And the Lions caught fire toward the end of the first half and left the Cards in the dust with a 21-6 close over the last six minutes. Providence\u2019s consistency was sharp scoring strings of four sprinkled with twos. Their dry patches usually lasted one possession during this time. At the break Greenway had 24 points and had already made the 31 Club with three to spare. Thul was nipping at the heels with 18 points and was well on the way to the 31 Club with a 26 score.<\/p>\n
The second half saw Providence continue to roll, pushing their 49-33 half-time advantage to 60-38 and at the widest 76-50 with about ten minutes left. Alex was still fighting and Thul was knocking down almost every shot. She finished 7\/8 from 2s was 5\/10 on 3s and 8\/10 at the free throw line for 37 points on the day. That put her in the 51 Club with one to spare. Greenway won the scoring battle with 41 points and won the 31 (or 51 Club) with a score of 59. But interestingly down the stretch Thul switched over to guard Greenway and the junior guard did not score again the last ten minutes. In fact, Alex dominated the end of the night 25-13 or translated 138.9 pp100 to 72. 2. Providence was struggling to score with one point scored every 6.23 touches. Alex got hot at 3.72 touches. The problem for the visitors was the deficit hole was too steep.<\/p>\n
As a whole Providence had 111.2 pp100 for the game, down slightly from the 116.7 they enjoyed at half. Alex improved from 80.5 at half to 96.2 for the game. Part of that improvement can be tied to being more aggressive on the offensive boards. They were rebounding at a 26.1% clip in the first half. For the game it improved to 38.5. That means they were getting after their own misses at a 48.3% clip. Alex also was more aggressive to the rim gathering more free throw attempts. They were getting to the line every 19.1 touches in the first half; and 13.75 for the game. Alex won the free throw attempt battle 28-11. They made more free throws (19) than Providence attempted (11).<\/p>\n
Providence had a couple of players that helped lift the burdens. Newly minted 1000-point member Counts also got to the 31 Club with two to spare. Guard Emma Millerbernd was one off membership. Alex did not have any other players near 31.<\/p>\n
Not every team has a 6-2 Hadley Thul that has the shooting range plus the mobility to guard a dynamo like Greenway. The impact of this finish may not be a good sign for Providence opponents going forward as they will look for exclamation points at the end of the night.<\/p>\n
DAY AHEAD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe busiest day of the week has 135 games in store plus the sections start. AAAA has nine ranked teams in play. The first section game is a pig tail game in 1AA with St. Charles at LaCrescent.<\/p>\n
RANKED V RANKED<\/strong><\/p>\n#2AAAA Hopkins at #8AAAA St. Michael-Albertville<\/p>\n
#4AA Minnehaha at #4AAAA Wayzata<\/p>\n
OTHER RANKED<\/strong><\/p>\nAAAA:<\/strong> #3 Eastview; #5 Eden Prairie; #6 Prior Lake; #7 Minnetonka; #9 Lakeville North; #10 Elk River<\/p>\nAAA:<\/strong> #1 Monticello; #2 Orono; #4 Benilde-St. Margaret\u2019s; #7 Hill-Murray; #8 Byron; #9 Mahtomedi; #10 Delano<\/p>\nAA:<\/strong> #6 Minnewaska; #7 Sauk Centre; #8 Duluth Marshall; #9 Proctor; #10 Visitation<\/p>\nA:<\/strong> #2 Mayer Lutheran; #4 Kittson County Central; #5 Breckenridge; #6 Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s; #7 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports from Monday 2.17.2025 D1 HIGH FIVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8CdKT-5uR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21146,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21146","url_meta":{"origin":21133,"position":0},"title":"MN GBB: Friday 2.21.2025 reports: High Five; 12 Paraders; Ranked Results; Seeds AAAA 2,3,4,6; AAA 2,3,6; and the Day Ahead","date":"February 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"MN GBB Reports from Friday 2.21.2025 D1 HIGH FIVE Savannah White, Indiana State, DeLaSalle 9 Kylie Waytashek, Valparaiso, Royalton 3 Totals: 12 D2 HIGH FIVE Bri Stoltzman, Southwest MN State, Mankato West 28 Destinee Bursch, MSU Mankato, Eden Prairie 27 Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 27 Emma Miller, UM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20995,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=20995","url_meta":{"origin":21133,"position":1},"title":"MN GBB: Saturday 1.4.2025 Action; D1 High Five; 7 Paraders; Ranked Results; & Seeding the State","date":"January 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Recap of MN GBB Action from Saturday 1.4.2025 D1 HIGH FIVE Jo Langbehn, St. Thomas MN, Elk River 20 Madison Mathiowetz, South Dakota State, Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s 20 Somah Kamara, Tennessee State, Cooper 19 Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State, Cooper 19 Ayoka Lee, Kansas State, Byron 19 Totals: 97 There\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21820,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21820","url_meta":{"origin":21133,"position":2},"title":"Sunday, February 1, 2026 Reports: High Five & Day Ahead","date":"February 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"D1 HIGH FIVE There were 18 teams in action on Sunday. *Olivia Olson, Michigan, Benilde-St. Margaret\u2019s 23-W *Liv McGill, Florida, Hopkins 21-L *Kierra Wheeler, West Virginia, Cooper 18-W *Amaya Battle, Minnesota, Hopkins 17-W *Sophie Hart, Minnesota, Farmington 15-W Totals: 94 points, 4-1 Three of the players were AAAA based; two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21056,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21056","url_meta":{"origin":21133,"position":3},"title":"MN GBB: Action from Thursday 1.23.2025; High Five; 17 Paraders; Ranked Results & the Day Ahead","date":"January 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Recap of MN GBB action from Thursday 1.23.2025 D1 HIGH FIVE Nunu Agara, Stanford, Hopkins 19 Piper Carlson, Idaho State, St. Michael-Albertville 15 Adalia McKenzie, Illinois, Park Center 15 Macy Smith, Oakland, Spring Lake Park 13 Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 9 Liza Karlen, Notre Dame, Stillwater 9 Totals: 71\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "GBB: Minnesota"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21813,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21813","url_meta":{"origin":21133,"position":4},"title":"Friday, January 30, 2026 Reports: High Fives; MN GBB Results; Point Parade, Milestones, & Day Ahead","date":"January 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"D1 HIGH FIVE There were two teams playing on Friday. 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