Due to travel considerations things will be brief today.
MN GBB RESULTS
AAAA
#1 Hopkins 64, Fargo Davies, ND 30
#2 Minnetonka 69, Alexandria 42
AAA
#2 Orono 81, Anoka 20
#9 Byron 70, Becker 48
AA
Lakeville North 46, #3 Duluth Marshall 42
#6 New London-Spicer 76, Hutchinson 41
A-none
ABOUT LAST NIGHT—–5 GAMES FROM BREAKDOWN ST. BEN’S
There were five games that were opened at the St. Benedict portion of the Dairy Queen Granite City Classic. Compared to the NBA Christmas day experience these gifts were a disappointment. They were more in line with the NFL lineup that same day. Only one team made it to the century level—#1AAAA Hopkins. Next was #9AAA Byron with a 98.6. #2AAAA Minnetonka was close with a 97.2. Only one game made it to the competitive level/crunch time type of game—-Lakeville North’s four point win over #3AA Duluth Marshall.
Losing teams throughout the day struggled to get to 60 pp100. The best mark for a losing squad came in the last game with Becker getting 64.8.
Injuries, or players returning from injuries impacted results. Madalyn Blaylark of DeLaSalle is back on the court in limited bursts. On the injury side of the ledger Jazmin Daing of Minnetonka was wearing a boot. LN’s Lauren Robison was also unavailable for action.
Earlier this year I wrote about the free throw numbers being a disappointment. In these five games the numbers were vastly better than the November out of the gate results. The marks yesterday were 64.51%, with Alexandria a perfect 10/10.
All games featured physical, pressing defenses. They made it through the holiday gap, the offenses, for the most part, did not. The only team to value the ball was LN with a 37.25 touch per turnover mark. Duluth Marshall was the only other team to be north of 20 touches per turnover. The Hopkins defense, as always, had the highest heat with Fargo Davies coughing the ball up every 10.93 touches.
| Team | Pt | PP100 | OR/DR | FTM/a | 2M/A | 3M/A | TO/TOTO |
| DeLaSalle | 69 | 89.5 | 23/30 | 16/23 | 14/39 | 8/22 | 24/18.38 |
| New Prague | 41 | 53.2 | 14/20 | 13/24 | 11/41 | 2/9 | 29/11.62 |
| Hopkins | 64 | 106.7 | 15/15 | 7/11 | 21/35 | 5/19 | 16/17.62 |
| Fargo Davies | 30 | 50.0 | 13/17 | 7/10 | 7/25 | 3/15 | 27/10.93 |
| Minnetonka | 69 | 97.2 | 16/27 | 12/16 | 18/43 | 7/19 | 18/18.61 |
| Alexandria | 42 | 59.2 | 13/23 | 10/10 | 10/35 | 4/21 | 24/14.58 |
| Lakeville North | 46 | 69.7 | 11/31 | 3/6 | 8/28 | 9/31 | 12/37.25 |
| Duluth Marshall | 42 | 63.6 | 11/35 | 8/12 | 11/34 | 4/22 | 15/20.33 |
| Byron | 70 | 98.6 | 12/25 | 14/23 | 25/40 | 2/14 | 17/17.88 |
| Becker | 48 | 64.8 | 9/20 | 10/20 | 12/28 | 4/16 | 2714.67 |
31 CLUBBERS
There were only five additions to the 31 Club (or 41 Club). Four of the winners provided members, with Chloe Johnson of Duluth Marshall the only non-winner among the quintet. Only three were golden with pp100s over 100. Lanelle Wright topped all with a 170 pp100 on the day.
Madison Ohm, Byron 41—116.7
Lanelle Wright, Minnetonka 37—170.0
Jaliyah Diggs, Hopkins 35—-106.7
Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 32—-70.4
Laila Moses, DeLaSalle 32—93.8