HIGH FIVE D1
There were four teams playing on Friday.
But only one team had a Minnesota player on the court. That player did not score.
D2
18 teams in action on Friday.
Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 25-W
Rachel Kottke, St. Cloud State, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 23-W
Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 23-W
Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 21-W
Nicole Maenke, Southwest MN State, Shakopee 20-W
Totals: 112 points, 5-0
This was Kottke’s first appearance on the D2 HF list. Her addition brings the total to 71 players.
There were three AAAA players and one each from AA and A. All made the state tournament.
D3
No action (with Minnesota players)
MN GBB RESULTS
AAAA
#4 Maple Grove 85, #1 Minnetonka 74 OT
#3 Rosemount 70, Shakopee 39
#5 Wayzata 83, Edina 54
#8 Elk River 72, Centennial 50
#9 East Ridge 77, #4AAA Cretin-Derham Hall 72
#10 Waconia 68, New Prague 60
AAA
#2 Orono 69, Mahtomedi 29
#3 Hill-Murray 81, Tartan 41
#6 Marshall 76, St. Peter 45
#8 Delano 53, Jordan 50
#9 Byron 73, Kasson-Mantorville 24
AA
#2 Crosby-Ironton 78, Cloquet 44
#3 New London-Spicer 90, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 42
Goodhue 65, #5 Rochester Lourdes 52
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 66, #6 Proctor 47
#7 Minnehaha 71, Blake 46
#9 Fairmont 64, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 52
#10 Pequot Lakes 58, Albany 47
A
#2 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 93, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 35
#3 Hillcrest Lutheran 76, Parkers Prairie 19
Chisholm 56, #5 EGF Sacred Heart 52
#7 NRHEG 81, Triton 58
#8 Mayer Lutheran hosts West Lutheran
#9 Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy 54, Kenyon-Wanamingo 34
#10 BOLD 88, Melrose 53
POINT PARADE
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AAAA-no reports
AAA-no reports
AA
Brylee Miller, Fairmont 33
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 28
Jayden Sonnenberg, Frazee 28
Avery Bragelmann, Melrose 26
Tatem Votava, East Grand Forks 26
A
Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 33
Brielle Janssen, MACCRAY 29
Lilly Henriksen, BOLD 28
Tess Nygaard, Benson 27
Aubrey Steffl, Cedar Mountain 26
MILESTONES
Aaliyah Williams of Rochester Lourdes reached the 1000 point mark with 17 points in the 65-52 loss to Goodhue.
On Thursday Adrian/Ellsworth senior Shandra Cuperus reached the 1000 point mark with 32 in a 63-54 win over Murray County Central
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 107 Becker
Winner Low 29 Mounds Park Academy
Loser High 77 Dassel-Cokato
Loser Low 12 Clearbrook-Gonvick
Biggest Margin 88 Becker v North Branch
Smallest Margin 1 Mounds Park Academy v International School
Most Combined: 160 Rockford v Dassel-Cokato
Least combined: 57 Mounds Park Academy v International School
Margins 30 or more 41 (35.96%)
Margins 5 or less 11 (9.65%)
Average 54.408
Winner Average 66.833
Loser Average 41.982
Ranked Average 71.385
Nonranked Average 52.129
Average margin 24.851
Average combined: 108.82
Ranked Losses: five
AAAA Ave 62.711
AAA Ave 51.907
AA Ave 54.211
A Ave 51.410
ABOUT LAST NIGHT….FOLEY V MILACA
Foley overcame a slow start to stop the Wolves in Milaca 63-57 in the second game of a boy/girl doubleheader in a key Granite Ridge match up. This contest also has 6AA seeding implications. The GRC has had several teams either receiving votes or in the rankings this season. Quietly it is one of the better AA conferences out there. So far this year I have now charted four of the seven teams. Albany was the power in this conference. But now Little Falls and Foley are sitting on top of the standings. This was Foley’s ninth straight win. Their only loss was the season opener to Mayer Lutheran. Milaca was tagged with their first conference loss last night. According to the QRF Foley should be the #1 seed with Milaca #2.
The Falcons trailed 14-4 after the first 5:15 of the game and that forced a time out. I was questioning my judgment in attending this game as it looked like a romp. Milaca was scorching the nets to the tune of 127.3 pp100 to only 40.0 for the visitors. After that Foley’s defense firmed up preventing unopposed drives to the rim. The Falcons offense also got on track. The rest of the way (the last 31 minutes of the game) they prevailed 109.3 pp100 to 78.2. Part of that shift was due to foul situations. Milaca did not lack fouls. The Wolves ended up winning that category 19-12. No one fouled out for Milaca, but two starters were saddled with four and that altered the complexion of the game. Foley went on a 14-4 run of their own putting the game in the one possession category. Milaca stretched the lead out again to six (24-18) but the long ball helped cut that deficit for Foley On their last possession of the half they had their first lead of the game at 27-26 on a drive by Katie Mazacek who had 14 points for the night. Milaca scored at the buzzer on an elbow shot by Azalea Tesch to go into break up 28-27.
Milaca got out of the gate in the second half ahead of Foley after a three-possession scoring string 35-29 capped by an &1 by Madison Gothmann. But Foley strung together four possessions of their own and pulled in front 41-39. Soon the Falcons led by six after a triple by Lydia Anderson who ended up with 14 points on the night. There were eight minutes left in the contest. At the four-minute mark the hosts tied the game at 53 on a shot from the elbow by Madison Gothmann. She wanted to go to the rim but had to be content with a pull up due to the swarm of defenders descending on her. The last four minutes belonged to Foley 10-4. First 6-1 post Alexis Swanson scored from the blocks either because the Wolves had a smaller defender on her or Tesch was unable to physically get after her due to foul situations. Foley scored their final six points by making six free throws.
Clearly Foley had advantages on the boards, at the line and from behind the line. The only clear domination for Milaca came on 2 FG %. The Falcons had an offensive rebound rate of 51.6% (16/31) to only 27.3% (9/33) for the Wolves. Foley MADE 13 free throws while Milaca ATTEMPTED only seven. Also, the Falcons delivered 42.8% from behind the arc good for 18 points, while the hosts were only 15%, good for 9 points. Milaca shot an impressive 59.5% from 2s to only Foley’s 43.2%.
One other factor tipping the scales to the Falcons was their bench production 15-0. All 15 of those points came from Addison Beier who led a balanced Falcon attack. Four starters were between 14 and eight points. The Wolves Gothmann sisters provided 41 of their 57 points (71.9%).
| Team | Pt | PP100 | OR/DR | FTA/m | 2A/M | 3A/M | TO/TOTO |
| Foley | 63 | 98.4 | 16/24 | 13/18 | 16/37 | 6/14 | 19/16.21 |
| Milaca | 57 | 86.4 | 9/15 | 4/7 | 22/37 | 3/20 | 15/22.47 |
The only 31 Clubbers on the day were from Milaca and both shared the same last name. The Gothmann sisters had different production values in the mix. Annabelle had the best 31 Club score (34-32) but it was Madison that was more efficient (141.2 pp100 to 81.0). Madison was 10/13 from the floor mainly on drives to the rim. Annabelle was 7/14. Neither found the range from deep going a combined 1/11. Madison was better with the ball with one turnover per 74 touches. Annabelle was much better than average at 30.33, but that and the missed shots affected the pp100 score.
| Player | School | 31Club | PP100 |
| Annabelle Gothmann | Milaca | 34 | 81.0 |
| Madison Gothmann | Milaca | 32 | 141.2 |
DAY AHEAD
There are 13 ranked teams in action Saturday including three games where both teams are ranked.
AAAA—no ranked teams in action.
AAA
#1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s hosts Andover
#6 Marshall travels to Mankato East
#7 Northfield hosts Rochester JM
AA
#1 Providence hosts #5 Rochester Lourdes
#3 New London-Spicer hosts West Central
#4 Duluth Marshall hosts Stevens Point, WI
#6 Proctor travels to #8 Perham
#10 Red Wing travels to Austin
A
#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl hosts #5 EGF Sacred Heart
#10 BOLD travels to Morris/Chokio-Alberta