D1 HIGH FIVE
only two teams in operation on Tuesday.
*Savannah White, Xavier, DeLaSalle 11-W
Haven Fisher, Tulsa, Prior Lake 5-L
Totals: 16 points, 1-1
Fisher was AAAA and White AAA. White made State.
D2—no action
D3—no action
MN GBB RESULTS
AAAA
#1 Hopkins 72, Eden Prairie 35
#5 Wayzata 71, #3 Maple Grove 59
#4 Minnetonka 84, St. Michael-Albertville 70
#6 Rochester Mayo 78, Owatonna 46
#9 Elk River 76, Armstrong 41
Chanhassen 70, #10 Waconia 64
AAA
#2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 67, #6AA Red Wing 54
#4 Stewartville 89, Goodhue 67
#5 Marshall 88, Mankato West 41
#7 Bryron 65, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 54
#8 Northfield 96, Albert Lea 13
#9 Delano 79, Westonka 27
#10 DeLaSalle 99, Columbia Heights 26
AA
#2 Crosby-Ironton 80, Fergus Falls 60
#3 New London-Spicer 81, Litchfield 31
#4 Duluth Marshall 85, Ely 37
Pelican Rapids 71, #5 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 66
#7 Perham 70, Breckenridge 55
#8 Foley 79, Holdingford 35
#9 Rochester Lourdes 78, Pine Island 40
#10 Minnehaha hosts Breck—no word
A
#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 91, Grand Rapids 29
#3 Hillcrest Lutheran 68, Rothsay 42
#5 NRHEG 79, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 50
BOLD 79, #6 Central MN Christian 60
#7 Mayer Lutheran 73, United Christian 30
#8 Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy 57, Randolph 36
Braham 70, #9 Pine River-Backus 56
#10 Hills-Beaver Creek 57, Southwest MN Christian 27
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 120 West Lutheran
Winner Low 39 Kimball
Loser High 79 St. Clair
Loser Low 2 St. John’s Prep
Biggest Margin 113 West Lutheran v Math & Science
Smallest Margin 2 Champlin Park v Centennial; Rogers v Totino-Grace; Henning v New York Mills
Most Combined: 165 MN Valley Lutheran v St. Clair
Least combined: 71 Kimball v Annandale
Margins 30 or more (38.98%)
Margins 5 or less 8 (6.78%)
Average 55.53
Winner Average 69.136
Loser Average 42.076
Ranked Average 74.143
Nonranked Average 53.111
Average margin 27.059
Average combined: 111.21
Ranked Losses: five
AAAA Ave 61.657
AAA Ave 55.343
AA Ave 55.347
A Ave 53.593
POINT PARADE
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AAAA
Anysia Pink, Bemidji 29
Amelia Mills, Rochester Mayo 26
McKenzie Perry, Rochester Century 26
AAA
Maija Lamppa, Rock Ridge 29
AA
Tori Oehrlien, Crosby-Ironton 36
Acelynn Hacker, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 33
Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 31
Lola Christianson, Goodhue 29
Amelia Truty, Rochester Lourdes 29
Leah Wagner, , Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 29
Anna Ulvin, Roseau 27
Tatem Votava, East Grand Forks 26
Brylee Miller, Fairmont 25
A
Quinn Kangas, Cherry 30
Jaylyn Coequyt, Minneota 27
Keira Benck, GHECTML 26
MILESTONES
Acelynn Hacker of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg reached the 2000 point mark in a 82-47 win over Eden Valley-Watkins.
Kinley Soiney of Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton scored her 1000 point in a 79-49 win over LeRoy-Ostrander.
Aria Garrett of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton made it to the 1000 rebound mark in a 67-47 win over Glencoe-Silver Lake on December 29.
ABOUT LAST NIGHT…..BRAHAM V PINE RIVER-BACKUS
In what may be a preview of the 5A championship, host Braham knocked Pine River-Backus from the undefeated list with a 70-56 victory. The visiting Tigers had an atrocious first half that saw the hosts hold a convincing 35-14 lead. All sorts of things were off the rails for PRB in the first half. Braham demonstrated a higher level of physicality and effectively forced turnovers, resulting in the Tiger ball handlers frequently being directed toward the sidelines. Foul issues plagued PRB early on. Within the first two minutes Ella Brewer picked up two fouls and soon found herself on the bench. The bench was not kind to PRB. They were outscored on the night 11-2 in that category. When she left in at the 15:51 mark of the first half after Braham converted a pair of free throws it was 6-2. She wasn’t out long, but the rhythm was disrupted. The three point shooting, which looks like to be an important part of their offensive production sputtered in the first half as they went 1/16. Looking at the pp100 mark it was Braham dominating 92.1-37.8.
Halftime saw adjustments and an improved mark from PRB. They outscored the hosts 10-2 in the first three minutes of the second half and now trailed 37-24 forcing a Bomber timeout. Braham’s lead soon went back to 19, but fouls were starting to mount for them too and their most dynamic aggressive performer Morgan Rysdam picked up foul number four with 10 minutes to go and the Bombers up 49-33. She exited and the Tigers pounced with six straight scores on a 14-7 push. In that string PRB scored three 3s by three different Tigers. Braham had a three-possession string of their own at the tail end of that run that kept the margin no closer than 11. Two long distance bombs from Avery Shockman and Emily Davis gave Braham some breathing space and Rysdam’s return prevented any more PRB scoring strings.
Rysdam and Davis led Braham with 15 each. Ella Brewer led all scorers with 16.
Looking at other factors, the Bombers were more active on the glass with grabbing offensive rebounds at a 51.29% rate compared to PRB’s 33.33% rate. Also, Braham, despite being more physical, was at the free throw line way more often making 15 while PRB took less than half of that. That tells you PRB didn’t get to the rim very often. They took 54.55% of their shots from deep. Braham took attempted 23.81% from behind the line. PRB needed those 3s scoring 42.86% of their points that way. Braham not so much at 12.86%.
| Team | Pt | PP100 | OR/DR | FTM/a | 2M/A | 3M/A | TO/TOTO |
| Braham | 70 | 92.1 | 21/24 | 15/27 | 23/48 | 3/15 | 20/18.90 |
| Pine River-Backus | 56 | 74.7 | 12/20 | 4/7 | 14/25 | 8/30 | 27/12.44 |
Rysdam of Braham was the sole 31 Club invitee, leading all players with 16 d stops. Her pp100 was only a sub-par 71.4 with turnovers and missed 3s taking their toll.
| Player | School | 31Club | PP100 |
| Morgan Rysdam | Braham | 33 | 71.4 |
PRB is now 10-1 on the year, and they are still the at the top of the 5A leaderboard ahead of Cass Lake-Bena. Braham is trailing Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa for the top spot in the East. The Bombers are 10-3 with losses to AA powers Crosby-Ironton and Milaca along with A ranked Hillcrest Lutheran.
A side note….this was a late pick up for me. Braham is in the hour limit (55 minutes) and the opportunity to see PRB trumped other options.
DAY AHEAD
AAAA
#8 East Ridge travels to Park-Cottage Grove
AAA
#3 Hill-Murray hosts South St. Paul
#5 Cretin-Derham Hall hosts Irondale