It was game #5 at Hamline and the best game so far. St. Michael-Albertville seemed to be in control most of the way, and yet every time you looked at the scoreboard St. Louis Park was back within 4 or 5. Oh, and for the record, the scoreboard showed 72-65 at the final buzzer, and the Hub shows a final of 72-65, but the official scorebook says 71-66 so I say 71-66.
Kenzie Kramer and Tess Johnson scored 23 each for St. Michael. Kramer hit a couple of bombs but mostly she did it with some dipsy-doodle runners in the lane, where you'd think "tough shot" until it went in the basket. Johnson scored with probably the prettiest jumper in Minnesota today, mostly in the lane from 12 to 18 feet.
Reagan Alexander and Kendall Coley each scored 21 for Park. Alexander did it around the rim, a lot of it off the offensive board. Coley did it from here, there and everywhere--a couple 3s, a couple baseline jumpers, a couple of cuts into the lane, a couple of O-boards.
Right now Hopkins is playing Apple Valley. The Royals jumped out to a 19-2 lead and now its 46-17 with 8:30 minutes to go. Hopkins D is just too much. There've already been a half dozen steals for Hopkins baskets off baseline in-bound passes, though if and when AV gets into the front-court they've run some nice offense and scored both inside and from long range. But they're going to need a bunch of stops now and that's not going to happen.
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