Minnesota Basketball Highlights

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HIGHLIGHT ISSUE
Top 20 Rankings by Class
Pages 2-3
Volume 22
Issue No. 10
February 12
Gophers’ Banham gets nation’s attention, and
Kobe’s, with record 60 points at Northwestern
By Bruce Strand
O
n Super Bowl Sunday, nobody
was more super than Rachel
Banham.
Anyone watching the Gopher
women play at Northwestern to
while away the time before the
kickoff was treated to one of the
most amazing performances in college hoops history.
The senior guard
from Lakeville
North scored 20
points in the first
half, 22 in the
second half, including an 11-1
run by herself to
erase a 9-point Rachel Banham
deficit, 10 more
in the first overtime including a
tying layup with :03 left, and eight
in the second overtime, for a total
of 60 points, carrying the resurgent
Gophers to a 112-106 victory.
Banham tied the NCAA record for
points in a game, in 1987 by Cindy
Brown of Long Beach State in a
game they won by 80 points over
San Jose State, in contrast to Banham’s performance where her team
needed every point.
She beat her personal best of 39,
then the Gopher record of 44 by
Carol Ann Shudlick — who happened to be in attendance in Evanston, IL — and the Big Ten record
of 49 by Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante and Illinois’ Kendra Gantt
before tying the national mark.
“I think it was in the fourth quarter
and I bank shot a three. No one
does that. How does that go in?”
Banham reflected, on the Gophers
web site. “It was the [most awkward] angle and somehow it went
in. I was like, All right, I’m feeling good. If that’s going in, a lot
of shots are going to start falling.
After that everything felt really
good. It felt like the rim was wide
open, no matter what I threw up it
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2015-2016
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Boys’ Top 20 Team Rankings
Girls’ Top 20 Team Rankings
Highlights - Boys
Highlights - Girls
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MN Gopher men
MN Gopher women
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PRO BASKETBALL
MN Timberwolves
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CONTRIBUTORS
Bruce Strand - lead writer
Ron Haggstrom - boys’ editor
Kevin Anderson - girls’ editor
Terry Kunze - column
Jeff McCarron - publisher, column
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on Saturday, March 6, at St. Cloud
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Minnesota Basketball News
February 12
BOYS High School Team Rankings - Top 20
Class 4A
Class 2A
Class 3A
Class 1A
1. Apple Valley (22-1)
2. Osseo (23-0)
3. Hopkins (22-1)
4. Maple Grove (20-3)
5. Champlin Park (17-4)
6. Lakeville North (20-3)
7. Rochester John Marshall (19-3)
8. Shakopee (19-4)
9. Chaska (18-5)
10. Wayzata (17-6)
11. Minnetonka (14-8)
12. Eden Prairie (12-10)
13. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-5)
14. Woodbury (20-3)
15. Elk River (18-4)
16. Mounds View (19-4)
17. Edina (13-8)
18. Lakeville South (14-9)
19. Tartan (19-4)
20. Armstrong (13-10)
1. DeLaSalle (14-4)
2. Red Wing (21-1)
3. Marshall (21-3)
4. Delano (19-4)
5. Waconia (18-5)
6. Austin (17-5)
7. Orono (16-7)
8. Minneapolis Henry (18-6)
9. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (14-9)
10. Northfield (15-8)
11. Mahtomedi (17-6)
12. Mankato East (14-8)
13. Fergus Falls (19-3)
14. Alexandria (15-6)
15. Columbia Heights (13-7)
16. Detroit Lakes (17-5)
17. Rocori (14-8)
18. Chisago Lakes (17-6)
19. St. Anthony (17-6)
20. Waseca (16-6)
1. St. Croix Lutheran (21-2)
2. Caledonia (23-2)
3. Braham (22-1)
4. Lake City (20-3)
5. St. Charles (21-2)
6. Minnehaha Academy (18-5)
7. Esko (19-3)
8. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (19-3)
9. Maple River (21-3)
10. Melrose (20-2)
11. Albany (17-5)
12. Crosby-Ironton (18-4)
13. Annandale (18-3)
14. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (20-3)
15. Eden Valley-Watkins (18-3)
16. St. Peter (18-4)
17. St. Paul Academy (15-7)
18. St. Cloud Cathedral (15-7)
19. Rochester Lourdes (17-7)
20. Perham (17-4)
1. Minneapolis North (20-5)
2. Spring Grove (23-1)
3. Central Minnesota Christian (21-2)
4. Hillcrest Lutheran (21-0)
5. Murray County Central (22-2)
6. Rushford-Peterson (17-7)
7. Browerville/Eagle Valley (20-2)
8. Battle Lake (18-5)
9. Minnesota Valley Lutheran (20-4)
10. Red Lake (18-4)
11. Cass Lake-Bena (19-3)
12. North Woods (20-2)
13. Nevis (18-5)
14. Pine River-Backus (17-5)
15. Cleveland (24-1)
16. Mountain Iron-Buhl (17-5)
17. St. Clair (17-6)
18. Heritage Christian (15-4)
19. Houston (19-4)
20. Waubun (18-4)
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GIRLS High School Team Rankings - Top 20
Class 4A
Class 2A
Class 3A
Class 1A
1. Hopkins (19-2)
2. Shakopee (19-1)
3. Eastview (19-2)
4. St. Michael-Albertville (19-2)
5. Minnetonka (18-3)
6. Lakeville North (16-5)
7. Elk River (15-4)
8. Rochester Mayo (19-2)
9. White Bear Lake (15-6)
10. East Ridge (18-3)
11. Park Center (14-6)
12. Osseo (17-4)
13. Rosemount (12-8)
14. Lakeville South (12-6)
15. Rochester John Marshall (16-5)
16. Eagan (12-9)
17. Apple Valley (13-8)
18. Anoka (13-6)
19. Edina (11-9)
20. Wayzata (14-5)
1. Orono (18-2)
2. Kasson-Mantorville (21-2)
3. St. Paul Como Park (15-5)
4. Hutchinson (17-3)
5. Winona (16-4)
6. Byron (19-3)
7. Holy Angels (15-4)
8. Thief River Falls (17-2)
9. Marshall (16-6)
10. Bloomington Kennedy (11-9)
11. Waconia (15-6)
12. Alexandria (15-5)
13. Hermantown (18-5)
14. Grand Rapids (15-6)
15. Northfield (13-8)
16. Detroit Lakes (13-7)
17. DeLaSalle (13-8)
18. Willmar (15-5)
19. Becker (13-6)
20. Hill-Murray (9-13)
1. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (20-1)
2. Sauk Centre (19-1)
3. Albany (17-3)
4. Minnehaha Academy (19-2)
5. Annandale (20-1)
6. Pequot Lakes (18-2)
7. Watertown-Mayer (16-4)
8. Dover-Eyota (18-5)
9. Roseau (17-3)
10. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (18-1)
11. New London-Spicer (16-5)
12. Pipestone Area (17-2)
13. Esko (16-3)
14. St. Croix Lutheran (15-4)
15. Norwood Young America (17-3)
16. Holy Family (12-8)
17. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (19-3)
18. Osakis (17-2)
19. St. Peter (16-4)
20. Hayfield (13-7)
1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (20-1)
2. Goodhue (20-3)
3. Maranatha (17-4)
4. Ada-Borup (18-2)
5. Lyle-Pacelli (19-3)
6. Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity (21-2)
7. Sleepy Eye (20-2)
8. Browerville/Eagle Valley (18-2)
9. Cromwell (19-2)
10. Wheaton-Herman-Norcross (19-2)
11. Win-E-Mac (21-2)
12. Sacred Heart (20-0)
13. Mankato Loyola (16-4)
14. Southwest Minnesota Christian (18-1)
15. Mayer Lutheran (16-5)
16. Kimball Area (18-2)
17. Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman (15-4)
18. Floodwood (17-4)
19. Bigfork (17-3)
20. Stephen Argyle (15-6)
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Roseau’s Borowicz sisters reach 2,000 and 1,000,
four days apart; lead 17-3 team
By Bruce Strand
K
iley and Kacie Borowicz sisters of Roseau, who
led their team to the state semifinals last year,
each reached scoring career milestones in the past
week, four days apart.
Kiley, a 5-foot-8 junior forward, notched her 2,000th
point while scoring 22 in an 89-84 loss to Mountain
Iron-Buhl on Friday, Feb. 5.
Kacey, a 5-foot-7 freshman guard, got her 1,000th
point on Tuesday while scoring 18 in a 91-58 victory
over Kittson County Central.
Kiley is averaging 24.8 points, 8
rebounds, 5.2 steals and 4 assists,
shooting 58 percent, for the Rams
(17-3).
Roseau’s school record was the state record for several
years, 3,300 points by Megan Taylor, who went on to
star at Iowa State.
The Rams also have Iva Braaten averaging 14.3 points
with a deadly three-pointer that “goes through the net
with a commanding swoosh,” the coach noted. Victoria Johnson, 6-foot-2 post who’s improving steadily.
Seven players have scored in double figures.
Ranked No, 8 in Class 2A, the Rams main section
obstacle will probably be No. 10 Dilworth-GlyndonFelton.
“We need to play better defense and trust our team
basketball (to reach state),” Filpula-Didrikson said.
“When we play team ball, we’re hard to beat. We
can score but if we want to get back we need to play
defense.”
“She’s a ball hawk with a knack for
getting her hands on the ball,” said
Kiley Borowicz
coach Kelsey Filpula-Didrikson.
“She’s incredibly strong - she’ll win
an 50/50 rebound battle. She’s impressive around the
rim getting to the basket and finishing.”
Kacie is averaging 15.9 points, 5.4 assists and 3.3
steals, hitting 46 percent overall and
40 percent on 3-pointers.
‘Kacie usually plays the one spot, and
quarterbacks our press in the front
spot. She’s a great kid, incredibly
hard working,” said the coach.
Phone: 612-267-6709
Kacie Borowicz
Their seventh-grade sister Katie is seeing some action
as well, she added.
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sun., March 6
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The 2016 Pacesetter Winter Classic basketball series will feature two tournaments at halenbeck hall on the
campus of st. Cloud state university February 6 and March 6.
These tournaments are open to all boys and girls teams in grades 4-5-6-7-8. all players must either be
enrolled in the same school system or live or attend school in the same city, the same school district or the
same tribal community.
entry is limited. all teams will play 3-4 games.
These are one day tournaments. Teams may register to play in one or both the February & March tournaments.
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Make check payable to Pacesetter and send form to Pacesetter, Box 222, Paynesville, MN 56362
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Around the State
By Bruce Strand
I
n a football rivalry that’s carried over into basketball, Minneapolis North got a payback win over St.
Paul Central 83-71 on Feb. 4. North (20-4), top-ranked
in Class 1A, got 17 points each from Patrick Dembley
and Tyler Johnson. They were among the leaders of
the Polars’ state runner-up football team whose lone
regular-season loss came against Central last fall, although North was later given a forfeit because Central
was found to have used ineligible players. “It was a
statement game, after they beat us in football,” Dembley told the Star-Tribune. For Central (15-4), Sam
Gubbrud, who had three touchdowns in the football
game, was a big thorn for North again with 25 points.
S
pring Grove, ranked No. 2 in Class A, topped No.
6 Rushford-Peterson 54-39 on Feb. 4 in a potential
Section 1A finals matchup. Brady Schuttemeier had 13
points and Alex Egelhardt 12 for Spring Grove, and
Noah Carlson 14 for R-P. (Post-Bulletin)
T
he Pillager boys were 11-0 in the Park Region
Conference after beating Wadena-Deer Creek 6246 on Feb. 4 with Ridge Hunstad tossing in 15 points
and Lee Quick 14. (Brainerd Dispatch)
J
osh Rands shot 5-for-7 on 3-pointers in the first half
on the way to 27 points as No. 6 ranked Waconia
beat Minneapolis Patrick Henry 91-72 on Feb. 3. The
Wildcats (16-5) placed third in Class 3A last year.
They face a rough road back as their newly-aligned
Section 6AAA includes No. 2 (and four-time defending champion) DeLaSalle, No. 5 Delano, No. 7 Orono,
No. 8 Benilde-St. Margaret’s and No. 9 Patrick Henry.
O
akley Baker, junior guard, poured in 43 points,
including nine 3-pointers, for New RichlandHartland-Ellendale-Geneva but it wasn’t enough as
the Panthers (15-8) lost a shootout with Nick Dufault
and the Waseca Bluejays 76-70. Dufault had 35 points.
(Owatonna People’s Press)
I
n a duel of ranked Class 2A teams, Pequot Lakes
handed Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton its first loss 54-50
on Feb. 4 — one game after the Patriots suffered their
own first loss to Detroit Lakes 63-60, and one game
after DGF had scored a big over Thief River Falls,
a ranked 3A team. Strong post play boosted No. 3
ranked Pequot Lakes (17-1) as Oliva Lane netted 15
points and Corina Ruud 14, and they combined for
15 rebounds. The Patriots prevailed despite Haley
Wiebolt being limited to 10 points (she averages 24)
and despite 27 turnovers. Natalie Steichen sank 17
points and Alyson Brenna 13 for No. 10 DGF (18-1).
H
ayfield not only upset Class 1A’s top-ranked
Goodhue but physically dominated the Wildcats
61-40 on Feb. 4. The bigger Vikings Vikings had a 4025 rebound edge and made 14 of 23 free shots while
Goodhue was 5-for-10. “They used their size, they
used their aggressiveness, and we did not match it,”
Goodhue coach Josh Wieme told the Red Wing Republican Eagle. Savanna Cordle scored 18 points and
Carrie Rutledge 16 for Hayfield (13-7), which lost to
Goodhue by just 47-45 on Dec. 4. Sydney Lodermeier
had 13 for Goodhue (17-3).
W
aterville-Elysian-Morristown has a 15-game
win streak after fending off Kenyon-Wanamingo 64-59 on Tuesday, powered by post players Tierney
Winter with 21 points and Erika Olson with 15 points
and nine rebounds. W-E-M (19-3) has not had many
close wins. “It’s good for us to play a good team like
this and battle until the end,” coach Gabe Hauer told
the Faribault Daily News. K-W was led by junior
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By Bruce Strand
high school 1,000-pointers.
Mankato East half-court shot deals
No. 1 Red Wing first loss
A
half-court shot at the buzzer in overtime by
Mankato East’s Sam Ahrens knocked Red Wing,
newly-installed at No. 1 in Class 3A, from the unbeaten ranks on Tuesday.
The Cougars (14-8) won the Big Nine duel 64-62
in Red Wing with Ahrens, Krisean Coffee and Ben
Schwartz scoring 15 points each. Travis Toivonen and
Ben Munson had 18 each for Red Wing (21-1).
The Red Wing Republican Eagle described the late
drama this way:
“Down by a point, with 3 seconds on the clock, Sam
Ahrens inbounded the ball to Damani Hayes. Hayes
dribbled once, hit a streaking Ahrens, who also put
the ball on the floor for a moment before heaving his
prayer toward the jail-breaking eagle at Sonju Gymnasium. In the moment the ball arced to the basket, the
Red Wing student section’s chant stopped. Then the
buzzer sounded. Then Mankato East rushed the court,
teammates consuming Ahrens …”
Melrose boys, surprise champ last
year, ranked 10th but going strong
T
he Melrose Dutchmen were a surprise state champion last year, seeded fourth in Class 2A but cruising with three double-digit wins to finish 26-5 with
their school’s first state title since 1974.
And the Dutchmen were mostly underclassmen, so
they assumed the No. 1 ranking at the outset of this
season.
They are now ranked No. 10 with a 19-2 record, losing
to No. 3 ranked Braham (21-1) 75-71 and to Minnewaska Area (15-5) 59-50. They’ve had several close
wins recently, over Sauk Centre 38-33, Montevideo
60-56, Albany 62-58 and Osakis 55-52. They get
another shot at Braham at St. Cloud State on Saturday,
Feb. 13, at 8:15 p.m.
The Cougars, who lost to the Wingers 58-41 at home
Dec. 31, shot 50 percent to win the rematch while the
Wingers struggled at 38 percent.
Coach Ryan Dusha calls it “a wonderful season so
far” while recognizing that it will be a challenge to
get back to state, with Braham heading a list of strong
section rivals. “It will take a great game by someone
to beat them,” he said.
“They hit a ton of shots. They shot really well from 3,”
Winger coach Doug Toivonen told the local paper.
He figures 19-2 is pretty good considering the strong
schedule and the the team’s new notoriety.
Red Wing’s loss leaves only two boys unbeaten teams,
Osseo (23-0) and Hillcrest Lutheran (21-0),
“The players have really embraced having a target on
our backs all year,” Dusha told the MBBN. “We are
very pleased with our record … and we have handled
the ups and downs of the season well. We are a solid
team, but we are not overly explosive so we have had
to beat teams doing a lot of little things.”
Red Wing, in their first game becoming No. 1, beat
Stewartville 64-42 on Feb. 4, with Travis Toivonen
joining the 1,000 point club, notching 20 points and 11
rebounds. Both his parents, Doug and Lisa, were also
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guards Savannah Blees with 20 points and Mara Quam
with 19.
T
he Faribault girls knocked off No. 3 ranked
Winona 62-55 on Tuesday, mainly by ramping up their shooting accuracy, hitting 53 percent on
field goals and 28 of 33 free shots, on its senior night.
Faribault (11-10) had lost 53-37 earlier to Big Nine
rival Winona (16-5). Elana Palmer scored 19 points
(9-for-12 at the line) and Grace Amacher 14 points
(8-for-9). “We made our free throws tonight, we ran
our offense, we played with energy,” coach Bill Bardal
said. “The biggest win I’ve ever been a part of since
I’ve been a part of this program.” Fatigue was a factor
for Winona, making its second long trip in two nights,
having played a makeup at Owatonna the night before,
and playing its third game in four days, three of them
losses. (Faribault Daily News)
M
egan Hintz became Dover-Eyota’s career scoring leader while pumping in 26 points in a 7047 win over Chatfield at home Feb. 4. She pushed her
total to 1,564 points, eclipsing the record of 1,562 held
by Jodi Batzel since 2010. Coach Brian Harris describes the 6-foot-1 Hintz as a “true post player” who
gets most of her points from close range. She averaged
19 points as a sophomore, 16 as a junior when Eagles
won the state Class 2A title, and 19.6 so far this year
for a 15-4 team. Also the goalie for D-E’s state tournament soccer team, she will play basketball at Minnesota-Moorhead next year. (Rochester Post-Bulletin)
L
aura Bagwell-Katalinich poured in 43 points to
lead Academy of Holy Angels over DeLaSalle 8074 on Feb. 5, shooting 14-for-27 on field goals and 15for-16 on free shots. She also had 20 rebounds, four
steals and three blocks. It was a career high for the
senior forward who is averaging 25 points and 12.7
rebounds for the No. 9 ranked Co-Stars (15-4) and has
committed to University of Pennsylvania. Aiza Wilson
led DeLaSalle (13-8) with 19 points.
S
arah Holtz learned last Friday that she would be
the first Lyle-Pacelli player invited to the state
coaches all-star game series, then notched 19 points
and nine rebounds in the evening to lead her 19-3 team
past Houston 51-27. (Austin Daily Herald)
K
elsea Lund of Lac qui Parle Valley, who recently
notched her 1,000th point, scored 30 points in a
67-55 win over Dawson-Bpyd on Feb. 4. (West Central Tribune)
O
livia Korngable sank eight 3-point shots and totaled 27 points as Rochester Mayo (19-2) tripped
Rochester John Marshall 56-46 on Tuesday. The Spartans snapped a nine-game win streak by RJM (16-5).
(Rochester Post-Bulletin)
A
ndrayah Adams of St. Paul Como Park scored 34
points and passed the 3,000-point marker in an
84-69 win over St. Paul Central on Tuesday. She’s the
15th player to score 3,000 points in the state. More on
Adams next week.
News on a Big game by one of your players?
A special event coming up or a milestone
reached? Email [email protected]
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Dusha said four players average in double figures
(Tyller Braegelmann, Dillon Haider, Brady Birch and
Drake Meyer) and several kids have stepped nicely
into new roles.
Rochester JM’s Jaime Ruden is
ASU recruit and city’s career
scoring leader
J
amie Ruden has emerged as the all time scoring
leader in the city of Rochester, passing a host of
luminaries from the city’s four schools.
The 6-foot-1 senior forward for Rochester John Marshall is “is too young to have known or seen play most
of the select company that she is part of — or now, on
top of,” wrote Donny Henn in a Post-Bulletin feature
last Friday. He noted that many local cagers have
played at the highest college left and a few professionally.
Ruden is averaging 20 points per game for RJM (14-4)
and has pushed over 2,400 points. Her high game is
36. She’s also 15 rebounds from 1,000.
fer with 1,815 for Lourdes, graduating in 2014, followed by Michael Restovich, Mayo 1997, with 1,731
points before going into pro baseball.
“I definitely think it’s an honor,” Ruden told the PostBulletin. “It’s definitely a reflection of how much I’ve
been able to benefit from great coaching and great
teammates.”
Hopkins, twice bumped from No. 1,
does same to Shakopee 70-54
Hopkins, twice dislodged from the No. 1 slot this year,
was the spoiler for new No. 1 Shakopee last week.
Getting extra spark from an eighth-grader, the Royals
(18-2) handed the Sabres (18-1) their first loss 70-54
on Feb. 4. Shakopee was 17-0, the lone unbeaten in
Class 4A, and had just taken over the top spot in the
MBBN rankings.
Hopkins prevailed with stifling defense and balanced
scoring. Nia Hollie netted 18 points, Ashley Bates 15,
Paige Bueckers 12, DeeDee Winston 10 and Sierra
Bagstad eight for Hopkins. Shakopee got 24 from
Taylor Koenen.
“She is a post player who can shoot the three,” assessed coach Phil Schroeder. “Most of her points come
from mid-range jump shots.”
Bueckers, the eighth-grader, is averaging 9.8 points
off the bench, giving a big boost to a team that won its
sixth state title last year and has 10 seniors and three
D-I signees (Hollie, Bates and Evelyn Knox).
The Arizona State recruit eclipsed the city record of
2,165 held since 1991 by Stacy Sievers, who helped
Lourdes win 56 straight games and two state titles.
She also passed 2,000-pointers Kelly and Coco Miller,
who won two state titles with Mayo (1995 and 1997)
and reached the Final Four with Georgia.
She told the Minnesota Basketball Hub after the game:
“My teammates and my coaches have pushed me to be
the player I am and have confidence. Just because I’m
an eighth-grader, (I can’t) be afraid to do what I have
to do.”
Rochester’s boys scoring king is 6-foot-8 Jacob Schae-
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Hopkins’ losses came against St. Michael-Albertville
and Eastview, each time while ranked first.
Shakopee bounced back to beat No, 6 Lakeville North
64-56 on Tuesday with Koenen scoring 22 and Mateya Hutton 20.
Both GFW scoring records broken,
by Busse and Schuette
B
oth career scoring records at Gibbon-FairfaxWinthrop were both broken by a pair of sweetshooting guards, Hailey Busse and senior Seth
Schuette, in the past two weeks.
Busse scored 36 points in an 81-80 overtime victory
over Springfield on Feb. 1 and passed the GFW record
of 2,286 by Abby Busch, who graduated in 2009. The
daughter of boys coach Rich Busse, she is averaging
25.3 points for the Thunderbirds (14-6) and will likely
pass the Winthrop record of 2,446 by Nancy Trebbensee, who graduated in 1980. She averaged 18, 25.7 and
22.9 in grades 8-9-10, has made 283 three-point shots
in her career and 50 this year, and is a deadly free
throw shooter, 85 percent over the last three years with
612 in her career, according to coach Ryan Jacobson.
Schuette, a senior guard, scored 19 points in a 64-60
loss to New Ulm Cathedral on Jan. 29 and passed the
record of 1,769 held by Steve Gilles, a 1992 graduate. Schuette is averaging 26 points, six rebounds and
four assists for the Thunderbirds (15-7) and had 1,828
points as of Feb. 6. “Tremendous athlete, developed
into a nice passer, and holds 10 school records already,” coach Rich Busse told the MBBN.
Email Erik Olson at [email protected]
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Gopher’s Rachel Banham
was going in.”
About her 11 straight points late in the game, she told
1500 ESPN Radio, “I wanted to take over the game.
We didn’t have a lot of time left.” She added that
the team ran “a lot of isolation plays one high-post
screens” to capitalize on her hot hand.
Banham shot 19-for-32 on field goals, including 8-for15 on three’s, and 14-for-16 at the line. She is the
leading scorer in the Big Ten with 28.3 in conference
games, and third nationally with 25.8 overall.
happened to stay in a zone longer than most people are
capable of doing.”
Berkvam hearkened to the ACL injury Banham suffered early in the 2014-15 season that erased what
would have been her senior year. She rehabbed and returned for her senior year rather than enter the WNBA
draft.
“I don’t think people realize how hard she has worked
at her game and what is even more unbelievable is the
major injury she is coming off,” said Berkvam, who
now coaches boys in his hometown of Northfield.
Few Minnesota players have gotten so much attention nationally as Banham for this achievement. Blake
Hoffarber’s memorable state tournament 3-point shot
while sliding on his butt in 2005 that got an ESPY
award comes to mind, along with Kevin Garnett’s
MVP season of 2004.
The player Banham is most compared to is Lindsey
Whalen, also a homegrown (Hutchinson) point guard
for the Gophers, who has won three WNBA titles with
the Lynx. Banham has surpassed Whalen as the Gophers all-time scoring leader with 2,773 points (ranking 24th nationally) but so far has zero NCAA appearances where Whalen had three, and one Final Four.
Banham hinted in interviews that she’d like to get a
tweet from Kobe Bryant, who’s put up several 60-plus
game, and the Laker legend obliged with this: “Congrats on the 60 @rachelbanham15 From what I’ve
seen I don’t think it will be the last time you hit that
mark”
Berkvam said, “Rachel and Lindsay are both unique
players and I don’t think it is fair to say which one is
better. I think everyone in Minnesota should be proud
to have two great female role models that both chose
to stay home and represent their state and university.”
That was probably Banham’s favorite tribute, but for
the record she was also named Player of the Week by
the United States Women’s Basketball Association,
espnW, the Big Ten, and College Sports Madness.
The MBBN contacted Andy Berkvam, her Lakeville
North High School coach, for reaction. Berkvam had
two Big Ten players, the other being Cassie Rochel of
Wisconsin, on an unbeaten state champion team Banham’s junior year.
“As far as the 60 points? I don’t think anyone including Rachel expected that,” Berkvam said. “Sometimes
players get in a zone and these things happen. She just
Banham and the Gophers are in good position to
contend for an NCAA slot after winning six of their
last seven games, improving to 8-4 in the Big Ten and
16-7 overall.
“The next step is to get my team to the NCAA tournament,” Banham told the Pioneer Press. “That’s my ultimate goal. That’s something I’ve been thinking about
and been wanting to do. I’ve never been there and
played myself. That’s honestly what’s on my mind.”
February 12
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Minnesota Basketball Highlights

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