Second-seeded Albany advanced to its first boys basketball state championship game with a 79-64 victory over unseeded Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton in Friday's second Class 2A semifinal at Target Center.
Albany cruises into 2A final with victory over Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Albany's Tysen Gerads scored 31 points, and Sam Hondl stopped a rebound short of a triple-double.
By Heather Rule
March 25, 2023 at 3:39AM
"It was our goal to make it to the state championship, and here we are," said Albany senior Tysen Gerads, who scored a game-high 31 points.
Gerad did something else special Friday, and he did it three times: dunk. His last was a two-handed jam with 2:13 left in regulation for the team's biggest lead, 17 points.
"It felt pretty good," Gerads said. "Especially since I was coming into the state tournament really hoping to get one. First game, I didn't get one."
His sophomore teammate Sam Hondl just missed a triple-double with 14 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Huskies (31-1). Zeke Austin added 12 points.
"Offensively, I think we shared the ball pretty well," Albany coach Cory Schlagel said.
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton coach Mike Clark said Albany caused the Rebels (25-7) to make mistakes they don't normally make.
"In so many games this year, we've been able to focus on one or two players," Clark said. "When you play a team like Albany, you focus on one or two players, and the other three, four, five are going to burn you."
