The starting point was fairly obvious: Minnesota’s top two scorers in girls basketball are sophomores.
Youth will have its day this week at the girls basketball state tournament
Led by the state’s leading scorers, Maddyn Greenway and Tori Oehrlein, players in 10th grade and younger will be prominent. Here’s who they are and when and where to see them play.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 12, 2024 at 12:04PM
A closer look revealed that plenty of the teams that qualified for this week’s state tournament are powered by players in 10th grade and younger. Here’s a list of young standouts and when and where they will play in the quarterfinals:
Sydney Friedly, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, freshman: Third on the team in scoring at 11.4 points per game. She scored in double figures in each of the three section games. See her: 10 a.m. Wednesday vs. Minneapolis Roosevelt at Maturi Pavilion, Class 3A.
Maddyn Greenway, Providence Academy, sophomore: Second in the state in points per game at 34.1. She scored at least 30 points 23 times this season, including seven straight games. See her: 6 p.m. Wednesday vs. Perham at Williams Arena, Class 2A.
Sinae Hill, Minnehaha Academy, sophomore: Third on the team at 10.7 points per game. She was second in rebounds and third in assists and steals. See her: 8 p.m. Wednesday vs. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown at Maturi Pavilion, Class 2A.
Lauren Hillesheim, Hopkins, sophomore: Third on the team at 11.9 points per game. She scored in double figures 15 times this season, including a 26-point game against Edina in the section semifinal. See her: 10 a.m. Wednesday vs. White Bear Lake at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Lily Hubin, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart, sophomore: Leads the team at 20.1 points per game. She scored at least 20 points 20 times this season, including each section playoff game. See her: 5 p.m. Thursday vs. Fosston at Maturi Pavilion, Class 1A.
Cail Jahnke, St. Michael-Albertville, sophomore: Second on the team at 14.5 points per game. She scored in double figures 26 times this season. See her: 4 p.m. Wednesday vs. Rosemount at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Emma Millerbernd, Providence Academy, freshman: Fifth on the team at 9.5 points per game. She scored in double figures 13 times this season, including all three section playoff games. See her: 6 p.m. Wednesday vs. Perham at Williams Arena, Class 2A.
Anna Neyens, Mountain Iron-Buhl, freshman: Third on the team at 10.1 points per game. She scored in double figures 15 times this season. See her: 3 p.m. Thursday vs. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley at Maturi Pavilion, Class 1A.
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton, sophomore: Leads the state at 35.4 points per game. She also leads the team in assists, rebounds, steals and blocks. See her: 8 p.m. Wednesday vs. New London-Spicer at Williams Arena, Class 2A.
Ari Peterson, Providence Academy, freshman: Second on the team at 12.2 points per game. She had six double-double games this season. See her: 6 p.m. Wednesday vs. Perham at Williams Arena, Class 2A.
Amisha Ramlall, Rosemount, freshman: Leads the team at 17.6 points per game. She scored in double figures in 26 of 27 games this season and topped 20 points 10 times. See her: 4 p.m. Wednesday vs. St. Michael-Albertville at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Ashna Ramlall, Rosemount, eighth grade: Amisha’s sister, she’s fourth on the team in scoring at 9.8 points per game. She scored in double figures 13 times this season. See her: 4 p.m. Wednesday vs. St. Michael-Albertville at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Audrey Shindelar, Stewartville, sophomore: Leads the team at 15.4 points per game. See her: noon Wednesday vs. St. Peter at Maturi Pavilion, Class 3A. See her: 4 p.m. Wednesday vs. St. Michael-Albertville at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Lanelle Wright, Minnetonka, sophomore: Third on the team at 14.2 points per game. She scored in double figures 21 times, including both section playoff games. See her: 2 p.m. Wednesday vs. Andover at Williams Arena, Class 4A.
Napheesa Collier and Kayla McBride did not play, and other Lynx starters saw their minutes limited as they look ahead to a matchup with the Mercury in the first round of the playoffs.
