Maple Grove meets St. Michael-Albertville in Saturday’s Star Tribune Game of the Week
Free livestream: Watch the second-ranked Crimson collide with the fifth-ranked Knights in a Class 4A top five clash starting at 2 p.m. on startribune.com.
As part of our commitment to expanding high school sports coverage, we’ll be livestreaming high school basketball and hockey games from across the state for the remainder of the winter sports season on startribune.com. Keep an eye out for our Star Tribune Games of the Week, which are free to watch.
Saturday’s GOTW matinee is a must-see high school girls basketball matchup and a potential state tournament preview, you can watch it live at 2 p.m. right here on startribune.com. Come back to this article page an hour before the game begins to see the livestream feed.
Maple Grove, No. 2 in the Class 4A state rankings released Jan. 15, has played a schedule designed to prepare a team for a deep postseason run. The Crimson (11-2 overall) have five victories over teams ranked in this week’s rankings, including a 77-73 win at Class 4A, No. 3 Eden Prairie in the season opener, while their losses to Class 2A, No. 1 Providence Academy and Class 4A, No. 1 Hopkins were by a combined 11 points. Maple Grove also has games against Class 4A, No. 8 Minnetonka and Class 2A, No. 4 Minnehaha Academy before entering the section tournament.
The first half of St. Michael-Albertville’s schedule may not include as many games against teams with such high pedigrees, but there is an 87-79 loss to Class 3A, No. 3 Monticello. However, the back half of the regular season brings the kind of matchups that should prep the Knights (12-2) for success in the section and state tournaments. They already defeated two Lake Conference rivals: Minnetonka 54-52 on Jan. 10 and Eden Prairie 62-41 on Jan. 17. St. Michael-Albertville faces the Eagles and Skippers once more and has two matchups with Hopkins and Class 4A, No. 7 Wayzata as part of league play. There’s also a date with Providence Academy on Feb. 1.
Star Tribune livestreams
The Star Tribune is partnering with Neighborhood Sports Network TV to bring you games from some of the best Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota teams this season.
Upcoming livestreams: To watch these livestreams, visit startribune.com/nspn on the scheduled game date.
- Tuesday, Jan. 21: Eden Prairie vs. Minnetonka girls basketball, 7 p.m.
- Friday, Jan. 24: Chaska vs. St. Louis Park boys basketball, 7 p.m.
- Saturday, Jan. 25 (doubleheader): Benilde-St. Margaret’s vs. Alexandria girls basketball, 2 p.m.
- Saturday, Jan. 25 (doubleheader): Benilde-St. Margaret’s vs. Alexandria boys basketball, 4 p.m.
- Monday, Jan. 27: Waconia vs. Orono boys basketball, 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, Jan. 28: Blake vs. South St. Paul girls hockey, 7 p.m.
- Saturday, Feb. 1: Minnehaha Academy vs. Crosby-Ironton girls basketball, 4 p.m.
Full-game replays
A full replay from today’s Game of the Week can be found on this article page and will be available shortly after the end of the event.
Previous livestreams: To watch a replay, tap a game from the list below.
- Nov. 23: Chaska vs. Eastview boys hockey
- Dec. 5: Moorhead vs. Maple Grove girls hockey
- Dec. 7: Hopkins vs. Duluth Marshall girls basketball
- Dec. 10: Wayzata vs. Maple Grove boys basketball
- Dec. 12: Andover vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls hockey
- Dec. 14: Elk River vs. Moorhead boys hockey
- Dec. 19: St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey
- Dec. 20 (doubleheader): DeLaSalle vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls basketball
- Dec. 20 (doubleheader): DeLaSalle vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball
- Jan. 7 (doubleheader): Providence Academy vs. Minnehaha Academy girls basketball
- Jan. 7 (doubleheader): Providence Academy vs. Minnehaha Academy boys basketball
- Jan. 9: Sauk Rapids-Rice vs. Sartell boys basketball
- Jan. 10: Orono vs. Holy Angels girls hockey
- Jan. 13: Woodbury vs. Tartan boys basketball
- Jan. 14: Hill-Murray vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls hockey
- Jan. 16: Orono vs. New Prague girls basketball
Star Tribune’s Girls Basketball Hub
For results from this game and others played across the state, visit the MN Girls Basketball Hub — the premier online source for Minnesota high school girls basketball scores, schedules, stats, rankings, recruiting news, livestreams, video highlights and more.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the lone unbeaten team in Class 3A, will be tested in two tough upcoming games: Alexandria, the seventh-ranked team in the Star Tribune’s Top 25, on Saturday and Orono, the third-ranked team, on Jan. 30.
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