Montevideo, Lac qui Parle Valley, Yellow Medicine East and Minnesota Valley Lutheran all advanced Saturday to the semifinals of the Section 3AA-North girls basketball tournament.
Top-seeded MVL will battle No. 4 seed YME at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Redwood Falls. No. 2 Montevideo and No. 3 LQPV meet at 7:30 p.m.
LQPV and Montevideo split their two West Central South Conference series this season, each winning at home.
Montevideo 45, BOLD 32
Beka Schwendemann scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lift the Thunder Hawks (12-12).
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Shelby Monahan followed with nine points, all on three-pointers, and Karrissa Larson added eight points and 14 rebounds.
Brittany Dahlk scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Warriors (5-21). Brittany Nissen contributed nine points and eight boards.
BOLD (5-21) 15 17 -- 32
Montevideo (12-12) 20 25 -- 45
BOLD - 14 FG (0 3-pt); 4-16 FT; 32 rebounds; 18 fouls ... Scoring: Carly Sigurdson 1, Brittany Nissen 9, Brenna Holwerda 2, Steph Novotny 4, Brittany Dahlk 16 ... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound leaders: Dahlk 10, Nissen 8, Holwerda 5 ... Assist leaders: Holwerda 2, Novotny 2 ... Steal leaders: Nissen 4
MONTEVIDEO - 15-53 FG (4-12 3-pt); 11-19 FT; 33 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Ashley Rodeberg 1, Elissa Christensen 2, Brooke Tastad 2, Shelby Monahan 9, Beka Schwendemann 18, Karrissa Larson 8, Jaci Clauson 1, Amber Barnes 4 ... 3-point shots: Monahan 3, Schwendemann 1 ... Rebound leaders: Larson 14, Schwendemann 8, Barnes 7 ... Assist leaders: Tastad 5 ... Steal leaders: Tastad 5
LQPV 65, GFW 51
Lac qui Parle Valley led 34-21 at halftime and went ahead by as many at 15 points in the second half before having to thwart a late comeback by Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop.
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GFW (6-18) closed within 50-46 with 2:52 remaining, but would get no closer as the Eagles (10-13) closed out on a 15-5 run.
LQPV cashed 19-of-21 free throws in the second and 23-of-29 for the game.
Micaela Erickson had 19 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals for LQPV. Jen Kack added 13 points and Kacey Struxness finished with 12.
Mikell Melius led GFW with 20 points.
GF-Winthrop (6-18) 21 30 -- 51
LQPV (10-13) 34 31 -- 65
GIBBON-FAIRFAX-WINTHROP - 20 FG (1 3-pt); 10-15 FT; 21 fouls ... Scoring: Mikell Melius 20, Miranda Grewe 2, Shyann Brees 14, Kelsey Farenbaugh 6, Kayla Schuette 1, Jackie Thorson 6, Bethany Kruaael 2 ... 3-point shots: Brees 1 ... Rebound, assist and steal leaders not available
LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY - 20-50 FG (2-7 3-pt); 23-29 FT; 27 rebounds; 14 fouls ... Scoring: Micaela Erickson 19, Amanda Broin 8, Jen Kack 13, Kiona DuFrane 3, Becky Grube 3, Kacey Struxness 12, Jordan Halvorson 5, Coleen Wagner 2 ... 3-point shots: Erickson 2 ... Rebound leaders: Erickson 9, Broin 5, Kack 5 ... Assist leaders: Struxness 5, Erickson 4 ... Steal leaders: Erickson 3
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Yellow Medicine East 59, Redwood Valley 49
Yellow Medicine East improved to 11-12 with the win and advanced to the semifinals.
Redwood Valley finished the season 5-19.
No other details were available at press time.
