Girls basketball: Mounds View opens section tournament by beating Park Center
· Yahoo Sports
A few of the high school girls basketball section tournaments started Tuesday around the state. In the Class 4A, Section 5 quarterfinals in the metro, third-seed Mounds View opened with a 56-43 win against No. 6-seed Park Center.
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Jaycie Helmer led a balanced scoring attack for Mounds View. Taylor Whitehill added 13 points, while Avery Lanore scored 12 and Maddie Schneider scored 11 for the Mustangs, who took control in the first half, outscoring the Pirates 27-17 and extending the advantage in the second half. Lyric Singleton scored a game-high 21 points for Park Center.
Mounds View will face No. 2-seed Champlin Park in the section semifinals at 6 p.m. on Friday. Champlin Park beat seven-seed Osseo 70-48 on Tuesday.
On the other side of the bracket, top-seed Maple Grove beat Irondale 83-38. Fifth-seed Spring Lake Park pulled out a narrow 75-72 victory against No. 4-seed Rogers. Those two winners also play at 6 p.m. Friday in the section semfinals.
Class 2A, Section 4 first roundIn smaller school section play, it was first-round matchups in the East metro in Class 2A, Section 4.
Mounds Park Academy beat Humboldt 35-20 behind Samantha Hohn’s 28 points. Lanayah Jones scored 22 for Humboldt. Mounds Park Academy will face Washington/Johnson at 6 p.m. Thursday at Washington in the next round.
Concordia Academy beat Twin Cities Academy/Great River 61-41 and will face Columbia Heights on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Nova Classical Academy narrowly St. Paul Academy and Summit School 37-36 and faces St. Croix Lutheran next at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Higher Ground Academy beat Math & Science Academy 44-41 and will face New Life Academy on Thursday at 7 p.m.