Providence Academy, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A girls basketball, ended the 30-game winning streak of Class 4A No. 1 Hopkins Saturday, winning 87-80 in the Community Clash at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
Battle of No. 1s: Providence Academy (2A) ends Hopkins (4A) girls' streak at 30
Freshman guard Maddyn Greenway scored 41 points to lead the Lions in their 13th consecutive victory.
January 30, 2023 at 12:52PM
Freshman guard Maddyn Greenway scored a season-high 41 points to lead the Lions (14-2) in their 13th consecutive victory.
Hopkins led 71-67 with six minutes to play, but Providence Academy rallied with three-point shooting. Two three-pointers by Brooke Hohenecker and one by Emma Millerbernd helped the Lions take an 81-75 lead with 1:24 left.
Hopkins (16-1) last lost Jan. 21, 2022, to Sidwell Friends, a Washington, D.C., team then ranked No. 1 in the nation. Hopkins' last loss to a Minnesota team was to Chaska in the final of the 2021 Class 4A state tournament.
• Also at St. Michael-Albertville on Saturday, Prior Lake outlasted Minnetonka, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, 56-52, while St. Michael-Albertville, No. 4 in 4A, defeated Class 3A No. 2 Becker 83-70.
Boys basketball
DeLaSalle 91, Hopkins 78: Senior guard Nasir Whitlock scored a career-high 52 points to rally the Islanders, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, past the host Royals, No. 8 in Class 4A.
The Islanders (13-4), who won their sixth consecutive game, trailed by nine points (45-36) at halftime.
Isreal Moses added 15 points for the Islanders.
Anthony Smith scored 24 points and Jayden Moore 23 to lead the Royals (12-4).
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Correction: Maddyn Greenway's point total has been corrected in this story.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
