Big Lake-Alexandria Standouts
BIG LAKE — Last night Prep Girls Hoops Minnesota stayed close to home to watch Big Lake take on Alexandria. See who stood out to us in Alexandria’s big 65-46 win over the Big Lake Hornets. Reagan Sternquist Reagan Sternquist 6'0"…
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Continue ReadingBIG LAKE — Last night Prep Girls Hoops Minnesota stayed close to home to watch Big Lake take on Alexandria. See who stood out to us in Alexandria’s big 65-46 win over the Big Lake Hornets.
Reagan Sternquist Reagan Sternquist 6'0" | PF Big Lake | 2020 State MN , Forward, Big Lake (2020, 82nd in our 2020 player rankings)
In my opinion, Sternquist was one of the few bright spots for the Hornets. She played pretty well in the 2nd half even though Big Lake was down by a large margin. She was impressive with her dribble-drive to the bucket and her will to keep grinding and wasn’t worried about the score, just played her game. A seen leader for the Hornets last night.
Lilly Horn Lilly Horn 5'9" | CG Alexandria | 2021 State MN , Forward, Alexandria (2021)
What I loved about watching Alexandria was their awareness on the court. In the 2nd half, Lilly Horn Lilly Horn 5'9" | CG Alexandria | 2021 State MN threw a football pass to a wide-open Mia McGrane for an easy lay-in to muscle the Cardinals to an even stronger margin over a Big Lake team that I expected a better outcome out of.
Caela Tighe Caela Tighe 6'0" | SF Big Lake | 2021 State MN , Forward, Big Lake (2021, 23rd in our 2021 player rankings)
Tighe was the force in the post for the Hornets. It’s easy to see why Tighe is a captain on this Hornet’s team as she used her strong rebounding ability with force to go up against the Cardinals the best she could. I look to see Tighe blossom into an even nicer post player in the Granite Ridge this season.
Mia McGrane, Guard, Alexandria (2020)
McGrane’s court awareness is what took me in the second half. I mentioned the football pass that she received earlier and found the fast-break bucket but she also threw a beautiful full-court pass to Myah Kremer who caught it for another Alexandria score that silenced the Big Lake crowd. I look forward to seeing Mia’s high basketball IQ improve even more in her senior season for the Cardinals.
Game MVP: Ella Grove Ella Grove 6'0" | CG Alexandria | 2020 State MN , Alexandria (2020, 48th in our 2020 player rankings)
Grove made a strong case for a jump in our 2020 rankings last night against Big Lake. The University of Mary commit was on her a-game all night and not only dominated offensively but caused some defensive problems for the Big Lake frontcourt. Kudos to Ella for winning Game MVP!
Alexandria (3-2) will travel to Little Falls on Thursday night at 7:15 to play the Flyers who Nate from Prep Girls Hoops Minnesota will watch tonight in St. Cloud.
Big Lake (1-3) will travel to Zimmerman on Thursday who is another team with only 1 win on the season coming against Chisago Lakes 59-44 and is lead by Lydia Hagstrom, who was on our Preseason All-Sherburne County Team.