Anna Ulvin three-pointer with 3 seconds left gives Roseau the win over Crookston Girls Basketball

The Crookston Pirate Girls basketball team played a great game but late turnovers and four missed free throws in the final minute of the game hurt them as the Roseau Rams’ Anna Ulvin three-pointer with three seconds left was the difference as the Rams won 67-66 in a Section 8AA matchup at the Roseau High School gymnasium.

FIRST HALF
Crookston jumped out to a 9-1 lead to start the game with five straight Grace Boll points along with baskets from Chloe Boll and Brooklyn Hulst. Roseau answered with eight straight points as with a pair of three-pointers from Audrey Hayden and a basket by Brooklyn Hulst to tie the game at 9-9. Crookston’s Waldal made a free throw before Roseau took their first lead of the game with another Hayden three-pointer for a 12-10 lead with 11:37 left in the half. Crookston tied the game at 12 with a Waldal basket and the teams were tied again at 18, 20, and 22. Roseau took a 24-22 and Crookston answered with seven straight points. Grace Boll made two technical foul free throws after Roseau had six players on the court after a timeout. Waldal made a basket in the paint and Madi Bruggeman buried a three-pointer for a 29-24 lead. Roseau, as they did all game long, countered with an Anna Ulvin three-pointer and a Hayden basket to tie the game at 29 with 3:38 remaining. The final three minutes was an offensive struggle and Chloe Boll made a basket to give the Pirates a 31-29 lead and in the final seconds of the half, Roseau’s Brooklyn Hulst made a three-pointer to give the Rams a 32-31 lead at halftime.

SECOND HALF
The second half continued the back-and-forth battle with ties at 36, 38, and 40. Morgan Boll made a basket to give the Pirates a 42-40 lead before Roseau’s outstanding Freshman Audrey Hayden took over with seven straight points and Hulst added a basket to cap a 9-0 run and the Rams led 49-42. Crookston answered with three-points before the Rams’ Ulvin made back-to-back three-pointers for a 55-45 lead with 10:15 left in the game. Crookston, as they did the entire game, battled back with a 15-5 run led by Chloe Bolls nine points and two points each from Bruggeman, Grace Boll and Waldal to tie the game at 60 with 4:11 remaining. Roseau countered with four points from Aliviah Mather for a 64-60 lead with 1:49 to go. Crookston clawed back with a Chloe Boll basket, a Bruggeman free throw, and another Chloe Boll basket for a 65-64 lead with one minute left. Crookston missed two free throws before Roseau missed the front end of the bonus and the Pirates led with 29 seconds. Crookston missed the front end of the bonus with 24.3 seconds remaining. Grace Boll made one free throw with 14.4 seconds to go and the Pirates led 66-64. Roseau called a timeout after they crossed the half court line and drew up a play. The Rams worked the ball around and Brooklyn Hulst drove the lane, was surrounded by Pirate defenders, including one that came off Roseau’s Ulvin and Hulst kicked the pass to the sideline in front of the Ram bench and Ulvin was wide open. She let a three-pointer fly and hit nothing but net with three seconds remaining. Crookston got the ball in and didn’t get a shot and Roseau won a thriller 67-66.

Crookston drops to 4-11 on the year and will take on East Grand Forks on Thursday. Roseau improves to 12-3 on the year after winning their second one-point game in as many days.

Chloe Boll

Madi Bruggeman

Morgan Boll

The Pirate huddle

Grace Boll

Chloe Boll

Madi Bruggeman

Morgan Boll

The Pirate huddle

Grace Boll

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