FIRST HALF-
The Pirates started the game with Naomi Johnson scoring an early basket underneath to give Crookston an early lead, but Hermantown’s Bailey Hermanson answered with a three to put the Hawks up. Annika Nelson dropped in a floater for Hermantown to give them a 12-6 lead. Danika Bolf buried a three to give the Hawks a 15-6 lead, forcing Crookston to call a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, Chloe Boll drained a three of her own to cut into the Hawks lead at 15-9. Hermantown would extend their lead, but Crookston’s Joey Nesseth had a nice drive to the basket, shaking her defender and getting her basket to fall to make it 24-13. Hermantown was still leading. Isabelle Smith hit a three with a minute to go in the half to make it 32-17, Hermantown leading, heading into the halftime break.
SECOND HALF –
Smith drained another three in the second half to open the half, making it 32-20. Chloe Boll attacked the basket, drew contact, and made the shot to make it 34-22, but couldn’t convert on the three-point play. Bailey Zagelmeyer for Hermantown knocked down a triple for the Hawks, which brought up their lead to 39-23. Hermantown’s Angel Adu-Bobi drained a three-pointer to make the Hawks lead 45-26. On back-to-back possessions, Isabelle Smith drew fouls on Hermantown and went to the free throw line, where she hit three of four free throws. Naomi Johnson got another close-ranged basket for Crookston to cut the Hermantown lead to 54-35. Later in the half, Isabelle Smith connected on her third three of the game, which gave her a game-high 15 points. At the buzzer, Adu-Bobi put up a shot from halfcourt and banked it in to give Hermantown their tenth three of the game and a 72-40 victory.
Crookston drops to 2-12 on the year and will host Thief River Falls on the KROX YouTube Channel on Tuesday. Hermantown improves to 4-10 on the season and will take on Rock Ridge on Tuesday.
Click here for Coach Zimmerman’s post-game interview.
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1st
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2nd
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Final
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Crookston
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17 | 23 | 40 |
Hermantown | 32 | 40 | 72 |
For CROOKSTON
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Points
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Rebounds
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Assists/Steals
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Isabelle Smith | 15 | ||
Chloe Boll | 10 | ||
Naomi Johnson | 7 | ||
Grace Boll | 3 | ||
Emma Gunderson | 3 | ||
Joey Nesseth | 2 | ||
For Hermantown
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Points
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Bailey Hermanson | 14 |
Angel Adu-Bobi | 12 |
Olivia Johnson | 11 |
Annika Johnson | 10 |
Hope Kohanski | 8 |
Bailey Zagelmeyer | 6 |
Danika Bolf
Aurora Decker Avea Harriman |
6
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