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<p>Andover, Forest Lake and Mahtomedi led their games by a collective 45 points at halftime. Andover and Mahtomedi padded their leads in the 2nd half to take easy wins. Meanwhile Armstrong’s Masengo Mutanda scored 21 2nd half points to get back into their game with Forest Lake. With things tied up at 62-all, Rangers guard Abi Asperheim drained a 3 from the right wing for the win.</p> <p><strong>Andover 58 Jefferson 39</strong></p> <p>Jefferson is without Ellie Gess (concussion) and so, predictably, the Jaguars had a hard time putting the ball in the basket. Alyson Cole and Amanda Dagostino each scored twice as Andover cruised to a 17-9 lead halfway through the 1st half. At that point, the Jaguars had 7 shots on goal and 9 turnovers. It was 33-16 at the half, and the closest Jefferson got in the 2nd was at 51-36 at 5 minutes.</p> <p>Jolene Daninger led all scorers with 16, while 6-3 junior post Lizzie Karp came off the bench to add 10. Sophomores Caroline Anderson and Sam Sunnarborg had 10 for the Jags.</p> <p><strong>Forest Lake 65 Armstrong 62</strong></p> <p>Forest Lake dominated the 1st half against Armstrong, leading 9-2, 21-11 and 31-21 at the half as the Falcons shot just 7-of-31. Abby Leach scored 3 straight baskets, one off the offensive glass and another from behind the arc to make it 19-11. Then McKenzie Stumne scored 3 straight, one in transition and one off the glass, to make it 27-18.</p> <p>But, down 49-39 at 9 minutes, Armstrong went on a 13-0 run, Mutanda scoring 10 of the 13 points from every conceivable angle. The Falcons still led 58-55 when Asperheim scored on a steal and two. Abigail Groeneweg then got a steal and a 2 + 1, Stumne 2 on a dribble drive, then Asperheim averted OT with her clutch 3.</p> <p>Groeneweg finished with 19 for the Rangers, and Asperheim with 14. Along with Mutanda’s 29, Armstrong also got 11 from Ashmera Patterson and 10 each from Carly Krsul and Mira Wolfe.</p> <p><strong>Mahtomedi 66 Big Lake 44</strong></p> <p>Mahtomedi pulled slowly away to lead 25-13 at 6:00 as Emma Grothaus scored 10 points. It was 36-17 at the half as Big Lake shot just 4-of-19 from the field. The Zephyrs were just too quick and pretty effectively prevented Big Lake from running its offense. It was more of the same in the 2nd half and both teams went to their deeper subs at around 5:30.</p> <p>Grothaus finished wth 15 points and Marisa Gustafson 13 for Mahtomedi. Only sophomore Annika Poe scored in double figures for Big Lake with 11.</p>