Coach Bergman employed heavy substitution the entire game.
The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters girls basketball team cranked up the offense back to the level they're used to and blew away the Holdingford Huskers on Saturday night, winning by a 78-42 final score.
The Mainstreeters opened up the first half with a 7-0 run, then built the lead to as big as 30-13 and 39-16 after capitalizing on numerous fastbreak opportunties. At halftime, the score read 41-16 in favor of the Maroon and Gold.
Junior guard Maren Greenwaldt sparked the offense, hitting three of her first four shots beyond the arc. She led all Mainstreeters with 15 points, followed by Megan Rieland and Kali Peschel each with 14 points.
The Mainstreeters improved to 24-2 with the win, while Holdingford finishes a fine season 15-12 overall, including a 7-7 mark in the Central Minnesota Conference (4th-place tie with Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa).
Up next for the Mainstreeters girls basketball team: a "rubber match" against conference rival and playoff nemesis New London-Spicer in the Sub-Section 6AA-East championship, with tip-off at 7pm at St.John's University on Tuesday night, March 9.
The Wildcats (25-2) pummeled #6-seeded Pierz last night 43-22 in the other semi-final at St.John's. After leading 20-10 at halftime, the Wildcats opened the second half with a 10-0 run and never looked back.
It will be the third year in a row that the two teams will meet in the playoffs, and the third time in the past four seasons that Sauk Centre has made the sub-section finals.
Results out of Sub-Section 6AA-West:
Benson 72, West Central Area 65 OT
New London-Spicer 43, Pierz 22
Sauk Centre 78, Holdingford 42
Staples-Motley 65, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 32
Below is a post-game interview with Greenwaldt and one of the seniors, Rachel Gruber:
A large gallery of photos from the Sauk-Holdingford game have been uploaded to the Sauk Centre Herald's online photo gallery: saukherald.mycapture.com
Look for more from Sauk Centre's post-season win in the March 9 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.
~RO
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