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North Branch St. Francis

Vikings

Fighting Saints

The St. Francis (MN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against North Branch (MN) by a score of 57-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Branch	-	-	-	-	45
St. Francis	-	-	-	-	57

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

North Branch (08-09)

North Branch has not entered stats for this game.

St. Francis (08-09)

St. Francis

Scoring/Shooting: Points, Field Goals, and Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	57	20	60	33	3	13	23
5	Kelsey Gale (Fr)	2	1	1	100	0	0	0
13	Taylor Morrell (Jr)	12	4	12	33	2	7	29
21	Jordan Falk (So)	8	3	11	27	0	2	0
22	Jill Morrison (Jr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
31	Joy Mikkelson (So)	5	2	6	33	0	1	0
32	Kelsey Lipinski (Jr)	4	2	7	29	0	0	0
34	Mindee Adamson (So)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
45	M. Borstner (Jr)	18	7	15	47	1	3	33
51	Paige Mikkelson (Sr)	5	1	5	20	0	0	0

St. Francis

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	17	47	36	14	20	70
5	Kelsey Gale (Fr)	1	1	100	0	0	0
13	Taylor Morrell (Jr)	2	5	40	2	2	100
21	Jordan Falk (So)	3	9	33	2	4	50
22	Jill Morrison (Jr)	0	2	0	2	2	100
31	Joy Mikkelson (So)	2	5	40	1	2	50
32	Kelsey Lipinski (Jr)	2	7	29	0	0	0
34	Mindee Adamson (So)	0	1	0	1	2	50
45	M. Borstner (Jr)	6	12	50	3	4	75
51	Paige Mikkelson (Sr)	1	5	20	3	4	75

St. Francis

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	15	35	50	13	19	17
5	Kelsey Gale (Fr)	0	0	0	1	1	1
13	Taylor Morrell (Jr)	0	0	0	1	5	2
21	Jordan Falk (So)	4	7	11	2	3	2
22	Jill Morrison (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	Joy Mikkelson (So)	4	8	12	4	1	3
32	Kelsey Lipinski (Jr)	2	6	8	0	0	2
34	Mindee Adamson (So)	0	1	1	1	1	2
45	M. Borstner (Jr)	2	7	9	2	7	5
51	Paige Mikkelson (Sr)	3	6	9	2	1	0

St. Francis

Blocks, Deflections, Charges, and Fouls

#	Athlete Name	Blk Shts	PF
	Team Totals	5	7
21	Jordan Falk (So)	0	2
31	Joy Mikkelson (So)	2	0
32	Kelsey Lipinski (Jr)	0	2
45	M. Borstner (Jr)	1	1
51	Paige Mikkelson (Sr)	2	2

Game Story

Minnesota High School Basketball - St. Francis prevails North Branch

January 6, 2009: St. Francis, MN 55070

St. Francis Fighting Saints (St. Francis, MN) backers were in high spirits Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad thwart the visiting North Branch Vikings (North Branch, MN), 57-45 in a league bout.

With the win, St. Francis upgrades its record to 9-1 on the season. The Fighting Saints host Robbinsdale Cooper (New Hope, MN) to play the Hawks in a North Suburban bout on Thursday, January 8. The Hawks go into the bout with a record of 4-6. Robbinsdale Cooper won 59-38 in their recent league bout against St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park, MN)

Next up, the Vikings play the Spring Lake Park Panthers (Spring Lake Park, MN) in a North Suburban bout, on Thursday, January 8. North Branch will attempt to upgrade on its 6-5 season record. The Panthers go into the bout with a 5-6 record after their 65-56 league loss to Irondale (New Brighton, MN).

Rankings & Records

North Branch (08-09)

National	MN	Class
7,308	194	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
16-13	9-10	7-5	4-6	5-2	.552	.474	1,362	1,424

St. Francis (08-09)

National	MN	Class
1,976	60	31

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
24-4	19-1	12-0	10-2	2-2	.857	.950	1,742	1,322

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Branch	-	7.0	-	19.0	47.0
St. Francis	-	-	-	-	62.2

Head-to-Head

St. Francis won on 1/6/2009

1/6 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

North Branch - - - - 45
St. Francis - - - - 57

The North Branch (MN) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against St. Francis (MN) by a score of 57-45.
Box score
St. Francis won on 2/12/2009

2/12 @ 7:15p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

St. Francis - - - - 63
North Branch - - - - 46

The St. Francis (MN) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away conference game against North Branch (MN) by a score of 63-46.
Box score

2/12 @ 7:15p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
St. Francis	-	-	-	-	63
North Branch	-	-	-	-	46

Team Stat Comparison

North Branch		St. Francis
-	Points Per Game	62.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	35.8
-	Assists Per Game	13.3
-	Steals Per Game	14.4
-	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

North Branch		St. Francis	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#45 Melissa Borstner17.7	4.5
-	Rebounds Per Game	#51 Paige Mikkelson8.8	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#45 Melissa Borstner3.7	.9
-	Steals Per Game	#45 Melissa Borstner4.9	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#51 Paige Mikkelson.6	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Branch	12-9		St. Francis	18-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/08	Benilde-St. Margaret's	North Branch	(L) 65-43	12/19/08	St. Francis	Benilde-St. Margaret's	(W) 56-47
1/22/09	North Branch	Benilde-St. Margaret's	(L) 81-58	2/10/09	Benilde-St. Margaret's	St. Francis	(W) 76-75
12/4/08	Columbia Heights	North Branch	(W) 65-33	1/13/09	St. Francis	Columbia Heights	(W) 76-28
1/27/09	North Branch	Columbia Heights	(W) 54-19	2/20/09	Columbia Heights	St. Francis	(W) 65-17
12/9/08	North Branch	Robbinsdale Cooper	(L) 47-40	1/8/09	Robbinsdale Cooper	St. Francis	(W) 60-45
1/29/09	Robbinsdale Cooper	North Branch	(W) 46-32	2/17/09	St. Francis	Robbinsdale Cooper	(W) 53-42
12/12/08	North Branch	St. Louis Park	(W) 57-53	1/20/09	St. Louis Park	St. Francis	(W) 66-24
2/3/09	St. Louis Park	North Branch	(W) 45-40	2/27/09	St. Francis	St. Louis Park	(W) 53-35
12/16/08	Totino-Grace	North Branch	(L) 60-32	1/16/09	St. Francis	Totino-Grace	(L) 67-61
2/6/09	North Branch	Totino-Grace	(L) 71-31	2/24/09	Totino-Grace	St. Francis	(W) 65-62
3/12/09	Totino-Grace	North Branch	(L) 60-26
12/19/08	Fridley	North Branch	(W) 50-45	12/9/08	Fridley	St. Francis	(W) 61-49
2/10/09	North Branch	Fridley	(W) 52-50	1/29/09	St. Francis	Fridley	(W) 49-43
1/8/09	North Branch	Spring Lake Park	(L) 52-45	12/5/08	St. Francis	Spring Lake Park	(W) 63-49
2/17/09	Spring Lake Park	North Branch	(W) 59-42	12/27/08	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis	(W) 68-57
3/7/09	North Branch	Spring Lake Park	(W) 59-48	1/27/09	Spring Lake Park	St. Francis	(W) 70-36
1/13/09	Irondale	North Branch	(L) 54-39	12/11/08	Irondale	St. Francis	(W) 39-38
2/19/09	North Branch	Irondale	(L) 65-46	2/3/09	St. Francis	Irondale	(W) 68-46
1/20/09	North Branch	Chisago Lakes Area	(W) 44-37	12/16/08	St. Francis	Chisago Lakes Area	(W) 64-56
2/26/09	Chisago Lakes Area	North Branch		2/6/09	Chisago Lakes Area	St. Francis	(W) 82-51
2/27/09	Chisago Lakes Area	North Branch	(W) 59-54
3/4/09	North Branch	Chisago Lakes Area	(W) 48-39

Record Breakdown

North Branch (08-09)		St. Francis (08-09)
16-13	Overall	24-4
9-10	League	19-1
4-0	Non-League	2-1
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
12-9	Common Opponent	18-1
7-5	Home	12-0
4-6	Away	10-2
5-2	Neutral	2-2
3-2	Playoff	1-1
16-13	In-State	24-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0