Basketball Recap: Totino-Grace Comes Up Short in High-Profile Game with Cretin-Derham Hall

On Friday, Totino-Grace faced Cretin-Derham Hall in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Totino-Grace Eagles fell to the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders 83-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (67), the Eagles still had to take the loss.

Cretin-Derham Hall's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tommy Ahneman led the charge by dropping a double-double on 25 points and 17 boards. Ahneman's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Joe Mitchell was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine assists.

Totino-Grace's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Cretin-Derham Hall, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 9-0.

Totino-Grace will host Coon Rapids at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Cretin-Derham Hall, they will challenge Roseville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Cretin-Derham Hall's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.