Kentucky commit
Maddyn Greenway of No. 19
Providence Academy (Plymouth) became the fourth Minnesota high school girls basketball player in history to crack 4,000 career points but the third in the past five weeks.
Greenway, the daughter of former NFL player Chad Greenway, went for 38 points Saturday in a 101-68 win over
St. Michael-Albertville (Albertville). The junior is averaging 32.2 points per game this season and entered the game with 3,977 points.
Greenway joined
Addi Mack of
Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis) and
Tori Oehrlein of
Crosby-Ironton (Crosby) in the 4,000-point club.
Mack, a senior committed to Maryland, passed 4,000 in December. Oehrlein, a junior committed to Minnesota, reached the plateau last week.
So what is behind the flurry of outrageous career scoring totals in Minnesota? While talent is part of the equation, the state's 36-minute games (two 18-minute halves) and allowing players to compete at the high school varsity level in middle school are also factors.
Providence Academy, the defending Class 2A state champions, have seven regular seasons games remaining.
