Thursday, June 29, 2006

Dakota Showcase: Thursday Results

#2 posting 6.29.2006
Your Daily Dose of Girls Basketball News & Information

The Dakota Showcase is underway and their site Dakota Showcase has tons of information, from box scores, schedules and webcasts (already over for Thursday). Definitely check it out the site.

Here are the results so far
MN Triple Threat 68, IBCA Iowa Select II 50....Kachine Alexander led TT with 16
SD Riders 64, ND ECI Select East 48....Wagner led SDR with 14
SD Elite 69, MN Metro Stars White 47....Miller topped SDE with 16
Daubert Pinnacle NEB 69, Iowa Elite II 39...Nelson had 15 to lead DPN
IBCA Iowa Select I 61, MN Summitt 30....Kelsey Bolte led IIS with 16
ND Prairie Shooters 70, MN North Tartan Blue 52...Mic Kraft topped NDPS with 18, the same as Heather Cook of NTB
MN Metro Stars Black 49, ND ECI Select West 48...NDESW's Kayla Schmidt led all scorers with 12, but it was not enough to get the win.
Iowa Elite I 71, Northern Lites 55...Another game where the leader came out on the wrong end. Alexis Yackley had 17 for NL, but IEI had four players in double figures.
MN Metro Stars White 68, Iowa Elite II 49...Maggie Slawson erupted for 17 for MMSW
SD Elite 63, Daubert Pinnacle NEB 60...boxes not up yet.

Looking at how the states are doing
State, w-l
SD 3-1
MN 3-3
NEB 1-1
IA 2-3
ND 1-2

At this point defending champs IBCA Iowa Select I has to be considered the favorites.
Tomorrow I get up at the crack of dawn to head to the Showcase.
I am looking forward to seeing players from the states I cover in the books.

Next up Tomorrow am before I leave.