STMA Girls Basketball Team Falls In State Championship Game

ST. MICHAEL, MN — The St. Michael-Albertville High School girls basketball team came up just short in its quest for its first state championship since 2009 as it lost Saturday night in the Class AAAA title game.

The Knights fell 72-56 to Hopkins, who are ranked as the sixth-best high school girls basketball team in the U.S., according to the Minnesota State High School League’s report on the game.

STMA was out for revenge after losing by 40 points to Hopkins toward the end of the regular season. But Hopkins outshot the Knights from all areas of the floor during the title game, beating STMA in field-goal percentage, three-point percentage and free-throw accuracy, MSHSL statistics show.

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Junior Tessa Johnson led STMA in scoring with 18 points, while adding seven assists, according to MSHSL statistics. Senior Emma Miller added 15 points and three assists, while sophomore Ja’Kahla Craft had 12 points and two assists during the state championship game.

Hopkins’ Liv McGill put up 25 points, while Taylor Woodson added 16, Nunu Agara had 11 and Maya Nnaji and Amaya Battle each scored nine points, game statistics show.

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Hopkins won its eighth state championship and its sixth title since 2011. Hopkins finished the season with 29 wins and just one loss — to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the No. 1 high school girls basketball team in the country, MSHSL reported.

STMA was seeking its first state championship in girls basketball since 2009, when it won the Class AAA title. The Knights also won the Class AA girls basketball state championship in 2001

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