STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sleepy Eye 53, Ada-Borup

Sleepy Eye senior guard Madi Heiderscheidt made the game-winning shot in the paint with 22 seconds to play to put the Indians up by a point, 52-51 on the possession after Ada-Borup took the lead on a three-pointer by junior guard Mariah McKeever with 32 seconds left. McKeever finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and five steals. The three-pointer to put the Cougars ahead late was the only three-pointer for the team in six attempts, with that being McKeever’s only long range shot of the day.

Heiderscheidt also came up big on defense, getting the steal with three seconds left to secure the win.

She finished with a game-high 25 points on 8-14 shooting including a pair of three-pointers. The steal at the end of the game was her eighth of the contest, and she added four assists.

The game featured a spread of 18 points, with the largest lead of 10 held with six and a half minutes to play by Sleepy Eye. Ada-Borup/NCW also led by as many as eight in the first half as the opening half had six ties and six lead changes with Sleepy Eye entering the break up by two, 27-25.

In the first half, it was Heiderscheidt and Cougars’ sophomore forward Kora Kritzberger dueling as the two teams’ leading scorers combined for 35 of the game’s 52 points – Heiderscheidt with 18 of her team’s 27 and Kritzberger with 17 of her team’s 25.

Kritzberger finished with 21 points on 9-16 shooting, collecting five rebounds and three assists.

Sleepy Eye advances to the state semifinals and will look to topple another high seeded opponent, facing No. 2 Mountain Iron-Buhl on Friday, March 16 at 2 p.m. at Target Center. Ada-Borup/Norman County West heads across the river to the Gangelhoff Center at Concordia-St. Paul for a consolation semifinal game against Stephen-Argyle Central on Friday at noon.

Newspaper Box Score
SLEEPYEY vs ADABORUP
3/15/18 5pm at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
At Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
SLEEPYEY 53, ADABORUP 51
SLEEPYEY (27-4)
Heiderscheidt, Madi 8-14 7-11 25; Cselovszki, McKenzie 4-4 3-3 11; Ibberson,
Mya 4-7 0-0 10; Ibarra, Sarah 2-5 1-2 6; Polesky, Brianna 0-5 1-2 1; Miller,
Mariah 0-0 0-0 0; Himmelman, Hanna 0-1 0-0 0; Krueger, Madison 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 18-39 12-18 53.
ADABORUP (27-3)
Kritzberger, Kora 9-16 3-5 21; McKeever, Mariah 3-9 5-5 12; Erickson,
Brooklyn 5-10 1-2 11; Smart, Maddie 1-4 2-2 4; Winfrey, Olivia 1-6 0-0 2;
Johnson, Ivy 0-2 1-2 1; Johnson, Zoe 0-0 0-0 0; Brommenschenkel, B. 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 19-47 12-16 51.
SLEEPYEY......................   27   26  -   53
ADABORUP......................   25   26  -   51
3-point goals--SLEEPYEY 5-15 (Heiderscheidt, Madi 2-5; Ibberson, Mya 2-4;
Ibarra, Sarah 1-1; Himmelman, Hanna 0-1; Krueger, Madison 0-1; Polesky,
Brianna 0-3), ADABORUP 1-6 (McKeever, Mariah 1-1; Erickson, Brooklyn 0-1;
Smart, Maddie 0-1; Winfrey, Olivia 0-3). Fouled out--SLEEPYEY-Cselovszki,
McKenzie, ADABORUP-McKeever, Mariah. Rebounds--SLEEPYEY 20 (Ibberson, Mya
7), ADABORUP 36 (McKeever, Mariah 8). Assists--SLEEPYEY 11 (Heiderscheidt,
Madi 4), ADABORUP 15 (Winfrey, Olivia 4). Total fouls--SLEEPYEY 18, ADABORUP
15. Technical fouls--SLEEPYEY-None, ADABORUP-None.
2018 MSHSL Girls' State Class A Basketball Tournament.