Every Tuesday at 6:50 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. during the high school year, we feature a team or athlete with our TRIA Prep Salute.This week’s salute recognizes the Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball team,

No. 6 Benilde-St. Margaret’s breezes past Chanhassen 90-55 for third straight win. Zahara Bishop’s 25 points led the way for the Red Knights along with 17 from Pressley Watkins and Kendall McGee’s 13 points.

Alexandria hosts No. 9 (Class 4A) Sauk Rapids-Rice (13-4) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, and No. 2 (Class 3A) Orono (11-3) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Sauk Rapids-Rice beat Alexandria, 81-76, on Dec. 7, 2024, in a game where Thompson was out with an injury.

Eagan and Apple Valley, two South Suburban Conference programs, have made significant moves in the Minnesota Top 25. Eagan climbed from No. 24 to 13 while previously unranked Apple Valley moved to No.

The Alexandria boys and girls basketball teams play conference games to end the week before hosting Benilde-St. Margaret's on Saturday

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Ada-Borup-West 72, Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal 35 Albany 71, Eden Valley-Watkins 56 Alexandria 69, Moorhead 40 Andover 62, Champlin Park 51 Annandale 48, Litchfield 38 Anoka 53,

Minnesota high school boys basketball is in full swing, and High School on SI has the top 25 teams in the state ranked regardless of classification. Vo

Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys basketball is 11-0 on the season and sits atop the Class 3A rankings. KSTP Sports stopped by the team’s practice this week and spoke with head coach Damain Johnson and senior power forward Jalen Wilson. Wilson and fellow senior Jaleel Donley are among players on the Mr. Basketball watch list.

Good teams know how to win close games. This is true for Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the lone unbeaten team in Class 3A. On Tuesday, senior forward Jalen Wilson made a shot at the buzzer, giving the Red Knights a 62-60 win at Waconia.

Clemson signee Chase Thompson guides the fourth-ranked Cardinals against the top-ranked and undefeated Red Knights in a Class 3A top-five tussle on startribune.com.

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Fifth-ranked (Class 3A) Benilde-St. Margaret’s took a 10-9 lead with 12:30 left in the first half and never looked back as it defeated second-ranked (Class 3A) Alexandria 79-53 in a physical game on Jan. 25, 2025.