Kari Gibb/MDN South Prairie-Max freshman Kinley Schilla (34) goes for a shot while Hazen players foul her in the Division A girls basketball state qualifying play-in game on Saturday, March 1, at the Minot Auditorium.

The seeding and qualifying games are complete and the 2025 NDHSAA Division A Girls Basketball State Tournament is scheduled for March 6-8, 2025 at the MSU Dome.

R3-3 South Prairie-Max 54, R4-2 Hazen 14

The Royals girls won the tip to start the game and never looked back. Hazen kept pace with some high energy to start the game. Both teams had pre-game jitters that were evident with turnovers and missed shots.

By the middle of the first quarter of play, South Prairie-Max had their press defense working and began to find the basket taking a 9-6 lead, forcing a Hazen timeout. Each team was working to establish their own game plan and tempo at that point.

The Royal girls worked to a 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter of play. The second quarter of play was all South Prairie-Max and Skotti Beck. The Royals led 27-12 going into the half.

The Royals outscored the Bison 11-2 in the second quarter with Beck posting 11 of her team high 15 points in the first half of play. The trap defense by the Royals forced turnovers and the shooting percentage kept getting better for South Prairie-Max as the game progressed.

By the end of the third quarter of play, the Royals held the 48-14 lead and had outscored Hazen 21-2 in the third quarter. The bench rotation began before the final half of the fourth quarter.

Besides the 15 by Beck, the Royals were led by Maycie Talbott with nine points while Abby Mikkelson and Azjiah Trader each added six in the win.

Hazen was led by Macey Van Inwagen with six points and Macee Smith with four.

R3-2 TMCHS 63,

R4-3 Shiloh Christian 51

In the second state play-in game for the Division A state tournament, the Turtle Mountain Community High School (TMCHS) girls used superior size and strength to beat the Skyhawk girls from Shiloh Christian for the chance to advance to the state tournament.

R2-3 Thompson 64,

R1-2 Northern Cass 41

The Region 2 third seeds beat the Region 1 second seeds for the right to advance with one of the two play-in games from Mayville State on Saturday.

R2-2 Carrington 48,

R1-3 Kindred 44

Carrington, who has received votes in the Division A polling, beat the fourth ranked team in the polls at the second play-in game from Mayville State on Saturday.

State Pairings for the 2024-2025 NDHSAA Division A State Girls Basketball Tournament are set. The quarterfinal games will be played Thursday, March 6, at the Minot State University (MSU) Dome.

In the upper bracket of play, No. 2 South Prairie-Max will face No. 7 TMCHS while No. 3 Valley City will take on No. 6 Carrington in the first two games of the day.

In the lower bracket of play, No. 1 Devils Lake will battle with No. 8 Dickinson Trinity in the third game while the final quarterfinal game will be No. 4 Rugby versus No. 5 Thompson.