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No. 1 meets No. 2 in final
Associated Press
MINOT, N.D. – The top-ranked team faces the second-ranked team in tonight’s championship game of the North Dakota state Class B girls basketball tournament.

The New Salem Holsteins, ranked No. 1 in the final poll, beat New Town 63-39 Friday in the second semifinal game.

The Holsteins face No. 2 and defending state champion Bottineau, a 50-40 winner over Bowman County in the first semifinal.

New Salem last made the championship game in 1993, when the Holsteins lost to Minot Ryan 40-39.

Mary Tellman and Teryl Norton combined for 48 points to the lead New Salem over New Town.

Each had 3 of the Holsteins’ seven 3-pointers.

“It’s an unexplainable feeling,â€

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No. 1 meets No. 2 in final
Associated Press
MINOT, N.D. ? The top-ranked team faces the second-ranked team in tonight?s championship game of the North Dakota state Class B girls basketball tournament.

The New Salem Holsteins, ranked No. 1 in the final poll, beat New Town 63-39 Friday in the second semifinal game.

The Holsteins face No. 2 and defending state champion Bottineau, a 50-40 winner over Bowman County in the first semifinal.

New Salem last made the championship game in 1993, when the Holsteins lost to Minot Ryan 40-39.

Mary Tellman and Teryl Norton combined for 48 points to the lead New Salem over New Town.

Each had 3 of the Holsteins? seven 3-pointers.

?It?s an unexplainable feeling,? said Tellman, who had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. ?It?s amazing. We couldn?t have asked for anything better.?

Norton chipped in 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Christine Miller averaged 21 points during the season and had 23 in the Eagles? first-round win.

But she had only 12 on 4-for-14 shooting against the Holsteins.

Katrina Eagle led New Town with 14 points and 6 rebounds.

New Town??? 8 22 33 39
New Salem 18 33 46 63

NEW TOWN (20-7): Wolf 0-0 1-2 1, White Tail 2-4 0-0 5, Taft 1-7 2-2 5, Lambert 0-1 0-0 0, Eagle 4-8 6-9 14, Baker 0-2 0-0 0, Miller 4-14 4-5 12, Chase 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 12-37 13-18 39.

NEW SALEM (25-1): Kautzman 1-6 0-0 3, Megan Toepke 0-2 0-0 0, Briana Toepke 1-2 0-0 2, Norton 6-13 8-8 23, Tellman 9-13 4-7 25, Seeger 1-4 2-2 4, Hagen 1-1 0-0 2, Rebel 1-1 0-0 2, Lauf 1-10 0-0 2. Totals 21-52 63.

3-Point Goals?New Town 2 (White Tail 1, Taft 1), New Salem 7 (Tellman 3, Norton 3, Kautzman 1).
Rebounds?New Town 26 (Eagle 6), New Salem 33 (Norton 7).
Assists?New Town 7 (Eagle 3), New Salem 16 (Kautzman 4, Norton 4).
Total Fouls?New Town 14, New Salem 16.

Bottineau 50, Bowman County 40

Mandee Keplin scored 18 points as Bottineau defeated Bowman County in Friday?s first semifinal.

The defending state champion Stars (25-2) will try to make it 2 in a row when they play in the title game.

The last team to win back-to-back titles was Larimore in 2004 and 2005.

Keplin scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Bottineau jumped out to a 27-12 halftime lead over the Bulldogs (24-2).

Kayla Roemmich had 12 points and 5 rebounds for the Stars.

Bowman County shot just 31% in the first half and its second-half comeback bid was derailed by poor free throw shooting and turnovers.

?We haven?t played a lot of teams that attack you from behind a lot and that kind of killed us,? said Bowman County?s Abby Nasset, who had 10 points and 7 rebounds. ?We had a lot of turnovers from them coming from behind. They played really good full-man pressure.?

Bottineau forced 23 turnovers.

?We work hard on defense and defense is what helps us win games,? Bottineau?s Maribeth Geiszler said.

Allison Hanson shared the team lead with 10 points for Bowman County.

Bottineau 18 27 36 50
Bowman??? 7 12 25 40

BOTTINEAU (25-2):
Marquardt 0-1 0-0 0, Aide 2-3 2-2 6, Keplin 8-12 0-0 18, Olson 0-1 0-0 0, Geiszler 4-8 0-1 8, Lamb 0-4 0-0 0, Hahn 2-4 1-1 5, Peltier 0-0 1-2 1, Roemmich 5-7 2-6 12. Totals 21-40 6-12 50.

BOWMAN COUNTY (24-2): Olson 0-2 0-0 0, Palczewski 1-2 0-0 3, Nasset 4-11 2-3 10, Tivis 3-5 2-4 8, Anderson 2-9 5-6 9, Naico 0-5 0-2 0, Hanson 3-4 3-4 10. Totals 13-36 12-21 40.

3-Point Goals?Bottineau 2 (Keplin 2), Bowman County 2 (Hanson 1, Palczewski 1).
Rebounds?Bottineau 18 (Roemmich 5), Bowman County 31 (Nasset 7, Hanson 7).
Assists?Bowman County 15 (Roemmich 5), Bowman County 7 (Anderson 4).
Total Fouls?Bottineau 23, Bowman County 12.

score one for the stupid media and their stupid polls, getting the no. 1 and 2 teams in the championship. yeah media.