The Raiders held Shakopee, a team for which three-point shooting is a crucial part of its offense, to just one made three-pointer in 18 attempts in a 39-32 victory over the No. 2-seeded Sabers on Wednesday in the Class 4A quarterfinals of the girls’ basketball state tournament at Williams Arena.

“We just missed shots,” Shakopee coach Juan Mitchell said. “We missed shots we normally make. Maybe it was a little bit of nerves. Maybe we had tired legs. We had a lot of good looks; we just didn’t make them.”

If you ask Roseville, they’ll offer another reason.

“It was our defense,” said forward Hattie DeVries without hesitation.

“Yep,” agreed guard Drew Johnston.

“We knew they were good shooters, so we made them put the ball on the ground and we played solid defense,” chimed in guard Kendall Barnes.

Barnes, a sophomore guard, led the Raiders with 15 points and drew the key defensive assignment of the game, sticking with Shakopee guard Kate Cordes, perhaps the Sabers’ most dangerous weapon.

“I was supposed to faceguard her the whole game,” Barnes said. “I wasn’t supposed to let her touch the ball.”

Barnes was up to the task. Cordes made just one of 10 shots from the floor, missing all her three-point attempts, and finished with just four points.

Roseville’s defense did more than just slow a hot-shooting team. The Raiders outrebounded the Sabers and kept them from getting second chances and going on runs.

“We knew coming into the game that rebounding would be key,” said Roseville coach Tanysha Scott. “Here, everybody’s good, so we knew the little thing would make a difference.”

Jasmyn Hale led Shakopee with 12 points.