Watch the Hopkins and Duluth Marshall girls basketball teams tangle in a matchup of Class 4A and 2A powers

By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 12/06/24, 5:45PM CST

Lauren Hillesheim is scoring 12.8 points per game for Hopkins this season. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MN high school girls basketball

Two intriguing girls basketball teams will meet Saturday afternoon, Class 2A’s Duluth Marshall (4-0) and perennial 4A power Hopkins (4-1), and you can watch live on startribune.com.

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