Maple Grove forward Jordan Ode shoots for two of her 27 points Saturday against St. Michael-Albertville. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Maple Grove coach Mark Cook and St. Michael-Albertville coach Kent Hamre like to challenge their girls basketball players.
For Maple Grove, that meant interrupting conference play for a game against a high-quality opponent Saturday. For St. Michael-Albertville, that meant back-to-back games against opponents like that.
Maple Grove pulled away for a 78-47 home victory, using a 28-8 run midway through the nonconference matchup of Class 4A powers as a catapult.
“That was the best game we played this year,” Cook said.
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