St. Croix Lutheran senior guard Aage Rovney enjoyed Wednesday’s best line, going a perfect 7-for-7 on three pointers to pace the Crusaders’ 86-52 romp against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

Honorable mention goes to teammate Tanner Berwald, who joked to Rovney at halftime, “You should really stop shooting at this point. You don’t want to ruin your percentage, do you?”

Rovney was 6-for-6 at halftime. He connected from deep once more in the second half. The state record of 10 is held by three players.

With Rovney on fire from deep and Ade Murkey (21 points) and Trenton Krueger (19) converting inside, No. 1 seed St. Croix Lutheran (28-2) cruised.

Rovney, who led the West St. Paul private school program with 67 three-pointers made this season, said his previous best shooting games were “nothing of this magnitude.”

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (25-6) knew who to stop but struggled to execute.

“No. 3 for them was shooting the three well and No. 5 [Murkey] kept taking it to the hole,” Rebels senior forward Blake Kragnes said. “We tried our best to control them but it didn’t work.”

First Report

No. 1 seed St. Croix Lutheran (28-2) rolled to a 86-51 victory against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (25-6) in the Class 2A boys’ basketball state tournament quarterfinals Wednesday at Target Center.

The Crusaders’ Aage Rovney led all scorers with 29 points, including a perfect 7-for-7 on three pointers.

Third-place a year ago, the Crusaders advance to the semifinals and play winner between No. 4 seed Maple River, Mapleton and No. 4 seed Braham at 6 p.m. Friday at Target Center.

St. Croix Lutheran, a West St. Paul private school, led 54-30 at halftime. The Crusaders built their advantage in large part to Rovney’s 22 points. Ade Murkey added 15 and Trenton Krueger chipped in 13. The Crusaders shot 62 percent from the floor in the first half to just 39 percent for the Rebels.



Gallery: St. Croix Lutheran 86, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 51