Woodbury at No. 8 Roseville
7:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14

Speaking of surprising starts, Woodbury just upset Cretin-Derham Hall, 78-65 behind a stifling defense and 25 points from senior guard Matt Ambriz, who leads the Royals in scoring. He’s been a Godsend in the scoring column for coach Scott Swansson, who graduated all-everything guard Renard Suggs and needed a scorer to replace him. Ambriz averaged 13.2 ppg last winter playing alongside Suggs, but Ambriz has doubled that output this season. Six-foot-5 Ben Rizzardi is second on the Royals in scoring and leads them in rebounding.