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Benilde-St. Margaret’s turns back Orono in boys basketball, soothing a past pain

By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 01/31/25, 11:30AM CST

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Orono kept Benilde-St. Margaret’s from reaching state last season with an improbable victory.

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Orono guard Brennan Doherty (30) fouls Benilde-St. Margaret's Jaleel Donley in the first half Thursday at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Last March, Benilde-St. Margaret’s watched its season end at the hands of a halfcourt miracle.

With his Orono team down 84-83, guard Nolan Groves chucked up a deep three-pointer in double overtime of the Class 3A, Section 6 championship. With a buzzer-beating swish, the Red Knights’ hopes of reaching state for the first time since 2006 were dashed — and by the Spartans, for the second consecutive year.

“That was the craziest moment I’ve ever experienced in a basketball game,” said Benilde-St. Margaret’s senior power forward Jalen Wilson, ESPN’s No. 1-ranked player in his class. “But I think that has helped us a lot this year. We have that edge. The game’s never over.”

Though Thursday was only a regular-season rematch for the No. 2 Red Knights and No. 3 Spartans, the standing-room-only gym suggested something deeper. A testing ground, for two of Minnesota’s best.

And this time, Benilde-St. Margaret’s came out on top, 76-72.

For more on this game, click here to read this story on startribune.com.

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