Martin County West received the number two seed for the Section 2A South Sub-Section girls basketball tournament and will open tournament play in Sherburn on Monday, Feb. 26. The Mavericks will face seventh-seeded United South Central in a quarterfinal game.
MCW has a 17-6 record heading into its regular-season finale at St. James Area tonight. USC, which plays in the West Division of the Gopher Conference, has completed its regular season with an 8-18 record.
The teams did not play during the regular season.
Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther is the top seed in the 2A South Sub-Section.
The winner of the game between the Mavericks and Rebels plays the winner between third-seeded Springfield and sixth-seeded Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey in the sub-section semifinals on Thursday, Feb. 29 at St. Peter High School.
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart is seeded first and Sleepy Eye second in the North Sub-Section of Section 2A.
Both sub-section championship games are Monday, March 4 at Lund Center at Gustavus Adolphus College, with the Section 2A championship game Thursday, March 8 at Taylor Center at Minnesota State University in Mankato.
SECTION 2A GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Sub-Section
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Monday, Feb. 26
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Madelia (8) at Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther (1), 7 p.m.
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (5) at Mankato Loyola (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
United South Central (7) at Martin County West (2), 7 p.m.
Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (6) at Springfield (3), 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29
Semifinals
At St. Peter High School
Upper-bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower-bracket winners, 7:45 p.m.
Monday, March 4
Championship
At Gustavus
Semifinal winners, 7:45 p.m.
North Sub-Section
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Thursday, Feb. 22
First round
Upper bracket
Cedar Mountain (9) at Nicollet (8), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Cleveland (10) at New Ulm Cathedral (7), 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 26
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Cedar Mountain-Nicollet winner at Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (1), 7 p.m.
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (5) at BOLD (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
ACGC-BOLD winner at Sleepy Eye (2), 7 p.m.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (6) at Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s (3), 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29
Semifinals
At Sibley East
Upper-bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower-bracket winners, 7:45 p.m.
Monday, March 4
Championship
At Gustavus
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
SECTION 2A
Friday, March 8
Championship
At MSU
South Sub-Section champion vs. North Sub-Section champion, 8 p.m.