Boys Basketball 2025: No. 1 Mankato East races past St. Paul Harding
Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 11:13 AM
Mankato East is one win away from a return to the Boys Basketball State Tournament Class AAA title game – and another shot at its first championship.
The top-seeded Cougars cruised to a 76-33 win over No. 8 St. Paul Harding in Tuesday’s first quarterfinal game at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
East (28-1) raced to a 47-13 halftime lead against a Harding (18-11) program making its state tournament debut.
Brogan Madson scored 24 points to lead the Cougars, including an 11-point flurry in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the second half.
Tobis Williams scored 10 points for the Knights.
Up next: Mankato East faces the winner of the DeLaSalle-Orono game in a noon semifinal Thursday at Williams Arena. Harding plays again Wednesday in a 2 p.m. consolation game at Gangelhoff Center on the Concordia University campus in St. Paul.
