By John Millea

The first big event of the winter sports season will be held Saturday when 24 girls' basketball teams gather at Hopkins High School. The event is the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic. The lineup of 12 games begins at 10 a.m. and the final tipoff is scheduled for 7:45.

Two courts will be used at the Lindbergh Center, which could double as an airplane hanger. Our girls' basketball season preview will be published in Thursday's paper, and it will include info on many of the teams involved in this event. Here is the lineup of Saturday's games...

Main court

10:30/ Maple Grove vs. Hill Murray

12:15/ New Prague vs. Barnum

2:00/ Caledonia vs. Chaska

3:45/ Bloomington Kennedy vs. Minnehaha Academy

5:30/ Minneapolis Roosevelt vs. Lakeville North

7:45/ Hopkins vs. Centennial

East court

10:00/ St. Croix Lutheran vs. Braham

11:45/ St. Paul Central vs. DeLaSalle

1:30/ Sauk Centre vs. Maranatha

3:15/ Benilde-St. Margaret's vs. Minneapolis South

5:00/ Woodbury vs. Minnetonka

6:45/ Bemidji vs. Burnsville

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