Episode #89 - Matt & Marissa Janning (Outstanding MN Basketball Siblings)

The Bare's Den w/ Matt Bare

For this episode, I’m joined by one of the most prolific brother/sister combos in Minnesota high school basketball history and they are Matt and Marissa Janning. The Janning’s grew up playing for Watertown-Mayer high school and put up some amazing numbers.

The older of the two Matt graduated in 2006, and was somewhat of a late bloomer. He played 3 years of varsity basketball, was an All-State player and left as the school’s all-time leading score and 3-point maker. His senior year he averaged a metro area best 31.8ppg and scored 954 points.

Marissa graduated in 2012 and started playing varsity basketball as a 7th grader. She ended her career scoring a school record 3,587 points and earned all Metro honors as well AP Player of the Year. Her senior year she averaged 30ppg and was named Minnesota’s Miss Basketball.

As siblings they also have two of the more accomplished college careers as well. Matt played collegiately in Boston, Massachusetts at Northeastern University where he led the Huskies in scoring his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He was voted all conference 3 times and graduated as the programs 4th leading scorer in school history. He was inducted into the Northeastern athletics hall of fame in 2024.

Marissa attended Creighton University and was the Missouri Valey Conference freshman of the year in her first season. The next year when her school switched conferences and moved to the Big East she was awarded Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore. She was a 3-time All Conference 1st team player and graduated as the schools 4th leading scorer all-time. She was inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.