State Tournament Preview – St. Thomas More vs SF Christian

<p>The 4/5 game in Class A is what state tournaments are all about: talented teams from other parts of the state going head to head.  Here is the Match-Up Preview. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Team Profiles</strong></p> <p><strong>Sioux Falls Christian</strong></p> <p>Seed/Rank/Record:  4/4/17-5</p> <p>Top 3 Wins:  St. Thomas More, Tea Area, Dell Rapids</p> <p>The 3 Ls:  Vermillion, Sioux Valley, Flandreau</p> <p>Previous Meeting:  St. Thomas More jumped out on SFC 14-2 in the game played in last December before SFC turned things around and won 53-46. STM <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Senior [player_tooltip player_id="975503" first="Ryan" last="Wojcik"] led the Cavs with 19 points and [player_tooltip player_id="963754" first="Caleb" last="Hollenbeck"] added 15 points. </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">[player_tooltip player_id="975512" first="Xavier" last="Van Beek"] had a team 14 points in the loss.</span></p> <p><strong>St. Thomas More</strong></p> <p>Seed/Rank/Record:  5/5/19-3</p> <p>Top 3 Wins:  Tea Area, Dell Rapids. Madison</p> <p>The 3 Ls of Note:  Sioux Falls Christian, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Thunder Basin (WY)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Match-Ups (SFC – STM)</strong></p> <p>PG:  [player_tooltip player_id="975512" first="Xavier" last="Van Beek"] (6’0 Sr) vs  Ethan Burnett (5’10 Jr)   Edge – <strong>SFC</strong></p> <p>SG:  [player_tooltip player_id="975510" first="Tyler" last="Prins"] (6’3 Sr) vs [player_tooltip player_id="963754" first="Caleb" last="Hollenbeck"] (6’1 Soph)   Edge – <strong>St More</strong></p> <p>SF:  [player_tooltip player_id="968155" first="Brooks" last="Nelson"] (6’2 Jr) vs [player_tooltip player_id="1130573" first="Ben" last="Feist"] (6’3 Sr)   Edge – <strong>SFC</strong></p> <p>PF:  Jaden Witte (6’3 Jr) vs [player_tooltip player_id="975503" first="Ryan" last="Wojcik"] (6’2 Sr)  Edge – <strong>St More </strong></p> <p>C:   [player_tooltip player_id="975506" first="Noah" last="Van Donkersgoed"]  (6’5 Sr) vs  [player_tooltip player_id="975587" first="Charlie" last="Larson"] (6’3 Sr)   Edge – <strong>SFC</strong></p> <p>6th Man:  [player_tooltip player_id="963777" first="Tate" last="Snyder"] (5’11 Soph)   vs [player_tooltip player_id="812202" first="Cade" last="Kandolin"] (6’0 Jr).   Edge -  <strong>Even</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Match-Up to Watch</strong></p> <p>The full court pressure from the Chargers caused the Cavs a lot of problems in the Pentagon when these teams last played.  [player_tooltip player_id="963777" first="Tate" last="Snyder"], [player_tooltip player_id="968155" first="Brooks" last="Nelson"], and [player_tooltip player_id="975510" first="Tyler" last="Prins"] trapped [player_tooltip player_id="963754" first="Caleb" last="Hollenbeck"] and his fellow guards time and time again giving the Cavs offensive flow several issues.  Hollenbeck will be the player that the Cavs lean on to get through the problems and pressure and it will often ben Prins he has to go through.  When the teams go man Hollenbeck and Prins, both outstanding play creators, will give the fans an excellent match-up to take in.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Prediction </strong></p> <p>The Chargers ended their year on a slide losing three of their last five games.  The Chargers put their playoff opponents away handily but St. Thomas More is different.  Fans are about to witness a fun, close game that will have turns.  In the end the SFC wins by three scores but they will have to battle to get it that far. </p> <p>SFC 54 ST More 48</p>