Minnesota State Tournament Semi-Finals: Thursday Lists

We break down a great Thursday of basketball with our lists of what we saw at the Williams Arena semi-finals.

The Top Stat Lines

Totino-Grace allowed only four points in the paint, scored 44

Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino-Grace | 2023 State MN of Totino-Grace: 27 points on 12 of 18 shooting with 8 boards

Haydn Stay Haydn Stay 6'4" | PG Princeton | 2022 State MN of Princeton:  33 points on 14 of 23 shooting with 10 boards

Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN of Wayzata:  scored 21 second half points in the win over CDH

Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino-Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace:  11 rebounds and 9 assists, only six shots taken

Demarion Watson Demarion Watson 6'8" | SF Totino-Grace | 2022 State #150 Nation MN of Totino-Grace:  forced his man into 3 of 20 shooting

Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG De La Salle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle: scored 28 points with six assists, shot 9 of 10 at the foul line

Top Ten Game Moments

1. Leo Torbor Leo Torbor 6'1" | PG Park Center | 2022 State MN sprint back block off the glass
2. Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino-Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN lob feed for a dunk
3. Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN with 2 And1s down the stretch in a 90 second span
4. Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG De La Salle | 2023 State MN attack baseline And1 stopping a Princeton run for good
5. Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2022 State #141 Nation MN dunk in the open floor
6. Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino-Grace | 2023 State MN 's second three capping off a big day
7. Ahjany Lee Ahjany Lee 6'9" | C Byron | 2022 State #145 Nation MN dunk off the Taison feed
8. Cooper Novak And1 drive finishing back across his body falling down
9. Jamal Ambrose Jamal Ambrose 6'10" | C Eastview | 2022 State MN face up dunk out of the post. 
10. Carter Bjerke Carter Bjerke 6'9" | C Wayzata | 2022 State MN follow and then the flex to his student section

Top Ten Players of the Day

1. Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN of Wayzata
2. Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino-Grace | 2023 State MN of Totino-Grace
3. Haydn Stay Haydn Stay 6'4" | PG Princeton | 2022 State MN of Princeton
4. Leo Torbor Leo Torbor 6'1" | PG Park Center | 2022 State MN of Park Center
5. Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG De La Salle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle
6. Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2022 State #141 Nation MN of Park Center
7. Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN of Cretin-Derham Hall
8. Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino-Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
9. Ayouba Berthe Ayouba Berthe of Park Center
10. Demarion Watson Demarion Watson 6'8" | SF Totino-Grace | 2022 State #150 Nation MN of Totino-Grace

Top Underclassmen

1. Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN of Park Center (soph)
2. Zy'lerre Stewart of Totino-Grace (soph)
3. Carson Schweim Carson Schweim 6'7" | SF Mankato East | 2024 State MN of Mankato East (soph)
4. Miles Bollinger of Cretin-Derham Hall (soph)
5. Brogan Madson of Mankato East (fr)
6. Justin Johnson Justin Johnson 6'2" | PG De La Salle | 2024 State MN of DeLaSalle (soph)

Top Ten Names in the Building

1. Ben Johnson of Minnesota
2. Johnny Tauer of UST
3. Trent Tucker 
4. Dave Thorson of Minnesota
5. Gameli Ahlegbe of UST
6. Quincy Lewis
7. Troy Bell
8. Dave Lee
9. Drake assistant coach
10. 40-50 people in suits just chilling courtside inside the rails