Tuesday Night Match-Up and Predictions!
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It hasn’t snowed yet! You still have a chance to watch games tonight before hunkering down by the fire the rest of the week. Here are your match-ups for the night! 1AA Holy Family at 3AA Maranatha Christian Academy One.…
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Continue ReadingIt hasn’t snowed yet! You still have a chance to watch games tonight before hunkering down by the fire the rest of the week. Here are your match-ups for the night!
1AA Holy Family at 3AA Maranatha Christian Academy
One. Kole Hanson Kole Hanson 6'2" | PG Holy Family | 2024 State MN vs Trell McCrimmon. It’s been a great season for Trell but tonight he gets one of the elite guards in the state in Kole Hanson Kole Hanson 6'2" | PG Holy Family | 2024 State MN . Trell has been up for the challenge before!
Two. Michael Richelson vs Greysyn Rennie. Rennie scores a dozen a game, Richelson scores ten a game but is a bigger guard.
Three. Braylon Cummings Braylon Cummings 6'2" | SG Holy Family | 2023 State MN vs JaRory Purnell. Two guys that work hard and score four/five buckets a contest, Cummings has been a great surprise.
Four. Collin Mulholland Collin Mulholland 6'10" | C Holy Family | 2023 State MN vs Bailey Mcdonald Bailey Mcdonald 6'2" Maranatha Christian Academy | 2023 MN . The 6’10 versatile Chattanooga signed big and the MCA leading scorer who is the fourth guard on the floor. This is your sample of size against speed.
Five. Boden Kapke Boden Kapke 6'11" | C Holy Family | 2023 State #153 Nation MN vs Nick Anderson. Anderson is an active 6’5/6’6 forward, Kapke is the 6’10 physical low post monster. Anderson is active and long, Kapke is a nationally ranked big.
Our Prediction: MCA was able to use speed to combat the size of NLA twice this year and that speed will bother the Fire. But Mulholland and Kapke are much bigger than NLA and they are better. And Hanson is a different type of guard versus pressure. Holy Family will have its struggles but win by six.
3AAAA Wayzata at 6AAAA Minnetonka
PG: Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN vs Andy Stefonowicz Andy Stefonowicz 6'2" | PG Minnetonka | 2024 State MN . A top senior lead guard against a top junior lead guard.
Guard: Jake Schmitt Jake Schmitt 6'1" | SG Wayzata | 2023 State MN vs Greyson Uelman. Won’t defend one another but they will play key roles, Jake scores 10 a game, Greyson is a top defender.
Wing: Spencer Hall Spencer Hall 6'3" | SF Wayzata | 2023 State MN vs Jordan Cain Jordan Cain 6'3" | SF Minnetonka | 2024 State MN . These are hard working, 12/13 point per game wings.
Big: Jackson McAndews vs Jalen Cain Jalen Cain 6'3" | SF Minnetonka | 2023 State MN . Here is the size difference sample for the team, Jackson is a 6’11 frontcourt player while Cain does a lot of quality paint work at 6’3.
Our Prediction: Wayzata was rolling everybody in 2023 until EP shocked them recently. Can Tonka do the same? Wayzata won by a dozen last time, we say they are mad from the last loss and Trojans win by 7.
1AAAA Park Center at 7AAAA Andover
Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN vs Sammy Musungu. Two strong, athletic, quick burst players. Sammy is scoring 21 a game, Chavis the state MVP so far.
CJ O’Hara CJ O’Hara 6'4" | SF Park Center | 2023 State #285 Nation MN vs Ben Kopetzki Ben Kopetzki 6'0" | PG Andover | 2023 State MN . Don’t know that O’Hara will defend Ben but it would be fun to watch these to recent top ten names on the Mr. Basketball list go at it.
JJ Ware JJ Ware 6'6" | SF Park Center | 2023 State MN vs Landyn Nelson Landyn Nelson 6'3" | PF Andover | 2023 MN . Ware is scoring 17/18 a contest while Nelson is 6’4 and the third leading Andover scorer.
Our Prediction: Andover will be jacked for this game but the Pirates are so deep and now Jackson Fowlkes Jackson Fowlkes 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2024 State MN is playing great basketball making them deeper. Pirates by 14.
6A Northland at 9A Cherry
Alec Wake Alec Wake 6'2" | PG Northland | 2023 State MN vs Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN . Wake is averaging 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6.5 assists a game and now gets his chance to lead his team against a top Cherry squad led by a high major recruit. Big chance for Wake and his teammates.
Aiden Carlson Aiden Carlson 6'1" Northland Community S | 2023 MN vs Noah Sundquist Noah Sundquist 6'3" | SF Cherry | 2025 State MN . Carlson scores 14.5 a game at wing/forward while Sundquist is scoring 17 a contest. They along with Nolan Carlson Nolan Carlson 6'0" Northland | 2023 MN and Noah Asuma Noah Asuma 6'1" | SG Cherry | 2026 State MN are the other big options in this game.
Our Prediction: Cherry needs a rebound after losing the game to Cass Lake-Bena while Northland is the motivated, veteran team. Northland is much older and will have the motivation, Cherry more talented but younger and prone to some lulls. Tough game to pick, heart says that Northland could get it but hurt also says Isaac will have a huge game. I say Cherry by one.
Waconia at 3AAA Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Jalen Wilson Jalen Wilson 6'8" | PF Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025 State #230 Nation MN vs Jackson Hayes Jackson Hayes 6'6" | SF Waconia | 2024 State MN . Many match-ups to go here but I picked these two because they are in that 6’5/6’6/6’7 range with post up game and face-up skills out to the arc.
Our Prediction: Waconia beating BSM turned their season around as they were 3-10 at the time. BSM is well aware of that and knows they can’t afford a loss here because of league and section spots. BSM by a dozen.