The Race for Mr. Basketball: Holiday Week
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What did the top candidates do last week? Where can you see the top candidates this week? We let you know! Leaders Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry. Asuma’s team…
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Leaders
Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry. Asuma’s team will have had a ten day break before taking on Forest Lake and Park Center at the CSP Holiday Tournament. That’s two Class AAAA teams for Cherry who is a Class A team with a 250 student enrollment. It’s a chance for Asuma to lead his team against Class AAAA giant Park Center.
Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN of Park Center. As we just explained, Park Center is at the CSP Holiday Tournament. Chavis (headed to Washington) has a chance to show his Mr. Basketball quality against fellow senior point guards Asuma (Minnesota) and Andy Stefonowicz Andy Stefonowicz 6'2" | PG Minnetonka | 2024 State MN (NDSU). Late last week Casmir had a 20 point game against of Park of Cottage Grove in a 23 point win.
Jackson McAndrew Jackson McAndrew 6'10" | PF Wayzata | 2024 State #24 Nation MN of Wayzata. McAndrew leads the Trojans against struggling Eastview and surprising Rosemount this week at the East Ridge High School holiday event. Jackson faces fellow Mr. Basketball name Jonathan Mekonnen Jonathan Mekonnen 6'8" | PF Eastview | 2024 State #201 Nation MN in the Eastview match-up. Late last week Jackson had a 13 point game and an early seat in a 49 point win over Eastview.
Final Five Favorites
Isaiah Johnson Isaiah Johnson 6'7" | SF Totino-Grace | 2024 State #135 Nation MN of Totino-Grace. After a ten day lay-off the Eagles are in Mitchell, South Dakota at the Corn Palace. They play Wauwatosa West (4th ranked in Wisconsin) and top ranked Tennessee team Cordova. Waywatosa has the top junior in Wisconsin in Kai Rogers where as Cordova has a pair of future Missouri Valley committed seniors in their backcourt.
Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN of Breck. The Wisconsin commit will lead his team against top five ranked Hopkins, Minneapolis Southwest and top ten ranked Osseo at the Augsburg holiday event. Freitag’s match-up with Jayden Moore Jayden Moore 6'0" | PG Hopkins | 2026 State MN will be one of the most anticipated items of holiday week. Breck has not played since last Tuesday.
Jack Robison Jack Robison 6'7" | SF Lakeville North | 2024 State #158 Nation MN of Lakeville North. Wisconsin commit Jack Robison Jack Robison 6'7" | SF Lakeville North | 2024 State #158 Nation MN had 32 points making all nine foul shots and five threes in a 43 point win over Prior Lake last Friday. This week North is hosting their own holiday event. They take on Chanhassen and New Prague.
Grayson Grove Grayson Grove 6'9" | PF Alexandria Area | 2024 State #171 Nation MN of Alexandria. The Gopher commit of the second ranked team in Class AAA has a monster week at the Granite City Classic. His team takes on third ranked Stewartville at St. Cloud State on Friday and then they face fifth ranked Mankato East at St. John’s on Saturday. Grove recently had 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 37 point win over Moorhead last Thursday.
Top Ten Favorites
Chiang Ring Chiang Ring 6'8" | C Park Center | 2024 State #276 Nation MN of Park Center. The top unsigned player in Minnesota put up 19 points in the win over Park of Cottage Grove. His team takes on Minnetonka and Cherry this week (like we discussed earlier).
Andy Stefonowicz Andy Stefonowicz 6'2" | PG Minnetonka | 2024 State MN of Minnetonka. Had a dozen points and five assists in a rough shooting game against Andover last Wednesday. Andy has a huge chance to make a statement against Chavis and Park Center tomorrow night. He also leads his team against BSM on Friday who has top junior PG Jaleel Donley Jaleel Donley 6'1" | PG Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025 State MN .
Kyle Jorgensen Kyle Jorgensen 6'9" | C Minneapolis Washburn | 2024 State #308 Nation MN of Minneapolis Washburn. Kyle led the Millers to a surprising 7-1 on the year with a 29 point win over Armstrong last Wednesday. Jorgensen had 29 points. Washburn is now off until January 3rd.
Jonathan Mekonnen Jonathan Mekonnen 6'8" | PF Eastview | 2024 State #201 Nation MN of Eastview. The Lightning are still trying to figure out a brand new line-up around Mekonnen and doing it against a loaded schedule. Mekonnen had 15 and 9 against Shakopee late last week. This week they face Wayzata and Eden Prairie at the East Ridge holiday event which is tough for a 1-4 team.
Brandon Hrncir Brandon Hrncir 6'8" | PF Farmington | 2024 State MN of Farmington. Hrncir continues to pace Farmington who is undefeated and moving up the Class AAAA polls. He led his team with 13 in a Friday win against surprising Eagan in a tight game. Hrncir and his team is at Hamline this week playing in the Capitol City Classic vs Mayo and Armstrong.
Tameron Ferguson Tameron Ferguson 6'2" | PG St. Cloud Tech | 2024 State MN of St. Cloud Tech. Tech was beaten last Wednesday by 31 against Columbia Heights falling to 3-3. Ferguson had 31 points in the loss. This week Tech faces Robbinsdale Cooper and Fargo North in the Granite City Classic.