The Race for Mr. Basketball

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With the watch list approaching here are the leaders in the Race (For Mr. Basketball). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Leaders</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1172835' first='Casmir' last='Chavis'] of Park Center. In the past seven days Casmir scored 17 in a win over Blaine and put up 16 in a dominating win over Edina. Steady performances leading his team to a couple wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1287438' first='Jackson' last='McAndrew'] of Wayzata. The [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] remain undefeated and number one in state. McAndrew himself had an odd week having a fantastic game scoring 28 in a big win over Lakeville North, but shooting only 2 of 12 for eight points in a ten point win over East Ridge. Was named for the McDonald's All America nominee list. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final Five</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288733' first='Isaac' last='Asuma'] of Cherry. Asuma kept his team at number one in Class A with a pair of blowout wins beating Cass Lake-Bena and Carlton/Wrenshall. He had 12 points, five boards and five assists beating CLB and just missed a triple double in limited time totaling 29 points, ten boards and nine assists in the win over CW.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] of Breck. The Mustangs are still undefeated. They beat Providence Academy and LCWM in the past week. Daniel had 23 points in the win over PA followed by the 33 points Daniel in the win over LCWM. Has a fun game with Holy Family being played right now. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284147' first='Jack' last='Robison'] of Lakeville North. Robison had 26 in the match-up with Wayzata and McAndrew and followed that leading his team past Rosemount this week (no stats provided).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284143' first='Isaiah' last='Johnson'] of Totino-Grace. Had 14 rebounds, nine points and five assists in the win over Andover and then put up a 20 point, eight rebound, eight assist game against BSM. He was the other player named a McDonald's All American nominee from Minnesota. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Making the Push</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284214' first='Tameron' last='Ferguson'] of St. Cloud Tech. Ferguson has back to back 40+ point games and then last night had a very efficient 36 points making 15 of 25 shot attempts. He also had six assists. Ferguson is one that is pushing his way on the list. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Next Up</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284138' first='Grayson' last='Grove'] of Alexandria. Based on the recent reports from papers Grayson has not played in the last three games because of injury. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284083' first='Andy' last='Stefonowicz'] of Minnetonka. Helped the Skippers beat DeLaSalle but scored just four points in the victory. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284167' first='Kyle' last='Jorgensen'] of Minneapolis Washburn. The Colorado State signed big has the Millers at 10-1 on the season. Had 24 against St. Louis Park, 10 against Southwest, and then nothing was reported in the win over Henry. Playing Minneapolis South right now. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong> Big Number Guys</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288720' first='Patrick' last='Rowe'] is scoring 32.6 points a game for Chisago Lakes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284164' first='Justin' last='Courneya'] of WIn-E-Mac is scoring 32 a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Abe Soumis of Hermantown is scoring 31 a game after his 44 last weekend at the Lake Superior Classic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Randy McClendon is scoring 27 a game for undefeated Columbia Heights. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->