The Race for Mr. Basketball
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The watch list is set. Now, back to the guys at the front of the race. Here is your weekly update on what everybody is doing. The Leaders Jackson McAndrew Jackson McAndrew 6'10" | PF Wayzata | 2024 State #24…
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Continue ReadingThe watch list is set. Now, back to the guys at the front of the race. Here is your weekly update on what everybody is doing.
The Leaders
Jackson McAndrew Jackson McAndrew 6'10" | PF Wayzata | 2024 State #24 Nation MN of Wayzata. Scoring 23 a game for the undefeated and top ranked Wayzata Trojans . Jackson had 23 in the win over Buffalo late last week and 28 last night in the win over Eden Prairie. Headed to Creighton.
Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN of Park Center. Chavis is scoring 21 a game for the second ranked Pirates. He had 29 in the 18 point win over Champlin Park last week and 34 last night in the Pirates mauling of Coon Rapids. Signed with Washington.
Final Five Top Contenders
Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry. Isaac had a 14 point, 10 assist, and 8 rebound game in a Hall of Fame Classic win over Blake plus 20 points, 13 assists and six boards going against Makoi Perich Makoi Perich 6'2" | SG Esko | 2024 State MN and Esko last week. Signed with Minnesota.
Tameron Ferguson Tameron Ferguson 6'2" | PG St. Cloud Tech | 2024 State MN of St. Cloud Tech. Going against Minnehaha Academy, Ferguson scored on his first seven attempts and shot over 60 percent to score 35. He also shot an impressive 15 of 25 for 36 points with six assists in a win over Esko late last week.
Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN of Breck. Daniel went for 37 last week against Holy Family hitting six threes and then scored 19 in a win over St. Paul Academy. Breck beat Minnehaha Academy last night but no numbers have been listed. Signed with Wisconsin.
Isaiah Johnson Isaiah Johnson 6'7" | SF Totino-Grace | 2024 State #135 Nation MN of Totino-Grace. Leading the number one ranked Class AAA team with 17 points, ten rebounds, 4.4 assists, and two steals a game. He had a double-double of 16 and 13 before fouling out against Maple Grove last night, and a big 23 points, 13 boards, and seven assists beating Anoka last week. Signed with Miami (FL).
Jack Robison Jack Robison 6'7" | SF Lakeville North | 2024 State #158 Nation MN of Lakeville North. Averaging 26 a game for the 9-4 Panthers. Had 23 in a blowout win over Century last night, had 32 in the two score rivalry win over South last Friday.
Top Ten Candidates
Brandon Hrncir Brandon Hrncir 6'8" | PF Farmington | 2024 State MN of Farmington. Has the Tigers at 11-2 on the season. Scoring 21 a game, had 26 in the most recent win over Burnsville.
Kyle Jorgensen Kyle Jorgensen 6'9" | C Minneapolis Washburn | 2024 State #308 Nation MN of Minneapolis Washburn. Not only has the Millers at 12-1. Jorgensen led his team to a 73-41 win over Holy Family scoring 25 points and nine rebounds while holding fellow big Brayden Carlson Brayden Carlson 6'8" | C Holy Family | 2024 State MN to four points. Kyle sat the last ten minutes. Also had 25 leading Washburn of over South.
Andy Stefonowicz Andy Stefonowicz 6'2" | PG Minnetonka | 2024 State MN of Minnetonka. Has Tonka at 9-1. Had 25 in a win over Brainerd and ten in a win over STMA.
Keep in Mind…..
Abe Soumis of Hermantown. Led his team on a 15 point comeback win over Bemidji last night by scoring 55 points. Yes 55 of his team’s 88 points. And he went into that game averaging 29.6 points, 17 rebounds and 4.3 assists a game. Now averaging 31 a game.