The WI v. MN Border Battle: Match-Ups to Watch
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What match-ups should you keep your eyes on for tomorrow’s Border Battle? We give you one for each game. Isaiah Kastern Isaiah Kastern 6'5" | PF Solon Springs | 2024 State WI (Solon Springs) vs Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3"…
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Isaiah Kastern Isaiah Kastern 6'5" | PF Solon Springs | 2024 State WI (Solon Springs) vs Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN (Cherry). Isaiah is a 6’5 senior headed to Bemidji State. He is averaging 29.3 points and 9.4 rebounds a game. Asuma is a nightly double-double with the occasional triple double. Isaac is headed to Minnesota as a point guard but he will defend Kastern wherever Kastern is.
Mike Bowen Mike Bowen 6'1" | CG Heritage Christian | 2024 State WI Jr (Heritage Christian) vs Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN (Breck). Bowen scores 19 a game with seven boards a night on a balanced team. Freitag leads Breck as their top scorer and creator, he is one of the most explosive senior athletes in the nation and is headed to Wisconsin next year.
Joey Butz Joey Butz 6'1" | SG River Falls | 2024 State WI (River Falls) vs Josiah Coleman Josiah Coleman 6'3" | SG Edina | 2024 State MN (Edina). Butz is a charter member of the 40% Club’s Wisconsin Chapter. He is averaging 23 points a game on 46 percent three point shooting. Coleman leads Jon Bryant’s Hornets (Bryant is a former Wisconsin Badger) with 15-16 points a game.
Henry Meyer Henry Meyer 6'3" | SG La Crosse Central | 2024 State WI (La Crosse Central) vs Nolan Groves Nolan Groves 6'4" | CG Orono | 2025 State #259 Nation MN (Orono). Meyer is scoring 19 a game as a senior wing prospect, Groves is scoring 20+ a contest plus creating as one of the top up and coming juniors in the state. It’s a very good match-up of versatile producing wings.
Also… Noah Dingel vs Brady Wooley Brady Wooley 6'9" | C Orono | 2025 State #187 Nation MN
Michael McNabb Michael McNabb 6'4" | CG Grafton | 2024 State WI (Grafton) vs Jordan Cain Jordan Cain 6'3" | SF Minnetonka | 2024 State MN (Minnetonka). The 6’3 McNabb is headed to Northern Michigan and he is scoring 29 points a game with nine boards a contest as one of the best forwards in Wisconsin. Cain is scoring about 18 a game as an athletic forward also at 6’3.
Also… Tommy Lutz vs Andy Stefonowicz Andy Stefonowicz 6'2" | PG Minnetonka | 2024 State MN
Evan Anderson Evan Anderson 6'3" | SG Black River Falls | 2024 State WI (Onalaska) vs Dothan Ijadimbola Dothan Ijadimbola 6'6" | SF Totino Grace | 2026 State MN (Totino-Grace). Anderson is scoring 20 a game with six rebounds and is headed to South Dakota at forward. Ijadimbola is a few inches taller and scores about 16 a game as the top sophomore prospect in the state of Minnesota.
Also…. 6’7 Isaac Skemp Isaac Skemp 6'4" | SF Onalaska | 2024 State WI vs 6’7 Isaiah Johnson Isaiah Johnson 6'7" | SF Totino-Grace | 2024 State #135 Nation MN .
Cooper Jesperson Cooper Jesperson 6'2" | SG Eau Claire Memorial | 2025 State WI (Eau Claire Memorial) vs Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN (Park Center). Jesperson is one of the better juniors in Wisconsin scoring 22 points a game with great range. Chavis is one of the most explosive guards in the Midwest as he’s signed with Washington.
Tim Franks Tim Franks 6'5" | SG Homestead | 2024 State WI (Homestead) vs Jalen Wilson Jalen Wilson 6'8" | PF Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025 State #230 Nation MN (BSM). Franks has committed to UST and will be playing in the metro he will be going to college in. At 6’5 Tim is averaging 28 points and seven boards a game. He leads a big frontline that also includes Trevor Polite Trevor Polite 6'6" | SF Homestead | 2025 State WI who is a junior. Polite might face Wilson, Franks might face Wilson. Jalen is a division one offered frontcourt player. Abu Keita Abu Keita 6'5" | SF Benilde-St.Margaret's | 2025 State MN might defend Franks.