The Minnesota Hoops Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Where should you go to see basketball in Minnesota this weekend? We give you the breakdown of the weekend ahead!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Friday Metro Combo</strong>. You can start with the 5pm tip between 18-win Higher Ground Academy led by Abdiaziz Abdi who plays at Minneapolis Edison led by [player_tooltip player_id='1612342' first='Deidrick' last='Taylor'] who is scoring over 28 points a game for Edison! Taylor is worth your time and then after that game you can likely head to many places to catch another full game. I say.....</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Orono at Benilde-St Margaret's would be a good option. It's a fairly quick drive and you can see [player_tooltip player_id='1484016' first='Brady' last='Wooley'] (just returned to action from a broken elbow) against [player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] inside, you can watch [player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves'] against [player_tooltip player_id='1572691' first='Jaleel' last='Donley'] in the backcourt (another junior match-up), and then see seniors Ron Lee and [player_tooltip player_id='1336696' first='Riley' last='Nelson'] do some great two-way stuff for their teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Weekend's Best</strong>. The top game of the weekend is at Tonka tonight. It's that fantastic Lake Conference battle between Tonka and Hopkins, both top five teams in Class AAAA. In the first game Tonka was down at the half by 23 and came back to win 103-101. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The first time around [player_tooltip player_id='1288767' first='Greyson' last='Uelmen'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1284162' first='Jordan' last='Cain'] both had 30 for the Skippers while [player_tooltip player_id='1284083' first='Andy' last='Stefonowicz'] had 19 and [player_tooltip player_id='1567964' first='Isa' last='El-Amin'] had 11. Cain has not played in three weeks though so if he's out again that production will have to be replaced. [player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'] had 32 in the first game with [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'] scoring 25, [player_tooltip player_id='2422771' first='Tyson' last='Moore'] scoring 18 and [player_tooltip player_id='1595734' first='JJ' last='Semanko'] putting up 11. [player_tooltip player_id='1296153' first='Kayden' last='Wells'] and Davie Hart had quiet games the first time around, if one of them has a bigger game tonight that could be the ex-factor. With Cain out the Skippers will really need Wells to play better. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang For the Buck</strong>. Class A basketball takes center stage in the metro tomorrow. You can head to the wonderful Target Center for a 1pm tip off between top ten Henning and 14-win Underwood, and then scoot over to Hamline to see Nevis and Spring Grove go at it at 3pm. Both Nevis and Spring Grove have been top ten teams this year and both are favorites in their section. It's a great chance to see [player_tooltip player_id='1560827' first='Kale' last='Misegades'], [player_tooltip player_id='2103319' first='Alex' last='Lester'], [player_tooltip player_id='1284133' first='Elijah' last='Solum'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1834616' first='Jaxon' last='Strinmoen']. all state caliber players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Weekend Games</strong>!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>4AAAA Hopkins at 2AA Minnetonka (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>8A Fertile-Beltrami at 1A Cherry (S)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>4AAAA Hopkins at 6AAA DeLaSalle (S)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Orono at 7AAA Benilde-St. Margaret's (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>5AAAA Shakopee at Lakeville South (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Holy Family at 4AAA Delano (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>6AAAA Minneapolis Washburn at Blake (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Nevis vs Spring Grove at Hamline (S)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Waseca vs New Ulm at Redwood Valley at the Big South Showcase (S)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sauk Rapids-Rice at Big Lake (F)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->