2023-24 State Tournament: Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The top performer I saw on Wednesday at Williams Arena</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1434055' first='Poet' last='Davis'] of Minneapolis South (6'0 SG, 2024).&nbsp; Davis is Minneapolis South basketball and he gave his team a chance with his four steals, six assists and nine makes getting him to 23 points.&nbsp; Davis will always have that fight.&nbsp; This is a young man that stayed when eight guys transferred out two years ago and earned a chance to play at state.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] of Breck (6'2 PG, 2024).&nbsp; Daniel did not have a great shooting/scoring game but he didn't need to.&nbsp; Just the threat of his attack moved the entire Waseca defense in help leaving Breck players open all over.&nbsp; And Daniel found them for ten assists plus scored a dozen points and grabbed six boards.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284138' first='Grayson' last='Grove'] of Alexandria (6'9 PF, 2024).&nbsp; Minneapolis South is a small team and they became smaller this year because of the injury to [player_tooltip player_id='2364192' first='Romero' last='Walker']. So this was a game where Grayson was needed to dominate the paint and he did that. Constantly.&nbsp; He offered great post position, a great target, and he caught to finish at the cup numerous times. Grayson scored 26 points with 15 rebounds on 12 of 20 shooting.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284143' first='Isaiah' last='Johnson'] of Totino-Grace (6'7, forward, 2024). &nbsp; It was not a great game for Isaiah but a great finish.&nbsp; On a day where turnovers and contested shots were the them for all, Johnson broke open a one score game with five scoring possessions that included three scores at the rim, an assist, and a made foul shot.&nbsp; His end of game plays gave the Eagles the edge. Johnson had 13 points on 6 of 14 shooting with six boards.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1499627' first='Lorenzo' last='Levy'] of Minnehaha Academy (6'1 guard, 2024).&nbsp; Levy was the best player on the floor in the Redhawks win over Pequot Lakes.&nbsp; The game was ugly at times but Levy had a couple scoring runs that put his team ahead in a way that their defense was surely going to hold.&nbsp; A three followed by a runner was the biggest stretch and Levy rebounded really well defensively&gt;&nbsp; He had 18 points and 10 boards making four threes.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] of Alexandria (6'8 PF, 2025).&nbsp; Thompson continues to expand his game in a way that has made him more versatile. First of all, he's one of the better passers at forward you will see.&nbsp; Chase said in the post game that he was always passing to his brother Treyton Thompson as a kid and Treyton is a seven footer so passing to Grayson comes naturally.&nbsp; And Thompson had eight assists.&nbsp; He's also become a better rebounder and he had a dozen of those plus scored 18 points including two threes.&nbsp; Shot 8 of 12 for the game.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126102' first='Jaeden' last='Udean'] of DeLaSalle (6'2, sg, 2027). Udean's four three point make run changed the game for the Islanders against Orono.&nbsp; It took his team from down some scores to up two scores and changed the full momentum.&nbsp; He then hit two threes in the second half with four foul shots made between them.&nbsp; That ten point run also changed the game momentum.&nbsp; Udean scored 26 points in all with six three point makes and six of seven foul shots made.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->