The Minnesota Hoops Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Where should you go to see basketball in Minnesota this weekend? We give you the breakdown right now with tomorrow's Big Stage being the big event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Friday Metro Combo</strong>. Start out at Irondale High School for a 5:45 tip off between Irondale and Spring Lake Park. The Panthers are a healthy 4-2 led by junior Nolen Myren scoring 18 a game having made the jump from JV to varsity in a big way. [player_tooltip player_id='1560768' first='Colin' last='Welch'] is scoring 15 a contest and [player_tooltip player_id='2126461' first='Cal' last='Spencer'] is at ten a game. Irondale is led by the 23 a game from [player_tooltip player_id='2103401' first='Jake' last='Dedominces']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Then scoot over to south Minneapolis, maybe drive Minnehaha a bit and look at the pretty lights by the water, and then go watch Minneapolis Southwest hosting St. Anthony Village. [player_tooltip player_id='2120490' first='Brett' last='Siroin'] leads St. Anthony with 16 a game and 6'6 junior Isaan Kitila is scoring 15 a contest. Southwest [player_tooltip player_id='1617715' first='Henry' last='Wolfe'] leads the Lakers at 12.5 points a contest. Both teams are 2-3. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Weekend's Best</strong>. That is surely BSM at DeLaSalle in their traditional game. And this year it's a top five match-up with BSM sitting on top of the polls and the Islanders trying to come take the top spot. Here are the match-ups!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572691' first='Jaleel' last='Donley'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='2103258' first='De'von' last='Irvin']. A couple of senior lead guards: Donley is off to a very nice start this season combining that explosive ability with steadier possession to possession management. Irvin and his backcourt teammates specialize in messing up your possession management so it's going to be a fun match-up. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>TJ Stuttley vs [player_tooltip player_id='2126102' first='Jaeden' last='Udean']. Scorers. Different types, Udean is an explosive shooter that can attack too, Stuttley is explosive and strong, and both are getting just under 20 points a game. Stuttley will see a lot of Islander defenders. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2575642' first='Kobbe' last='Willis'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='2126474' first='Kamar' last='Thomas']. Willis has offered solid support to BSM giving them another option while Thomas is scoring 11 points a night as a sophomore. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617768' first='Kendre' last='Fields'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1560744' first='Evan' last='Miller']. Fields is having BSM depth like Willis is, Miller has really emerged the last several months and he is scoring ten a game for the Islanders. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='2103394' first='Dorian' last='Pruitt']. The Northern Iowa signed forward is scoring 25 a game for BSM. The Islanders will pry get the Pruitt length on him at times, Miller will be there, some reserves will work hard on Wilson, and they will send help or doubles at Wilson too. Pruitt, who was offered by St. Cloud State two months ago, is scoring 15 a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang for the Buck</strong>. Hamline is the center of basketball this weekend. You can go watch games at Hamline Friday and Saturday for most of the day. Here is the schedule:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Friday</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3:45: St. Paul Johnson vs Minneapolis Camden.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5:15: Hiawatha vs St. Croix Lutheran</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6:45: Spectrum vs Blake</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8:30: Andover vs Burnsville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Saturday</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2:45: Burnsville vs St. Paul Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4:30: Hiawatha vs St. Paul Johnson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6:30: Irondale vs St. Cloud Tech</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8:15: Blake vs St. Croix Lutheran</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Weekend Games</strong>!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) 1AAA Benilde-St. Margaret's at 4AAA DeLaSalle (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) 2AAAA Hopkins at 8AAAA St. Louis Park (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) 6AAAA Farmington at 9AAAA Lakeville North (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) 7AA Annandale at 10AA Esko (Saturday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) 9A Goodhue at 8AAA Byron (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) 6AA Blake vs St. Croix Lutheran at Hamline for the Hutton Winter Classic (Saturday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) 2AAA Totino-Grace at East Ridge (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Shakopee at 10AAAA Prior Lake (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) 3AAA Orono at Richfield (Friday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) 4A Park Christian vs Pelican Rapids at Concordia-Moorhead for the Cobber Winter Classic (Saturday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->