The Tuesday Night Standouts: Cook scores 26 for SRR

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AAA Alexandria at 5AAAA Sauk Rapids-Rice</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong>Correct</strong>. We picked the Storm by two, they won 81-76. [player_tooltip player_id='2575638' first='Izayah' last='Cook'] had a team high 26 while [player_tooltip player_id='1579917' first='Keller' last='Hanson'] scored 25 leading the Storm to the victory. [player_tooltip player_id='2118449' first='Mason' last='Witt'] had a game high 31 points but Alex was short [player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] after his injury last Saturday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3AAA Benilde-St. Margaret's at 2AA Breck</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong>Correct</strong>. We said BSM in a close game win, they won in a blowout 74-51. Northern Iowa signed [player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] scored 21 playing in front of UNI assistant Gameli Ahelegbe while TJ Stuttley had 19. BSM continues it's hot start. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1AAA Totino-Grace at 8AAAA Farmington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong>WRONG</strong>. We said TG by nine and it was Farmington by seven. We thought guards would have the edge of size, and TG did get 30 from [player_tooltip player_id='1574227' first='Chace' last='Watley'], but 6'6 [player_tooltip player_id='2759772' first='Marshall' last='Gordon'] had 21 and 6'5 Nik Domier had 16 for the Tigers in the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AA Annandale at 10AA Blake</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong> WRONG</strong>. Blake won this game 64-60 and it was 21 from [player_tooltip player_id='2118459' first='Carson' last='McMichael'] plus a combined 31 from the frontcourt pair [player_tooltip player_id='1585946' first='Omar' last='Kaba'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1586877' first='Ian' last='Schnabel']. Blake knocked off a top team in Class AA justifying that ranking and they are likely to move up!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9AA Belle Plaine at 6AA Waseca</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong>Correct</strong>. We picked the winner correctly but we had no idea Waseca would blast Belle Plaine 85-56 improving to the fastest 5-0 in the state. There are no stats anywhere save the score which is a monster stat. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>I Saw It On Twitter!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'] had a strong 23 point, 11 rebound, and 5 block effort allowing Faribault to beat Hill-Murray in a 20+ win in the battle of the green.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='2140673' first='Omar' last='Said'] has 29 points with eight rebounds hitting seven threes for Mounds Park Academy who defeated PACT Charter. [player_tooltip player_id='2104531' first='Wyatt' last='Srsen'] also had 29 helping their team to a four point win. MPA is now 2-2. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Senior [player_tooltip player_id='2770743' first='Dylan' last='Bachmeier'] had 25 for Rogers helping his team get their first win on twitter. They beat Buffalo.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='1560768' first='Colin' last='Welch'] had 29 for Spring Lake Park as the Panthers knocked off Andover in a big win for them. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Senior [player_tooltip player_id='2424046' first='Jimmy' last='Thomas'] had 25 points with 13 rebounds for South St. Paul who got their third win of the season beating Cooper 81-59. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Upset of the Night</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In name only, seeing that New Ulm - who lost so much - beat Mankato West is a pretty big upset. Sophomore Levi Hopp had 16 to lead New Ulm. It does need to be noted that I do not see [player_tooltip player_id='1574219' first='Kyle' last='Steinke'] in the box score so you do have to wonder if he was hurt or injured.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->