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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1594744' first='Billy' last='DeMars'] - The six-foot-three-inch guard from Edina hit 6 3-pointes on his way to scoring 32 points versus East Ridge in a tight 68-66 loss. The 32 was a season high in points for DeMars beating his 30 point game he opened the season with against Maple Grove and he's now. averaging 19.4 points per game. DeMars is a solid secondary ball handler with good passing vision.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1874846' first='Gavin' last='Johnson'] - The six-foot-five-inch Cannon Falls guard pushed them to another win to put them at 9-1 Monday night in a game versus Chatfield. Johnson has 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists while shooting 8/14 from the field and shooting 16 free throws making 14. This is Johnson's second 30-point game in the past 3 as he had one versus Kenyon-Wanamingo December 28th.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong'] - We've witnessed some good scoring guards over the years here in Minnesota but I'm not sure if many of them consistently score like Armstrong. He's scored 25 in every game so far. In his last 7 he's scored at least 32 and hit a season high of 53 versus Hopkins in mid December. On Friday night versus DeLaSalle he hit 42 points in a 81-79 loss in which fellow Adidas [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota'] 3SSB player Udean hit a game winner.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617722' first='Jaxon' last='Young'] - The six-foot-four-inch Concordia St. Paul committed Coon Rapids senior, scored 29 points versus Two Rivers on 10 field goals including 2 3's, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. After watching Young with [program_tooltip program_id='2075693' first='MN' last='Crossfire'] Young this summer on the Prep Hoops Circuit it was pretty apparent that along side Thielke they both had made the jump. So far through 8 games Young is averaging 25.9 points per game for the Cardinals.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1385264' first='Isaiah' last='Mahal'] - The six-foot-four-inch wing 2025 senior over his last 3 games is averaging 22 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3 assists while making 50% of his 3-pointers, 10 total makes. On top of that Mahal made 100% of his free throws going 20/20. In transition Mahal can be dynamic and the combination of his half-court skills makes him an all around threat on offense.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1582113' first='Cale' last='Jackson'] - Deer River's backcourt is averaging 56.7 points per game between Jackson and [player_tooltip player_id='2103407' first='Caiden' last='Schjenken'] and the two of them have shot 211 3-pointers already this season. Against Hibbing Jackson shot 11 for 24 and scored 31 points, tallied 3 assists, and snagged 5 steals in 90-64 victory.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2385546' first='Zane' last='Nelson'] - Nelson is a six-foot-five-inch center from Lewiston Altura that had 31 points including 3 3-pointers versus Fillmore Central January 3rd and put together a huge 36 points and 11 rebounds versus Richland Center the previous game.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1586877' first='Ian' last='Schnabel'] - The six-foot-eight-inch center from Blake had 32 points and 22 rebounds versus Esko in a 71-61 victory Friday. Schnabel is averaging 18.3 points per game for the Bears and consistently scoring at least 14 or more in every game so far. The 2025 senior is helping lead the Bears to an 8-0 start of 2024-25.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2406398' first='Malachi' last='Gant'] - Gant is a good athlete that is finding more consistency shooting the ball and is putting together more complete games for Lakeville South as he did against Farmington. Gant scored 24 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 5 assists. </p>
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<p>Nikolas Domier - Domier is a six-foot-five-inch forward from Farmington that in a 82-71 victory over Lakeville South he scored 20 points as 5 Tigers scored in double figures. Domier is an all around left-handed skilled forward. He can step out beyond the arc and hit 3's for you, he does the dirty work rebounding and playing defense and is a very solid passer.</p>
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6'4" | SG Edina | 2025StateMN
- The six-foot-three-inch guard from Edina hit 6 3-pointes on his way to scoring 32 points versus East Ridge in a tight 68-66 loss. The 32 was a season high in points for DeMars beating his 30 point game he opened the season with against Maple Grove and he's now. averaging 19.4 points per game. DeMars is a solid secondary ball handler with good passing vision.