The Minnesota Hoops Weekend: Huge Outstate Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If you love outstate basketball this is the weekend for you! There are a ton of high level games all around the state of Minnesota and we get you ready now!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Friday Metro Combo</strong>. You best combo of games would likely be heading to Tartan for their 6:30 tip against Hill-Murray followed by Mound-Westonka playing Minneapolis Southwest for a 7:45 tip </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Titans are undefeated right now led by the backcourt of CJ Banks and KJ Wilson. They are a speedy, skilled pair that teams have had trouble finding two guys to defend them. The Pioneers is 4-5 on the season and is looking for a big win. [player_tooltip player_id='1288719' first='Xavier' last='Daniels'] leads their team from the guard spot as well. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Then you have MW vs MSW match-up. The [player_tooltip player_id='2434741' first='Cole' last='Drill'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1585944' first='Max' last='Kraay'] combo is scoring about 40 a game together and both are a tough match-up at strong and about 6'5 with skill to score. Southwest has been better than expected this year led by [player_tooltip player_id='1617715' first='Henry' last='Wolfe'] and his 13 points a contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Weekend's Best</strong>. Stewartville at Caledonia</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cayden Heydt vs [player_tooltip player_id='1575326' first='Mason' last='King']. Cayden is the Tiger ball handler and supporting scorer. Mason is a playmaker, shooter, and the leading scorer at 18.5 points a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Logan Quam vs [player_tooltip player_id='2387331' first='Grant' last='King']. Grant has stepped up as another Warrior scoring option as a freshman and he's scoring 9-10 a game while Quam is a quick player that defends well and he might be on Mason although Heydt is taller and longer. Either way, Quam will likely be charged with slowing down a King.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2770752' first='Kayden' last='Tix'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1575329' first='Reid' last='Klug']. Tix has become a third scoring option with his shooting touch while Klug is a bigger guard that is having a great year scoring 17 a game. This might be the difference in the teams as Caledonia is bigger and has players that have played bigger roles in bigger games. That said, Tix has stepped up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1198613' first='Parker' last='Wangen'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='2103343' first='Garrett' last='Konz']. Two long time veterans that will defend, rebound and score about 15 points a game. Steady players .</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1575325' first='Ethan' last='Stendel']. Second straight game for Bancroft going against a future Gopher football player, this time it's Stendel who is more of a forward than a post. Caleb leads the Tigers in scoring. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang for the Buck</strong>. If you are up north, head to Perham for the Crossover Classic. If you are in the Twin Cities, go to Minneapolis Academy for the Southside Showcase. Here are the schedules for the two events:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Crossover Classic (the boys games)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oak Grove, ND (2-5) vs Hawley (1-8)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West Central Area (7-4) vs Ada Borup (8-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Morris Area (6-4) vs Cherry (13-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Henning (9-1) vs Nevis (5-2)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East Grand Forks (7-2) vs Perham (6-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Southside Showcase</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Thomas Academy (5-5) vs Minneapolis South (5-6)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Columbia Heights (3-9) vs Park of Cottage Grove (4-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Simley (3-5) vs St. Cloud Tech (1-8)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Paul Johnson (6-4) vs Minneapolis Southwest (3-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maple Grove (5-5) vs Benilde-St. Margaret's (7-0)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eden Prairie (5-4) vs Minneapolis Washburn (6-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mahtomedi (6-5) vs Minnehaha Academy (5-5)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Weekend Games</strong>!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stewartville at Caledonia (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Pequot Lakes at Albany (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Henning vs Nevis (Saturday) at Perham at the Breakdown Crossover Classic</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Esko at Cherry (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Moorhead at Sauk Rapids-Rice (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (Saturday) at Perham at the Breakdown Crossover Classic</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Dawson-Boyd at TMB (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester JM at Faribault (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Apple Valley at Breck (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>STMA at Minnetonka (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->