The Tuesday Night Standouts: Thelen Scores 31

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was a big night of high school basketball and today we give you all of the important results from the evening. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AAAA Sauk Rapids-Rice at 7AAAA STMA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction.&nbsp;<strong>WRONG</strong>. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2126108' first='Jack' last='Thelen'] had a take notice game scoring 31 points in the paint dominating the action in a match-up of top ten teams. Thelen was very physical in the paint, too physical for the Storm to deal with and he did it with a scoring touch. [player_tooltip player_id='1586882' first='Jeremiah' last='Johnson'] had 23 in addition to the Thelen 31. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8AAA Stewartville at 7AAA Byron</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction.&nbsp;<strong>Correct</strong>. For more information on this game read our report here.... https://prephoops.com/2025/01/byron-73-stewartville-56-five-things-to-know/</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10AAA Mound-Westonka at 5AAA Orono</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction. <strong>Correct</strong>. Orono actually won this game by 25 points. [player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves'] had 20 points and six assists, [player_tooltip player_id='1484016' first='Brady' last='Wooley'] had 10 and 13 for a double-double, and Orono was up 18 by half. Mitchell Kauch had 14 points and nine assists as well (I didn't scroll down far enough to see that the first time around).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3AAAA Wayzata at Chaska</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction.&nbsp;<strong>Correct</strong>. BUT, I didn't expect this to be a six point game based on recent results and it was a blowout early with Wayzata up 50-29 at the break. [player_tooltip player_id='1560778' first='Nolen' last='Anderson'] led the [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] with 22 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3AA Breck at 6AA Blake&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction.&nbsp;<strong>Correct</strong>. Breck won by 13 but not the predicted three points. This is all I can give you, no box score or results were posted or sent anywhere. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>I Saw It On Twitter!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blaine beat Osseo 81-57 and they were led by the 32 points of 6'1 junior guard [player_tooltip player_id='1874931' first='Shiloh' last='Ayitey']. Shiloh had four threes made and four steals in the win. Shiloh is scoring 17.5 points a game for a Blaine team that has surprised at 4-5 on the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Braham improved to 8-2 on the season led by junior guard [player_tooltip player_id='2369272' first='Tyler' last='Eklund'] who put up 28 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in a win over Pine City 74-66. Tyler is averaging 29 points a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Clutch play of the night? One of them came from [player_tooltip player_id='1560747' first='Alex' last='Schroepfer'] who hit the foul shots at the end of the game so Eagan could beat Rosemount. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I think one really key result of note is Rockford improving to 10-0 with a 17 point win over Annandale. We/I need to start watching the Rockets a bit closer. [player_tooltip player_id='2445445' first='Braden' last='Blanchard'] led Rockford with 25 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Upset of the Night</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lakeville South beating 5th ranked one loss Prior Lake was a key result to know. The Cougars limited [player_tooltip player_id='1434127' first='Norbu' last='Jenpa'] to nine points and senior [player_tooltip player_id='2406398' first='Malachi' last='Gant'] led a balanced effort scoring 16 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->