2025-26: Minnesota’s Top Junior Scorers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What juniors in Minnesota are scoring at the highest rate so far this season? We dive into the data to have a look!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eli Anderson of New Ulm Cathedral. Anderson ranks with the top ten scorers in the state of Minnesota averaging 29 points a game shooting 82 percent from the foul line and nearly 40 percent from the field on the near 25 shots he takes a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126128' first='Isaiah' last='Asuma'] of Cherry. We have been able to find score totals for eight of the 17 Cherry games and in those eight, Asma is averaging 28.8 points a contest including the 43 point game against Moose Lake-Willow River. He recently went over 2,000 points for his career. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140590' first='Cody' last='Benson'] of Spectrum. Benson is putting up 25 points a game as a 6'4 junior guard/wing. Spectrum went through a lot of change and is sitting at 8-6 on the season and Cody has been a consistent threat all year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126146' first='Jordan' last='Borowicz'] of Roseau. The 5'11 scorer isn't just one of the state leaders at 33.6 points per contest, he's got shooting splits of 46.7/36.5/78.2. Jordan had a 57 points game against Badger-Green Bush/Middle River and then 46 against a very good East Grand Forks team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2877064' first='Carter' last='Brown'] of Duluth Denfeld. The 6'6 forward has a lot of potential and we are seeing it blossom right now. He is averaging 28.6 points a game shooting 59 percent from the floor and 38 percent from the arc. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2423114' first='Lincoln' last='Busse'] of Glencoe-Silver Lake. Lincoln has paired with [player_tooltip player_id='1560769' first='Ethan' last='Sonju'] to form a potent backcourt that has led the team to 13 wins in 18 games and Lincoln is scoring just under 29 points per contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2524653' first='Dawson' last='Hofer'] of Holingford. Dawson has the Huskers winning a lot of games again (11-3) leading the team with 28 plus points per contest. Hofer just had a 30 point game to beat Foley and he went over 2,000 points for his career! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'] of Hiawatha. The state's most explosive scorer is averaging a double-double and the scoring part of that is 25 points a game (to go with the dozen rebounds a contest). James is 6'6, physical, and one of the toughest players to stop going to the basket. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126464' first='Gavyn' last='Lorenson'] of Lake City. The junior prospect does a lot for his team and right now the scoring of 27.8 points per game has helped the Tigers get on a good stretch of wins. Lorenson is scoring on 46.7 percent of his shots and 72 percent of his foul shots. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2138701' first='Mat' last='Matejka'] of Dover-Eyota. Mat has helped his team to win half of their games this season after a tough 24-25 season. Matjeka had a 50 point against Rushford-Peterson and he hit eight threes in that game, both of which are school records. Mat is scoring 26 points a contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2824381' first='Landon' last='Seiler'] of Medford. Medford has five wins and that is huge. They had a losing streak that at one point went back multiple years (seriously, three years to be exact) and now they have five wins in January as Landon is scoring over 26 points a game on 46.5 percent shooting from the field, and 37 percent at the arc. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2417301' first='Hunter' last='Vinkemeier'] of Le Sueur-Henderson. The state leader in rebounders (20.1 a game) is also one of the state's top scorers. Hunter might have the most impressive numbers of anybody on this list as he is scoring 29.8 points per game as a 6'9 and growing big that is hitting 53.6 percent of his shots including 42.5 percent of his threes (he takes six threes a game). Also a 79 percent foul shooter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->