Friday Night Match-Ups and Prediction

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another big night of rivalry games. Who should you get out and see? Here is the list of big games, a prediction with it, and a key player to track. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2AAAA Wayzata at 3AAAA Buffalo</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: [player_tooltip player_id='2126866' first='Matthew' last='Jordan'] of Buffalo. [player_tooltip player_id='2126866' first='Matthew' last='Jordan'] is a 6'2 junior scoring 14.2 points a game as one of the three main options with sophomore Stars [player_tooltip player_id='2400077' first='Eli' last='Hegle'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2397563' first='Thomas' last='Jordan']. Matthew recently scored 31 points against Edina, he had 32 points against Chanhassen, and he is on the map of D2 and D3 schools all around the area. And he didn't even need to play on the Skechers X48 Circuit in Richmond, Augusta, Wichita, Tuscson, and Hershey to do it, he just played with his high school team locally in AAU, they won, they got better, and now they are one of the elite teams in the state. And [player_tooltip player_id='2126866' first='Matthew' last='Jordan'] is pushing his way into the top 35-40 in his class and getting college attention. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: The [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] are the only team to have beaten Buffalo and they did it 91-60 just over three weeks ago. Ever since then, Buffalo has shocked us with some of their wins so we will put nothing past them. We have to say Wayzata but just a three score game this time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hopkins at 4AAAA Maple Grove </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: [player_tooltip player_id='2420169' first='Ahmed' last='Nur'] of Hopkins. Nur is averaging a double-double of 15.2 points and 10.1 rebounds a game. Nur has had double doubles in five of his last six games including a 21 point/10 rebound game against Edina and a 23 point/10 rebound game against Tonka.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: Maple Grove needs this one. They want to stay one game back from the conference lead AND Hopkins beat them 23 days ago. The Crimson completely blew out Eden Prairie on Tuesday and now they need to get a win tonight as they have recently lost to Buffalo, Hopkins and Tartan. I think they get it 81-76.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8AAA St. Peter at 6AA Belle Plaine</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: Logan Anderson. Logan is a 6'4 junior wing scorer that is putting up 16 points per game in support of [player_tooltip player_id='2118474' first='Ethan' last='Martin'] and is one of five Belle Plaine players averaging in double figures. Anderson is a blossoming prospect .</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: St. Peter won the first game 75-63 and Belle Plaine has some revenge on their mind with the home game. They win by three scores. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Becker at Monticello</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: [player_tooltip player_id='2399176' first='Bryce' last='Paumen']. the 6'4 frontcourt player is averaging 17.7 points shooting nearly 60 percent from the floor plus he grabs ten boards a night for his double-double average. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: Bulldogs have won five of six, Magic has won seven in a row. Magic is home, they win by four. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3A Janesvlle-Waldorf-Pemberton at Blooming Prairie </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: Wyatt Rafdal. Wyatt is the second leading scorer for the Blossoms scoring over 13 points a game and shooting 42 percent from the arc. Wyatt is a 6'3 junior and a name to know for the future. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: At first I thought... this could be the upset BUT Blooming Prairie has lost four of their last seven games. JWP by 15.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rosemount at Eagan</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: [player_tooltip player_id='2397555' first='Brady' last='Molenaar']. The Rosemount standout that was 15u All State First Team last summer is averaging 15.5 points a game as a sophomore. The Irish are a surprising 13-5 and they are a far better team than they were last season, and Brady is a big piece of that. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: Eagan has lost seven of nine and this is a huge section game. I think their back is against the wall and the Cats get the win by two points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg at 4A Central Minnesota Christian </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Player to Know: Gavin Mulder and Teagen Diederich. The six foot senior guards from KMS have been excellent this season each scoring 15 points a game getting their team to 12-3 on the season. They just led their team to an 81-29 win over Yellow Medicine East on Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: KMS played Dawson-Boyd and Montevideo tough and they have taken care of business in games they were supposed to win. Is this their landmark game? NO. CMC is whopping everybody in their area including Dawson-Boyd. CMC by 18.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->