8 Tuesday Night Prospects Making Plays

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gus McKennan - The six-foot-seven-inch 2028 forward from Pequot Lakes hit five 3-pointers for 17 points versus Bemidji Tuesday night in a big win for Pequot Lakes. Spotted up as a catch and shoot perimeter play, McKennan's shot is smooth and quick with very little wasted movement.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/25329169/69957588c553e96ac23ce120' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6998bb8b98cdc"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2524650' first='Kwatamah' last='Silikpoh'] - Silikpoh the 2027 five-foot-eleven-inch guard for Osseo scored 25 points and 7 assists versus Park Center Tuesday. The junior guard hounded ball handlers to create turnover and showed off his improved deep shooting range on the perimeter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2560458' first='Emmanuel' last='Oyesanmi'] - The 2028 wing from Tartan scored 20 points Tuesday night versus Hastings in an 89-49 win. Oyesanmi showed out in transition rising for an above the rim finish on one possession and showed speed and quickness on another. The six-foot-four-inch sophomore is showing much more perimeter ball handling and ability with guard skills.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Clark - The 2026 senior guard from Blaine came up big in their 82-72 win over Anoka stopping the Tornadoes 9 game win streak with 25 points Tuesday. The senior made four 3-pointers and took advantage of Anoka being focused on Blaine's main offensive contributors.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2118459' first='Carson' last='McMichael'] - The 2026 Blake senior scored 33 points Tuesday night versus Westonka in an 83-67 win. McMichael coming off a 45 point 13 3-pointer barrage from the past weekend. McMichael seems to have refocused and locked in for the Bears with his scoring and helping the Bears stay on the winning side.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cole Lesage - The five-foot-eleven-inch 2029 guard from Westonka scored 25 points versus Blake Tuesday night. Lesage has scored at least 14 points in 5 straight games. Lesage made five 3-pointers for Westonka Tuesday night giving them a much needed 2nd scorer after Mika James.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2835657' first='Jameson' last='Epple'] - The six-foot-three-inch 2027 junior from Cambridge-Isanti scored 21 points in their win over Zimmerman Tuesday night. Epple grabbed 6 rebounds as well while making four 3-pointers. In his previous 3 games Epple scored 18 versus Becker, 27 against Zimmerman and 28 against Monticello making 12 3-pointers in those three games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Brainerd Beats Willmar 85-76</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brainerd got solid games from 2026 seniors [player_tooltip player_id='2833323' first='Luke' last='Merseth'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1560789' first='Grant' last='Johnson'] and 2027 junior [player_tooltip player_id='2441399' first='Aiden' last='Gilbert'] in their victory while limiting Avery Christenson to just 7 points. Merseth made 7 shots from the floor and 7 free throws for 21 points and Johnson made 3 3-pointers and totaled 16 points. Gilbert had 8 for 12 shooting game scoring 18 points and the Warriors improved to 8-14 on the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->