The Border Battle Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The best of the best from the Border Battle! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560824' first='Deangelo' last='Dungey'] of Totino-Grace (Sr).  This young man is high octane.  The ball just has juice in his hands.  He has a look to him when he gets the ball where the eyes light up, he explodes to what he wants to do, good things happen and the team just gets energized.  Dungey scored on his first seven attempts with several downhill followed up by a three which was the 7th of the first seven makes.  Scored on 12 of 16 shots for his 27 points including a couple threes as well as five boards and five assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560835' first='Tian' last='Chatman'] of Totino-Grace (Sr).  Chatman has had a lot of good moments this season and tonight his stretch of four makes in five shots that included two threes, it took an incoming onslaught and made it a slaughter.  I don't know Chatman's percentages this year but in the handful of games I have seen the percentages have been good and the shots he makes seem to have such an impact.  Scored his 17 on a dozen attempts. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2416947' first='Ayden' last='Green'] of Minnehaha Academy (Jr).&nbsp; Ayden controlled the game and athletically the Wisconsin counterparts didn't have a guy with quickness that could keep him in front.&nbsp; He pushed in transition, Ayden attacked in halfcourt, he would get two dribbles in and kick or score, and pretty much controlled the contest with his 19 points (four threes made), eight boards and five assists.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2271330' first='Trey' last='Parker'] of Apple Valley (Sr). With yesterday's win over a good Onalaska program, the Eagles have now won seven of their last eight games and Parker was the clear difference maker for the Eagles scoring 24 points. In fact, Parker is looking like a scorer that I could see some NSIC teams starting to take a deeper look into. Parker is scoring 23.4 points a game shooting over 39 percent from behind the arc.&nbsp; During this recent stretch, Parker had 32 against Rosemount, and 29 against both Lakeville North and Farmington.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jesper Synstelien of Heritage Christian (Sr). Jesper was the catalyst of the second half: his second half six baskets going at the rim showing good body control and toughness to finish was impressive.&nbsp; Jesper scores 14 a game for his team and has a matured game that I could see being good in the UMAC in college.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126108' first='Jack' last='Thelen'] of Maple Grove (Jr). Jack missed one shot and he was unstoppable getting touches on the roll, or posting up.&nbsp; Scored 17 points with ten boards and once the ball was in his hands good things happened.&nbsp; Thelen is all of seven feet and his touch and footwork is really really good.&nbsp; Yes we are in a different age but you can't teach his size, skill and low pos feel.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126474' first='Kamar' last='Thomas'] of DeLaSalle (Jr). Thomas looks stronger, he is always one of the most explosive players on the floor, and I feel like his game is rounding out in mature ways like….. He is scoring off the ball more, he is rebounding more, his floor run is a constant, and his reads are correct a higher percentage of time.&nbsp; Scored 20 points with eight boards and four assists as teh top player in a win over Superior.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2436914' first='Kellen' last='Troup'] of Minnehaha Academy (Jr).  Production wise, player wise, potential wise, it all looked good.  At 6'7/6'8 he moves laterally well as he is a soccer goalie.  Kellen gets off the ground well throwing down a couple dunks in this game but also blocking three shots in help and in retreat.  Has range on the jumper as he made four threes, and Kellen scored a game high 20 points making eight of 14 shots.  Kellen is a player with a lot of potential that I could see having a huge 17u season in front of the local coaches. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2533408' first='Deon' last='Wallace-Johnson'] of DeLaSalle (Jr).  Deon continues to be one of the best all around players in the state, and that also includes potential that is very high because he is so quick, so explosive, and can simply do physical things others can not.  His potential as a defender, creator and transition player is super high.  Had 13 points, ten boards and six assists in a win over Superior. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->