The Race for Mr. Basketball: Holiday Week
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Leaders
Isaac Asuma
Isaac
Asuma
6'3" | PG
Cherry | 2024
State
#102
Nation
MN
of Cherry. Asuma’s team will have had a ten day break before taking on Forest Lake and Park Center at the CSP Holiday Tournament. That’s two Class AAAA teams for Cherry who is a Class A team with a 250 student enrollment. It’s a chance for Asuma to lead his team against Class AAAA giant Park Center.
Casmir Chavis
Casmir
Chavis
6'2" | PG
Park Center | 2024
State
#170
Nation
MN
of Park Center. As we just explained, Park Center is at the CSP Holiday Tournament. Chavis (headed to Washington) has a chance to show his Mr. Basketball quality against fellow senior point guards Asuma (Minnesota) and
Andy Stefonowicz
Andy
Stefonowicz
6'2" | PG
Minnetonka | 2024
State
MN
(NDSU). Late last week Casmir had a 20 point game against of Park of Cottage Grove in a 23 point win.
Jackson McAndrew
Jackson
McAndrew
6'10" | PF
Wayzata | 2024
State
#24
Nation
MN
of Wayzata. McAndrew leads the
Trojans
against struggling Eastview and surprising Rosemount this week at the East Ridge High School holiday event. Jackson faces fellow Mr. Basketball name
Jonathan Mekonnen
Jonathan
Mekonnen
6'8" | PF
Eastview | 2024
State
#201
Nation
MN
in the Eastview match-up. Late last week Jackson had a 13 point game and an early seat in a 49 point win over Eastview.
Final Five Favorites
Isaiah Johnson
Isaiah
Johnson
6'7" | SF
Totino-Grace | 2024
State
#135
Nation
MN
of Totino-Grace. After a ten day lay-off the Eagles are in Mitchell, South Dakota at the Corn Palace. They play Wauwatosa West (4th ranked in Wisconsin) and top ranked Tennessee team Cordova. Waywatosa has the top junior in Wisconsin in Kai Rogers where as Cordova has a pair of future Missouri Valley committed seniors in their backcourt.
Daniel Freitag
Daniel
Freitag
6'1" | PG
Breck | 2024
State
#142
Nation
MN
of Breck. The Wisconsin commit will lead his team against top five ranked Hopkins, Minneapolis Southwest and top ten ranked Osseo at the Augsburg holiday event. Freitag’s match-up with
Jayden Moore
Jayden
Moore
6'0" | PG
Hopkins | 2026
State
MN
will be one of the most anticipated items of holiday week. Breck has not played since last Tuesday.
Jack Robison
Jack
Robison
6'7" | SF
Lakeville North | 2024
State
#158
Nation
MN
of Lakeville North. Wisconsin commit
Jack Robison
Jack
Robison
6'7" | SF
Lakeville North | 2024
State
#158
Nation
MN
had 32 points making all nine foul shots and five threes in a 43 point win over Prior Lake last Friday. This week North is hosting their own holiday event. They take on Chanhassen and New Prague.
Grayson Grove
Grayson
Grove
6'9" | PF
Alexandria Area | 2024
State
#171
Nation
MN
of Alexandria. The Gopher commit of the second ranked team in Class AAA has a monster week at the Granite City Classic. His team takes on third ranked Stewartville at St. Cloud State on Friday and then they face fifth ranked Mankato East at St. John’s on Saturday. Grove recently had 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 37 point win over Moorhead last Thursday.
Top Ten Favorites
Chiang Ring
Chiang
Ring
6'8" | C
Park Center | 2024
State
#276
Nation
MN
of Park Center. The top unsigned player in Minnesota put up 19 points in the win over Park of Cottage Grove. His team takes on Minnetonka and Cherry this week (like we discussed earlier).
Andy Stefonowicz
Andy
Stefonowicz
6'2" | PG
Minnetonka | 2024
State
MN
of Minnetonka. Had a dozen points and five assists in a rough shooting game against Andover last Wednesday. Andy has a huge chance to make a statement against Chavis and Park Center tomorrow night. He also leads his team against BSM on Friday who has top junior PG
Jaleel Donley
Jaleel
Donley
6'1" | PG
Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025
State
MN
.
Kyle Jorgensen
Kyle
Jorgensen
6'9" | C
Minneapolis Washburn | 2024
State
#308
Nation
MN
of Minneapolis Washburn. Kyle led the Millers to a surprising 7-1 on the year with a 29 point win over Armstrong last Wednesday. Jorgensen had 29 points. Washburn is now off until January 3rd.
Jonathan Mekonnen
Jonathan
Mekonnen
6'8" | PF
Eastview | 2024
State
#201
Nation
MN
of Eastview. The Lightning are still trying to figure out a brand new line-up around Mekonnen and doing it against a loaded schedule. Mekonnen had 15 and 9 against Shakopee late last week. This week they face Wayzata and Eden Prairie at the East Ridge holiday event which is tough for a 1-4 team.
Brandon Hrncir
Brandon
Hrncir
6'8" | PF
Farmington | 2024
State
MN
of Farmington. Hrncir continues to pace Farmington who is undefeated and moving up the Class AAAA polls. He led his team with 13 in a Friday win against surprising Eagan in a tight game. Hrncir and his team is at Hamline this week playing in the Capitol City Classic vs Mayo and Armstrong.
Tameron Ferguson
Tameron
Ferguson
6'2" | PG
St. Cloud Tech | 2024
State
MN
of St. Cloud Tech. Tech was beaten last Wednesday by 31 against Columbia Heights falling to 3-3. Ferguson had 31 points in the loss. This week Tech faces Robbinsdale Cooper and Fargo North in the Granite City Classic.