Saturday Around Minnesota Teams and Prospects

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Lewiston-Altura 6-0</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The L-A Boys basketball team are back-to-back Three Rivers West Conference champions and are looking for third and they are off to a great start of the season at 6-0 with a win Saturday against Richland Center at the Lewiston Auto Holiday Classic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>L-A was led by 2026 six-foot-one-inch senior [player_tooltip player_id='2414198' first='Gavin' last='Bambenek'] who scored 22 points, Cole Kennedy who scored 18 and 15 from 2027 junior Seth Lubinski. Bambenek is averaging 16.8 points per game leading the team with Kennedy at 13.2, and fellow 2026 senior [player_tooltip player_id='2414194' first='Payton' last='Buytaert'] at 10.8 points per game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aidan Swenson - Swenson is a six-foot-five-inch forward from Murray County Central that led MCC to a 71-65 win over Minneota scoring 29 points Saturday.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Hopkins Blasts Minneapolis Roosevelt</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All the usual prospects for Hopkins contributed Saturday to their 88-36 win over Roosevelt. North Dakota commit 2026 guard [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'] had 10 points, 10 assists, 6 steals, and 4 rebounds while fellow 2026 unsigned senior [player_tooltip player_id='1560839' first='Xavier' last='Frelix'] had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>High ranking 2027 wing [player_tooltip player_id='2420169' first='Ahmed' last='Nur'] had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks and 2028 top 5 prospect [player_tooltip player_id='2560534' first='Tre' last='Moore'] had 8 points, 6 assists and 6 steals. 2030 guard Troy Hudson III got in for some minutes and scored a varsity basket.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The six-foot-nine-inch Nur has scored at least 11 points in every game averaging 13.6 on the deep Royals team. Nur is averaging 9.6 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game. He has blocked at least 2 shots in every game this season. His long, athletic frame allows him to alter shots from many different angles and spaces.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Frelix, a six-foot-two-inch combo guard who transferred this season to Hopkins from Park Center. Frelix for Park Center and MN Select this summer showcased he is a very capable ball handler and creator and now at Hopkins he seems to be playing very well off the ball. Through 7 games he's averaging 13.6 points per game. Frelix was offered by Concordia St. Paul and Augsburg this past summer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2126448' first='Colton' last='Purcell'] Surpasses 1K Career Points</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Versus Buffalo Saturday the 2027 six-foot-two-inch guard scored 33 points for Annandale in a 73-59 defeat. Purcell is a solid perimeter scorer, an ability he has improved at beginning last spring and summer with the [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Zurn AAU team. Purcell has always been a strong downhill attacker with the ball in his hands from the wing and uses space very well going on the attack.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2388631' first='Cordae' last='Williams'] - The 2026 senior from Minneapolis North recorded his 3rd 20 plus scoring game putting up 23 versus Columbia Heights in a 85-83 win for North. Now averaging 17.4 points per game for the Polars, the six-foot guard who's committed to play football for UW-Eau Claire, is an aggressive rim attack, can make shots from the perimeter, and hounds opponents on the perimeter as a defender.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Lake City Over Winona</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2027 six-foot-three-inch Lake City guard [player_tooltip player_id='2126464' first='Gavyn' last='Lorenson'] led Lake City over Winona 83-65 scoring 28 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, recording 5 assists, and blocking a shot and collecting a steal.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lake City got double digit scoring from three other players as well, [player_tooltip player_id='2381754' first='Luke' last='Narum'], [player_tooltip player_id='3191499' first='Colter' last='Hegge'], and [player_tooltip player_id='3269951' first='Simon' last='Brand']. Brand, who had 13 points, shot 6 of 7 from the floor while snagging 4 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3191499' first='Colter' last='Hegge'], a six-foot-three-inch football player and baseball prospect, recorded his 5th double with his 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Each and every game Hegge is contributing for Lake City all over the court while he's averaging 14.4 points and 9.9 rebounds for the Tigers. Hegge is averaging 4.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.7 blocks.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2381754' first='Luke' last='Narum'] is a five-foot-ten-inch 2026 guard from Lake City that scored 18 points versus Winona while handing out 8 assists. Narum is a good outside shooter who has scored 20 or points three times and is averaging 15.2 points nightly.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>James Ramsey - Ramsey is a six-foot-four-inch wing prospect from Winona that scored 22 points versus Lake City. Ramsey is a solid athlete that defensively uses his length well and moves solidly laterally. He's an active rebounder and cutter on offense and showed potential as an outside shooter making one 3-pointer. In a game against Red Wing earlier this month he had 20 points and 14 rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Julian Greer Jr - The 2026 Two Rivers guard scored 31 points, grabbed 5 boards, blocked a shot and recorded a steal versus Como Park Saturday. Greer can make perimeter shots and has solid size at six-foot-three-inches.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DSy_Mwwjv9O/","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"instagram","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.instagram.com/p/DSy_Mwwjv9O/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">JWP is 9-0 After Win over New Ulm</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In a 83-76 win over New Ulm, [player_tooltip player_id='1560810' first='Daulton' last='Bauer'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2386616' first='Gavin' last='Bauer'] scored 54 points combined. Daulton, a five-foot-ten-inch 2026 guard can shoot from the perimeter and gets up and down the floor quickly for JWP like when he picked off a pass and seconds later drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing. Daulton scored 31 leading all scores and also had 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Gavin, a 2028 six-foot-one-inch guard that scored 23 points, playing off the ball for JWP, spread the floor well versus New Ulm hitting three 3-pointers while also grabbing 7 rebounds, and dishing 4 assists. Defensively he blocked 2 shots and secured 2 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2357544' first='Cole' last='Davis'] - Davis is a 2027 six-foot-one-inch guard who last season had 10 3-pointers made and hit half that amount versus Minnesota Valley Lutheran Saturday on his way to scoring 21 points. Davis hit multiple 3-pointers with defenders close by also well as off side elevator screen play. Davis has already made more than 40 3-pointers this season including 8 versus Luverne.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->