Even in an event where guys are playing with players who they may be unfamiliar with, Jalen was finding ways to get all of his teammates involved. A true floor general, Jalen was making some high level passes out of the pick & roll, and made sure the ball wasn’t sticking on offense. He dictates the pace of the game and even when other players were starting to get sloppy, he got the game under control. Jalen has a big and strong frame that he uses to finish through contact at the basket, but I was also impressed with how well he shot the ball from three, including a few makes from beyond the college line.

Jalen is the type of player who does whatever is asked of him to help his team win. He’ll go from handling the ball and getting his team into their offense on one end, to defending 6’5+ forwards on the other side. Richfield lacks size, so Jalen almost plays a point-forward role for his team guarding bigs and having to rebound at a high level. Against Mound Westonka I thought he did a nice job of finding a body to box out and then attacking the ball out of the air. Was very scrappy, and although that did lead to some foul trouble, it helped him rebound like he was much bigger than 6’2. Offensively he found some success getting to the basket where he has the strength to power up and finish through contact.

Jalen Hayes Jalen Hayes 6'1" | SF Mankato East | 2023 State MN the former Grassroots Sizzle player and 2023 guard that will attend Richfield for his Senior Year, is a six-foot-two-inch combo power guard. Hayes showed a maturity, and strength over opposing players, shared the ball early and throughout, made consistent shots at the rim, and showed a good shot motion from beyond the arc where he made 2 3’s. Overall in this game he scored 19 points and had 4 assists.

Jalen Hayes Jalen Hayes 6'1" | SF Mankato East | 2023 State MN is a six-foot-three-inch guard from Richfield that played AAU with Grassroots Sizzle Simmons.