Breakdown State Tournament: Five New Names to Know
The Breakdown Summer State Tournament always opens opportunity for players that are playing bigger minutes to perform well in front of the state’s basketball community. Here are the new names to know. Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington of Park Center. Carrington…
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Continue ReadingThe Breakdown Summer State Tournament always opens opportunity for players that are playing bigger minutes to perform well in front of the state’s basketball community. Here are the new names to know.
Braeden CarringtonBraeden Carrington of Park Center. Carrington picked up an offer from Florida this spring after an excellent performance playing with the Grassroots Sizzle 16s squad. At about 6-foot-4, Carrington has a beautiful shooting stroke that he makes with feet set in space, with contesting defenders coming at him, and whenever he finds the time to show it off. Park Center had a nice win over East Ridge and in that game Carrington was vital scoring 16 points and making four threes. He played junior varsity a year ago but will have a solid varsity role this year.
Isaac Fisher of Henning. Fisher defended Cade Goggleye at the state tournament in a way that nobody will soon forget. Fisher returns to help Henning defend the state title and they are off to a good start having won four straight this weekend as somewhat of a summer title defense. Fisher was perfect from the field scoring 23 points on nine straight shot attempts in a win over Nicollet and then Fisher continued to play in a similar way through the weekend.
CJ O’Hara of Totino-Grace. The Eagles of Totino-Grace have a highly anticipated core of freshmen talent coming into their program this fall and O’Hara is one of those players. Taison Chatman has caught a lot of the headlines but O’Hara is right there with Chatman as one of the top 2023s in the state as proven by what we saw this weekend. Love the way he has approached games with TG this summer, competes hard and is learning quickly. Athletic playmaker.
Sam Privet of Caledonia. The 6-foot-6, maybe 6-foot-7 post scored about 11 a game as a sophomore and has played well in the past with the Playmakers in the spring/summer season. This weekend though Sam truly put the state on notice of what he can do. In the Caledonia win over Waseca, Privet had 19 points and 11 rebounds shooting 9 of 10 from the field. Remember, Andrew Morgan was lurking in the post but Privet still found a way to use his size and agility to finish high percentage attempts. Noah King, Eli King, and what else? Privet for certain, plus Austin Klug is a nice junior as well. Sorry southern Minnesota, the Warriors are going to be a deep pain in your lives for a long time to come.
Shane Stevensen of Nicollet. A year ago Shane was 6-foot-2 scoring 7.6 points and 3.8 rebounds a game shooting 48 percent from the floor, 40 percent from the arc, and 84 percent from the floor. Stevenson looks like he has grown two or three inches which means he’s playing around the basket while Riley Hulke is the knockdown shooter. The 6-5 junior grabbed 14 boards and made 9 of 14 attempts (all four foul shots too) for a game high 25 points in a close loss to Henning. Shane hit with range facing with comfort and scored deep. Shane will be a junior this year and numbers will be needed as Nicollet replaces three starters.