Lamar Grayson is one of the Metro’s Top Returning Scorers
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Richfield’s Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN is one of the top five returning metro scoring leaders from the 2019-20 season. Grayson’s 19.3 points per game is back to lead a Richfield team that…
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Continue ReadingRichfield’s Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN is one of the top five returning metro scoring leaders from the 2019-20 season. Grayson’s 19.3 points per game is back to lead a Richfield team that went 23-5 a season ago.
Grayson ranks up there with Caleb Siwek Caleb Siwek 6'1" | SG Rosemount | 2022 State MN and Alonzo Dodd Alonzo Dodd 6'2" | CG South St Paul | 2022 State MN in the top five returning metro scorers in terms of points per game. What led to the breakout junior season?
“Just being confident in my game at all times thinking there’s nothing I can’t do on the court,” Grayson explained. “As a team we worked extremely hard in the summer, and in practice we had a different mindset going into the season. We all wanted to win and we all were confident we could win.”
That confidence stretched into a 23-6 record for Richfield, with only a few seniors on the team. Now Grayson, Ryan Miles Ryan Miles 6'5" | SF Richfield | 2021 State MN , Jaden Wollmuth Jaden Wollmuth 6'5" | C Richfield | 2022 State MN , Mitchell January Mitchell January 6'1" | SG Richfield | 2022 State MN , and Isaiah Casey-Hammond return all as starters. And their visions are big. Lamar has big goals for himself as well.
“Our goal as a team is to go back to state,” Lamar said. “My personal goals for this season (are to) get my 1,000th point ball, get player of the year in my conference, and one big goal of mine is to get Mr. Basketball. I got a lot of confidence in myself and I can do it.”
Grayson has spent the past half year grinding it out in the gym on a daily basis preparing for a big senior year.
“Things I’ve been working to improve on is my whole game. I don’t try and focus on one thing. I’m trying to improve and get better with everything. And yeah it’s kinda been hard with Covid but I’ve been in gyms like Lifetime, just running 5s, staying in condition so I’m ready at all times.”
As far as college basketball goes, Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN is going to be a scorer for somebody. And it’s time that schools stared making that call like one already has:
“Not many colleges have contacted me yet but one that has is Barry University (in Florida).”
Check out some of Lamar’s video to learn more about his ability: