The Weekend Menu – Friday Night Top5 Showdowns, Minnehaha vs IMG
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What’s on tap for your Friday night and Saturday of Minnesota High School Basketball? Prep Hoops takes a look today! Appetizer. BOLD at Melrose. Tonight the best early game is the 6pm tip-off between BOLD and Melrose. BOLD’s nearly brand…
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Appetizer. BOLD at Melrose. Tonight the best early game is the 6pm tip-off between BOLD and Melrose. BOLD’s nearly brand new group of players is still figuring things out. They have lost two one score games and beat Montevideo among their first five contests. Drew Sagedahl Drew Sagedahl 6'0" | SG Bold | 2021 State MN is doing everything he can to help BOLD including scoring 34 and 35 points in the last two games. At 6-0 Melrose is the 4th ranked team in Class AA basketball. They just crushed Morris Area which is scary for the Warriors considering Morris beat BOLD by 20. Watching Dutchmen Grant Moscho Grant Moscho 6'1" | PG Melrose | 2021 State MN – who just scored his 1,000th point and was named the local press player of the week – against Sagedahl should be good.
Specials. IMG Academy at Minnehaha Academy. Tomorrow at high noon for the price of 20.99 you can watch nationally ranked IMG Academy and their team full of stars take on the number one team in the state, Minnehaha Academy. Here are the match-ups you will see position by position and remember, Donovan Smith Donovan Smith 5'10" | PG Minnehaha Academy | 2022 OH is out with a hand injury:
Hercy Miller Hercy Miller 6'3" | PG Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State MN (Top five Minnesota 2021 prospect) vs Jaden Bradley (Top 10 2022 prospect nationally)
Prince Aligbe Prince Aligbe 6'6" | SF Minnehaha Academy | 2022 State #167 Nation MN (Top 100 2022 prospect nationally) vs Jett Howard (Top 100 2022 prospect nationally)
Isaiah Davis Isaiah Davis 6'3" | SF Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State MN (Top 20 Minnesota 2021 prospect) vs Eric Dailey Jr (Top 25 2022 prospect nationally)
Chase Carter Chase Carter 6'7" | PF Minnehaha Academy | 2022 MN (Top 15 Minnesota 2022 hoops prospect, top 1-3 Minnesota junior football prospect) vs Jarace Walker (Top 10 2022 prospect nationally)
Chet Holmgren Chet Holmgren 7'0" | C Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State #1 Nation MN (The Number 1 ranked player in high school basketball) vs Mousaa Diabate (Top 20 2021 prospect nationally)
It’s a load of talent all on one floor at the same time.
Main Course. Tonight there are five very good games being played in different parts of the state this evening (Friday night). Two in the metro, one in the southwest, one in the southeast, one up north.
- (#3) Stewartville at (#5) Caledonia – It’s not the Will Tschetter Will Tschetter 6'8" | PF Stewartville | 2021 State #96 Nation MN vs Eli King Eli King 6'2" | PG Caledonia | 2022 State #151 Nation MN highlight show but Will vs Sam Privet Sam Privet 6'9" | PF Caledonia | 2021 State MN is still pretty good. Top 5 teams.
- Perham at Pelican Rapids – Both squads have top ten level Class AA talent but need a big win to get back to where they want to be
- Austin at (#7) Mankato East – Winner of the game takes control in the Big Nine standings at the moment, Austin recently lost to Northfield
- (#9) Lakeville South at (#5) Eastview – The Cougars are reeling after Shakopee crushed them. They need a good game to night vs 6-0 Eastview
- (#3) Richfield at (#2) Columbia Heights – I think this is the game of the night and it’s caught my interest so much I NEED to look at the line-up card
Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN (6’0 Sr PG, Richfield) vs Terrence Brown Terrence Brown 6'0" | PG Columbia Heights | 2022 State MN (5’11 Jr PG, Columbia Heights)
Mitchell January Mitchell January 6'1" | SG Richfield | 2022 State MN (6’4 Sr SG, Richfield) vs Elijah Williams (6’0 Sr Guard, Columbia Heights)
Ryan Miles Ryan Miles 6'5" | SF Richfield | 2021 State MN (6’4 Sr SF, Richfield) vs Hassan Kamara Hassan Kamara 6'4" | SG Columbia Heights | 2022 MN (6’3, Jr Shooting Guard, Columbia Heights)
Jaden Wollmuth Jaden Wollmuth 6'5" | C Richfield | 2022 State MN (6’6 Jr PF, Richfield) vs Muja Burton Muja Burton 6'4" | SF Columbia Heights | 2022 State MN (6’4 Jr SF, Columbia Heights)
Isaiah Casey-Hammond (6’7 Sr C, Richfield) vs Donnavin Hinsz Donnavin Hinsz 6'6" | PF Columbia Heights | 2022 State MN (6’6 Jr PF, Columbia Heights)
Should be a great game with a lot of talent on the floor. Richfield will be bigger and has more games as a group but the Hylanders will be the more athletic squad at most spots and they just beat the Islanders.
Dessert. Nicollet at Madelia. Looking for a game Saturday night? Find Madelia and Nicollet, two Class A squads with some really good players. Six-foot-4 junior Ja’Sean Glover is scoring 31 points a game for Madelia who has lost some close games early in the year. In this game keep an eye on another 6-foot-4 junior guard named Colton Thomsen Colton Thomsen 6'4" | SG Nicollet | 2022 State MN . Colton is averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds a game shooting 60 percent from the floor!