State Tournament Preview – Yankton vs Mitchell
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A week from today the South Dakota State Tournament will be played. For the next seven days we will dive into the individual match-ups inside the biggest games. We start with Mitchell vs Yankton. Team Profiles Yankton Seed/Rank/Record: 2/2/18-3…
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Continue ReadingA week from today the South Dakota State Tournament will be played. For the next seven days we will dive into the individual match-ups inside the biggest games. We start with Mitchell vs Yankton.
Team Profiles
Yankton
Seed/Rank/Record: 2/2/18-3
Top 3 Wins: Roosevelt, O’Gorman, Mitchell
The 3 Ls: Washington, Harrisburg, Brandon Valley
Previous Meeting: Yankton beat Mitchell 53-44. Matthew Mors Matthew Mors 6'7" | SF Yankton | 2021 State #82 Nation SD scored 33 points while Caden Hinker Caden Hinker 6'6" | PF Mitchell | 2022 State SD and Zane Alm Zane Alm 6'11" | C Mitchell | 2021 State SD had 12 and 11 points respectively.
Mitchell
Seed/Rank/Record: 7/5/15-6
Top 3 Wins: Brandon Valley, Harrisburg, Aberdeen Central
The 3 Ls of Note: Pierre, SFOG, Yankton
The Match-Ups (Yankton – Mitchell)
PG: Rugby Ryken Rugby Ryken 5'11" | PG Yankton | 2023 State SD (5’11 Soph) vs Ben Helleloid Ben Helleloid 6'0" | SG Mitchell | 2021 State SD (6’0 Sr) – Edge – Yankton
SG: Aidan Feser Aidan Feser 6'0" | SG Yankton | 2021 State SD (6’0 Sr) vs Lucas Moller Lucas Moller 5'11" | PG Mitchell | 2021 State SD (5’11 Sr) – Edge – Mitchell
SF: Trevor Fitzgerald Trevor Fitzgerald 6'0" | SG Yankton | 2021 SD (6’0 Sr) vs Dylan Soulek Dylan Soulek 6'3" | SG Mitchell | 2023 State SD (6’0 Soph) – Edge – Yankton
PF: Jaden Kral Jaden Kral 6'3" | SF Yankton | 2022 State SD (6’4 Jr) vs Caden Hinker Caden Hinker 6'6" | PF Mitchell | 2022 State SD (6’6 Jr) – Edge – Mitchell
C: Matthew Mors Matthew Mors 6'7" | SF Yankton | 2021 State #82 Nation SD (6’7 Sr) vs Zane Alm Zane Alm 6'11" | C Mitchell | 2021 State SD (6’10 Sr) – Edge – Yankton
6th Man: Dylan Prouty (5’11 Jr) vs Gavyn Degen Gavyn Degen 5'11" | PG Mitchell | 2022 SD (6’0 Jr) – Edge – Yankton
The Match-Up to Watch
The player defending Caden Hinker Caden Hinker 6'6" | PF Mitchell | 2022 State SD for much of the previous game was Trevor Fitzgerald Trevor Fitzgerald 6'0" | SG Yankton | 2021 SD . The six-foot guard kept a hand in front of Hinker all game limiting Caden to 5 of 14 shooting from the floor. Hinker was actually fine at the arc, it was Fitzgerald hounding the junior consistently whenever he stepped inside the arc. Caden had six boards and three assists and those numbers will be needed once again plus more scoring output. If Fitzgerald puts together another defensive effort like the previous game – and his teammates are in the help spots they were – Yankton will get the win over the Kernels again. Especially if Mors runs wild.
The future Wisconsin Badger went at Mitchell’s size scoring on 13 of 25 attempts including makes on half of his eight threes.
Prediction
Mitchell’s offense has been slipping. In the past five contests they have scored just 51 points a game and that’s with their first 60 plus output in over a month (against Watertown). Meanwhile the Bucks have won 11 of 12 and nobody is stopping Mors right now. Throw in the motivation of Mors to earn his second state title and we should have a Bucks double figure win.
Yankton 63 Mitchell 53