Battle At The Lakes – Top Minnesota Wing Performers
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The wings at Battle At the Lakes played at an elite level. What players should schools be looking into? Here is our list of names for colleges to check on. All Session Team/All Tournament Team members BJ Omot BJ Omot…
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Continue ReadingThe wings at Battle At the Lakes played at an elite level. What players should schools be looking into? Here is our list of names for colleges to check on.
All Session Team/All Tournament Team members BJ Omot BJ Omot 6'8" | PF Mankato East | 2022 State #231 Nation MN of D1 Minnesota, Amar Aguillard of Young N Reckless, Justin Mullins of Young N Reckless, Parker Friedrichsen of Tulsa Hawks, and Jah Quinones of Judah Nation were the class of the event. We’ve detailed the five of them already this weekend in the All Tournament/All Session Team articles. Here is another group of top wings.
Jacob Butler Jacob Butler 6'3" | SF Minneapolis North | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Heat Grow (6’5, 2022, Minneapolis North). Butler was a top rebounder for the Heat who was without some of their size, he scored a dozen a game over the weekend, and over Butler played a great team role. When he was needed to create he did. When Butler was needed to defend inside, he did. And when Jacob’s lefty stroke was needed, he made shots. Don’t let Butler to that right either, he can put you away from that side as well.
Mekhi Collins Mekhi Collins 6'5" | PF Mankato West | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Fury (6’5, 2022, Mankato West). The Minnesota Fury plays outstanding team basketball in a local AAU Michigan State like way and Mekhi is the ideal fit for the team. When the Fury needed some big plays to turn the game around with the D1 Minnesota Prospects Collins stepped up with stops, key boards, and three big scores. His near double-double was crucial to the win. Collins is one of the most talked about players on the Prep Hoops Circuit when it comes to various Prep Hoops writers as everybody aggress his toughness, activity, and agility as a versatile player is a huge reason that Fury wins.
Camden Holter Camden Holter 6'3" | SG Minneapolis Southwest | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Fury Narum (6’3, 2022, Holy Angels). Holter went to AHA and the team didn’t have their best season. Holter seemed motivated all weekend to make up for some of the winter struggles of his squad. The biggest performance was the athletic ways Holter went at Gain Elite scoring 17 in a statement win/performance. Holter wasn’t just a one game wonder, PH scouts watched Holter throughout the weekend and he was finishing in acrobatic ways all weekend. Jumper was solid too.
Daniel Ijadimbola of Minnesota Select (6’2, 2022, Benilde-St. Margaret’s). First off, Daniel looks a bit bigger and he sure is longer than the guards that have been trying to guard him. I love his activity. Daniel is one of the first guys to get into his sprint when a transition comes and he’s always available to produce in that mold. Daniel is one of the most dangerous players to rotate to off the reversal because he has lead guard handles that allow him to quickly put the ball on the deck to make a play. And he’s more explosive than people know. A double figure scoring weekend including 17 against Heat Grow and 16 versus the Tulsa Hawks.
Nick Katona Nick Katona 6'6" | SF Shakopee | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Fury (6’5, 2022, Shakopee). What I love about the Fury is that it’s a team that knows they may only take 4-5 shots some games even though they are 9-10 shot a game guys on a lot of good spring/summer teams. Katona is one of those guys simply willing to compete in a team way to help his team win. That’s Katona’s reputation and we see but this weekend Nick’s wing scoring game was higher percentage. The perimeter jumper was strong in both games I watched and it was solid in the game Steve Parham of Prep Hoops watched as well. Headed to UMD.
Kobe Kirk Kobe Kirk 6'2" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Heat Grow (6’3, 2022, Edina). Kobe Kirk Kobe Kirk 6'2" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN has a knack for scoring and when he’s on he can come at you from all angles. He hard-cut his man, Kirk scored on a put-back, he out-raced his player in transition to score, and then you have Kobe’s three. When he’s feeling it Kirk will get his whole body into a three and shoot it from volleyball line in. He made multiple NBA area threes that almost beat Minnesota Select and then did it again the next time on the floor. Scored 21 against Select and had four double figure games on the weekend.
Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Comets Belka (6’6, 2022, Sartell). Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN is a player I want to see again and I want to see him against another top Minnesota big wing because I think this kid has something special to him. Great size to play the three and when he rips through with a lane in front of him the help better meet him outside the lane or a big finish is coming. Mason has a knack for touching the ball off the glass on the move and he’s also a solid three-point shooting threat at his size as well. D2 scholarship thoughts are in my mind watching him.
Johnny Tennyson Johnny Tennyson 6'3" | SG STMA | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Comets (6’4, 2022, St. Michael-Albertville). This weekend fully convinced me that Tennyson is scholarship guy at a good program. The last weekend he played he hit 20 threes in four games including a game winner. This weekend Tennyson played like a versatile guard that will defend willingly, can shoot with high percentages and doesn’t need a high volume of attempts, and passes the ball really well. The Comets are playing great team basketball right now and Tennyson’s productivity in a team basketball way is a huge part of it.
Dylan Wheeler Dylan Wheeler 6'3" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Minnesota Heat MacDonald (6’5, 2022, Mounds View) . There is something more to Dylan Wheeler Dylan Wheeler 6'3" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN . That something more is that his teams win. Wheeler is the type of player that will pass up a shot even if he hasn’t taken one in eight minutes of basketball, because it’s for the better of the team. Wheeler is that guy that will verbally take to his teammates, the player that battles to a spot on defense, and the guy that you can depend on to be there for you as a defender and an offensive decision maker. With all of that comes opportunities. Opportunities for teammates and opportunities for Wheeler to continue that torrid shooting that has led the Heat to 12 wins in four events.