Minnesota State Tournament Semi-Finals: Thursday Lists
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We break down a great Thursday of basketball with our lists of what we saw at the Williams Arena semi-finals.
The Top Stat Lines
Totino-Grace allowed only four points in the paint, scored 44
Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino Grace | 2023 State MN of Totino-Grace: 27 points on 12 of 18 shooting with 8 boards
Haydn Stay Haydn Stay 6'4" | PG Princeton | 2022 State MN of Princeton: 33 points on 14 of 23 shooting with 10 boards
Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN of Wayzata: scored 21 second half points in the win over CDH
Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace: 11 rebounds and 9 assists, only six shots taken
Demarion Watson Demarion Watson 6'8" | SF Totino-Grace | 2022 State #150 Nation MN of Totino-Grace: forced his man into 3 of 20 shooting
Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle: scored 28 points with six assists, shot 9 of 10 at the foul line
Top Ten Game Moments
- Leo Torbor Leo Torbor 6'1" | PG Park Center | 2022 State MN sprint back block off the glass
- Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN lob feed for a dunk
- Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN with 2 And1s down the stretch in a 90 second span
- Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN attack baseline And1 stopping a Princeton run for good
- Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2022 State #141 Nation MN dunk in the open floor
- Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino Grace | 2023 State MN ‘s second three capping off a big day
- Ahjany Lee Ahjany Lee 6'9" | C Byron | 2022 State #145 Nation MN dunk off the Taison feed
- Cooper Novak And1 drive finishing back across his body falling down
- Jamal Ambrose Jamal Ambrose 6'10" | C East View | 2022 State MN face up dunk out of the post.
- Carter Bjerke Carter Bjerke 6'9" | C Wayzata | 2022 State MN follow and then the flex to his student section
Top Ten Players of the Day
- Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN of Wayzata
- Patrick Bath Patrick Bath 6'9" | C Totino Grace | 2023 State MN of Totino-Grace
- Haydn Stay Haydn Stay 6'4" | PG Princeton | 2022 State MN of Princeton
- Leo Torbor Leo Torbor 6'1" | PG Park Center | 2022 State MN of Park Center
- Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle
- Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2022 State #141 Nation MN of Park Center
- Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN of Cretin-Derham Hall
- Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
- Ayouba Berthe Ayouba Berthe 6'4" | SF Park Center | 2022 State MN of Park Center
- Demarion Watson Demarion Watson 6'8" | SF Totino-Grace | 2022 State #150 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
Top Underclassmen
- Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN of Park Center (soph)
- Zy’lerre Stewart of Totino-Grace (soph)
- Carson Schweim Carson Schweim 6'7" | SF Mankato East | 2024 State MN of Mankato East (soph)
- Miles Bollinger of Cretin-Derham Hall (soph)
- Brogan Madson of Mankato East (fr)
- Justin Johnson Justin Johnson 6'2" | PG DeLaSalle | 2024 State MN of DeLaSalle (soph)
Top Ten Names in the Building
- Ben Johnson of Minnesota
- Johnny Tauer of UST
- Trent Tucker
- Dave Thorson of Minnesota
- Gameli Ahlegbe of UST
- Quincy Lewis
- Troy Bell
- Dave Lee
- Drake assistant coach
- 40-50 people in suits just chilling courtside inside the rails