Saturday, Jan. 2, 11:00 a.m.
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Rochester JM (MN): The Rockets are once again undefeated against Big Nine competition building up several league victories including wins over Mankato East, Owatonna, and Austin. Their lone pitfall is a three-point loss to Shakopee at the Breakdown Tip Off Classic. Brothers Michael and Matthew Hurt lead the Rockets with 16 points, 10 reboud and nine assists and 23 points, 11 rebounds and three assists, respectively. Michael is a Minnesota-signed talented ranked in the Rivals150 for the senior class while Michael is a five-star caliber prospect in the 2019 class, ranked No. 1 amongst Minnesota's freshman talents by Northstar Hoops Report. Michael already has offers from Iowa and Iowa State. The Hurts are getting help from senior D'Angelo Tines (13 points a game), junior Isaiah Walden (11), and junior Ray Adams (9.4). Albert Lea transfer Dedoch Chan put up 23 points and 11 rebounds a game last year as a sophomore and soon should be in the line-up as well.
Milwaukee Riverside (WI): Riverside has scored 80 plus points in four games already winning five of their first six contests. The lone loss of the season was to Stevens Point 80-55. Riverside is led by 6-foot-5 four-star junior talent Terrance Lewis who has offers from Auburn, Ohio, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee amongst others. Lewis is scoring 24 points a game with 11 rebounds, shooting 45 percent from the arc. Carlos Curtis is one of the best sophomore prospects in the state of Wisconsin. Curtis is scoring 15 a night shooting 60 plus percent from the field while 6'5 junior power forward George Dixon is scoring 17 points per game with 14 rebounds a contest.
Key Match-Up: Michael Hurt vs Terrance Lewis
Lewis has been scorching this winter but Hurt is an excellent defender. This will be a nice challenge to see what Hurt can do defensively. Hurt will be a Gopher next year and Lewis a player Minnesota actively scouted this past summer. Hurt is averaging nearly a triple double so Lewis will likely work on him the other direction.
Top Prospects:
Rochester JM: Michael Hurt (6-ft-6, Sr, small forward), Matthew Hurt (6-ft-9, Fr, power forward), Dedoch Chan (6-ft-6, Jr, power forward), Isaiah Walden (6-ft-2, Jr, point guard), D'Angelo Tines (6-ft-3, SR, small forward), Ray Adams (6-ft-3, Jr, small forward)
Milwaukee Riverside: Terrance Lewis (6-ft-6, Jr, small forward), Carlos Curtis (6-ft-2, So, shooting guard), George Dixon (6-ft-5, Jr, power forward), Melvin Lee (5-ft-7, Jr, point guard), Alondes Williams (6-ft-3, Jr, small forward)