By Errol Carlstrom

Wednesday, Mar 15

Richfield lost to SP Johnson 88-80 and in the Spartans loss, Jared Noonan scored 16 points.

Tuesday, Mar 14

Tyler Vaughan finished with 25 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 5 steals in Braham's 85-56 thumping of CHOF.  Tyler is now 19 points from breaking the 3,000 point mark.

Osseo defeated Andover 64-34 with DJ Hebert scoring 9 points in the win.

Anthony Hill scored 13 points and Zach Johnson 2 in Champlin Park's 63-48 win over Armstrong.

St. Thomas cruised by Simley 67-45 and in the victory, Thomas Sjoberg, Nick Waldvogel, AJ Piram, Harrison Patt, Keegan Zimprich and Mitch Newberg scored 12, 8, 5, 4, 4 & 2 points respectively.

Quinton Hooker posted 23 points in Park Center's 69-55 win over Centennial.

Hopkins beat Maple Grove 90-59 with Zach Stahl leading the way with 18 points followed by Siyani Chambers with 16, Jake Wright 10, Kamali Chambers 6 and Stephon Sharp & Andre McDonald with 2 each. In his team's loss Grant Kaufman tallied 3 points 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Grant Kellogg recorded 4 points in Minnetonka's 86-63 win at Wayzata where Chad Potas scored 9 points and Kyle Kalivoda 8 in the loss.

Benilde-SM's rolled over Columbia Heights 69-46 with Isaiah Zierden scoring 18 points to help in the win.  In the Hylanders loss, Matt Kourouma registered 10 points followed by Dominique Galloway with 4 and Deon Sanstad and Taylor Renberg with 2 each.

Ricky Suggs finished with 22 points and Renard Suggs 12 in Woodbury's 68-57 win over White Bear Lake.

Apple Valley lost at Eastview 85-75 and in the loss Tyus Jones knocked down 45 points and Chris Laymon 5.

CJ Neumann finished with 11 points in Cretin-DH's 57-40 win over Mounds View.

St. Louis Park ran by Irondale 94-85 and in the win Makhi Moore had a season high 28 points.

Saturday, Mar 11

After leading by 9-points at the half, Hopkins to off to thump Cooper 93-61 behind 38 points from Zach Stahl.  Other contributions in the Royals win:  Andre McDonald 12 points and Jake Wright & Kamali Chambers 5 points each.

Thomas Sjoberg posted 11 points, Nick Waldvogel 9, Jalen Patterson 4 and Harrison Patt & Cal Schneider 2 points each in St. Thomas Academy's 64-56 home loss to River Falls.

Braham defeated Pierz 76-62 with Tyler Vaughan providing 28 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocked shots.  Tyler is 44 points away from a career 3,000 points. 

Friday, Mar 10

Thomas Sjoberg delivered a game high 36 points in St. Thomas Academy's 61-47 victory over Mahtomedi, while Nick Walvogel, Keepgan Zimprich, Harrison Patt and Cal Schneider chipped in 4, 2, 2 & 2 points respectively in the Cadets win.

Wayzata lost their second game of the season 65-61 to Eden Prairie and in the loss, Chad Potas had 12 points and Kyle Kalivoda 4.

Anthony Hill scored 20 points and Zach Johnson 13 in Champlin Park's 78-65 win over Centennial.

Minnetonka took down Anoka 95-80 with Grant Kellogg scoring 2 points in the win.

Grant Kaufman tallied 7 points in Maple Grove's 80-53 victory vs. Armstrong.

Richfield lost to Hill Murray 89-81 with Jared Noonan scoring 19 points in the loss.

Zach Stahl, Siyani Chambers, Kamali Chambers, Andre McDonald & Jake Wright scored 27, 18, 8, 7 & 6 points respectively in Hopkins' 93-79 win at Edina.

Osseo ambushed Park Center 88-58 with DJ Hebert scoring 11 points, while Quinton Hooker scored 29 in his team's loss.

Tyus Jones posted 32 points and Chris Laymon 7 in Apple Valley's 83-64 win over Bloomington Kennedy.

Cretin-DH lost 83-82 at Roseville and in the loss, Taylor Montero scored 23 points and CJ Neumann 21. 

Thursday, Mar 9

Columbia Heights rolled by Spring Lake Park 59-46 behind 15 points from Matt Kourouma, 14 from Deon Stanstad, 4 from Dominique Galloway and 2 from Taylor Renberg.

Isaiah Zierden had a game high 32 points and Benilde-SM's cruised by St. Louis Park 75-48.  In his team's loss, Makhi Moore scored 6 points.

Braham slammed Pine City 106-39 behind 29 points, 8 assists, 7 steals, 4 rebounds and a steal from Tyler Vaughan.

Wednesday, Mar 8

Thomas Sjoberg scored 17 points, Cal Schneider 9, Nick Waldvogel 7, Keegan Zimprich 4 and Jalen Patterson 2 in St. Thomas Academy's 59-52 loss to Tartan.

Osseo defeated Blaine 57-50 with DJ Hebert scoring 6 points in the victory.

Zach Johnson scored 24 points and Anthony Hill 12 in Champlin Park's 78-75 win over Maple Grove, where Grant Kaufman scored 3 points in his team's loss.

Mpls South beat Mpls Roosevelt 65-59 and in the victory, Kenley Farrow scored 4 points.

Tuesday, Feb 7

Benilde-SM's got by DeLaSalle 60-59 on the Island behind 17 points from Isaiah Zierden.

Monday, Feb 6

Chad Potas posted 11 points in Wayzata's 59-50 win at Edina.

Braham defeated Isle 79-48 behind 23 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and a steal from Tyler Vaughan.

Hopkins beat Minnetonka 94-76 behind 25 points from Siyani Chambers, 20 from Zach Stahl, 6 from Kamali Chambers, 5 from Andre McDonald and 3 from Jake Wright.

Tyus Jones tallied 27 points and Chris Laymon 17 in Apple Valley's 85-70 win over Lakeville South.

Columbia Heights defeated St. Louis Park 85-70 with Matt Kourouma scoring 27 points and Deon Sanstad 23, followed by Taylor Renberg with 10 and Dominique Galloway 4.  In his team's loss, Makhi Moore delivered 4 points.

Saturday, Feb 4

Tyler Vaughan finished with 23 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and 2 steals in Braham's 106-34 win over Ogilvie.

Mpls South lost to Buffalo 59-47 and in the loss Kenley Farrow had 5 points.

Friday, Feb 3

Makhi Moore pitched in 6 points in St. Louis Park's 67-59 win over Holy Family Catholic.

Minnetonka ran over Eden Prairie 80-63 and in the win, Grant Kellogg had 6 points.

Zach Stahl with 14 points, Jake Wright 12, Siyani Chambers 10 and Kamali Chambers 2, handed Wayzata their first loss of the season 63-54.  In the loss, Chad Potas had 10 points and Kyle Kalivoda 8.

Jared Noonan scored 16 points to help Richfield defeat St. Thomas Academy 57-51.  In the Cadets loss, Thomas Sjoberg tallied 18 points, Harrison Patt 6, Nick Waldvogel 5 and Cal Schneider 2.

Prairie Seed lost to FAIR 91-83 and in the loss Devin Buckley posted 14 points and Gage Deis 12.

CJ Neumann delivered a game high 24 points and Taylor Montero 4 in Cretin-DH's 71-49 home win versus Forest Lake.

Woodbury was nipped by East Ridge 70-69 and in the loss, Ricky Suggs and Renard Suggs scored 13 & 11  points respectively.

Tyus Jones scored a game high 36 points and Chris Laymon 3 in Apple Valley's 71-70 win at Prior Lake.

Benilde-SM got by Spring Lake Park 67-65 with Isaiah Zierden posting 17 points in the victory.

Jalen Jaspers finished with 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in U-Mary's 76-52 win over U-Mary. 

Thursday, Feb 2

Champlin Park got by Edina on the road 64-62 behind 10 points from Anthony Hill and 8 from Zach Johnson.

Quinton Hooker scored 25 points in Park Center's 81-73 win over Maple Grove where Grant Kaufman tallied 2 points. 

By Errol Carlstrom

Wednesday, Feb 15

UNC took down Miami 73-64 behind 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists from Harrison Barnes.

Armond Battle delivered 11 points and 2 rebounds in Wright State's 71-55 loss to Detroit.

Southern Miss got by Tulsa 77-66 with Angelo Johnson tallying 6 points and 3 rebounds.

Mike Fitzgerald posted 6 points and 6 rebounds in the Air Force Academy's 58-53 win over Wyoming.

Augsburg won at Carleton 63-49 and in the victory, Anthony Humphrey had 2 rebounds, while Tommy Sawatzke recorded 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the loss.

Marcus Alipate scored 7 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 2 steals in St. Thomas' 66-55 win at Bethel.

UW-Eau Claire lost at UW-Platteville 60-59 and in the Blugolds loss, James Pfitzinger delivered 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocked shots.

Tuesday, Feb 14

Rodney Williams had a team high 21 points, plus 9 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in Minnesota's 78-68 home loss to #6 Ohio State.

St. Michael's lost to Merrimack 56-48 and in the loss Tyler Schilling posted 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Monday, Feb 13

Iowas State lost at #10 Baylor 79-64 and in the loss, Royce White recorded 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Anthony Humphrey scored 4 points in Augsburg's 66-54 home loss to St. Olaf.

St. Thomas got by Carleton 68-57 at home with Marcus Alipate posting 9 points, a rebound, an assist and a steal in 22 minutes of playing time. 

Sunday, Feb 12

Armond Battle scored 2 points in Wright State's 70-46 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Saturday, Feb 11

UNC beat Virginia 70-52 behind 14 points and 11 rebounds from Harrison Barnes.

Cedric Martin finished with 15 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in Utah's 70-61 loss to Arizona.

Iowas State cruised by Texas A&M 69-46 with Royce White supplying 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 points.

Josh Mason tallied 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in Alabama State's 57-47 win over Alabama A&M.

The Air Force Academy lost to Bosie State 72-71 with Mike Fitzgerald providing 5 points and 4 rebounds in the Falcons loss.

Zach Towle scored 6 points in Concordia-SP's 85-67 win over Minnesota State.

Haskell defeated Central Baptist (AR) 108-79 and in the victory, Zach Eastman tallied 4 assists, 3 points and 2 rebounds.

Bryce Webster finished with 14 points and 3 rebounds in Lenoir Rhyne's 84-70 win over Carson-Newman.

Northern State lost to Wayne State 85-75 and in the loss Alex Thomas posted 6 points, 2 assists and 2 steals.

Xavier Reed supplied 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in MSU-Moorhead's 84-77 win at Bemidji State.

St. Michael's defeated Stonehill 66-64 with Tyler Schilling scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the victory.

Moses Sundufu recorded 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in St. Mary's (TX) 77-60 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State.

U-Mary lost to Augustana 89-66 and in the loss Jalen Jaspers produced 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 points.

Charlie Aslesen tallied 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks in St. Olaf's 72-47 win over St. John's.

UMD beat UM-Crookston 81-55 with Peter Crawford supplying 4 rebounds, 3 points and 3 assists.

James Pfitzinger had 7 points and 4 rebounds in UW-Eau Claire's 67-66 OT loss to UW-Stout.

Sioux Falls beat Black Hills State 73-58 and in the win, Bretson McNeal finished with 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Friday, Feb 10

Armond Battle posted 6 points and 6 rebounds in Wright State's 53-48 loss to Wisconsin Green Bay .

Northern State lost at Augustana 73-60 and in the loss Alex Thomas recorded 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

Xavier Reed provided 6 rebounds and 2 points and Jake Driscoll 4 points and 2 rebounds in MSU Moorhead's 85-73 win at UMD.  In the Bulldogs loss, Peter Crawford scored 9 points, dished 3 assists and grabbed 2 rebounds.

U-Mary went on the road to Wayne State and came away with a 61-60 victory, with Jalen Jaspers finishing with 4 points and 2 rebounds.     

Thursday, Feb 9

Wisconsin got past Minnesota 68-61 in OT behind 27 points, 3 steals and 2 rebounds from Jordan Taylor and 9 points, 3 blocked shots and 2 rebounds from Jared Berggren.  In the Gophers loss, Rodney Williams posted 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots, and Joe Coleman 2 rebounds.

Dylan Hale had 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a block in NDSU's 72-61 loss at UMKC.

Utah lost to Arizona State 57-52 and in the loss, Cedric Martin tallied 9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Moses Sundufu posted 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in St. Mary's (TX) 72-63 win over Newman University.

Wednesday, Feb 8

Harrison Barnes posted 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in UNC's 85-84 home loss to Duke.

Souther Miss lost at UAB 71-61 and in the loss, Angelo Johnson finished with 5 points and 2 assists.

Marvin Singleton had 2 rebounds in UNI's 82-57 loss at Wichita State.

Notre Dame got by West Virginia 55-51 on the road and in the victory Mike Broghammer had a rebound.

Tommy Sawatzke tallied 7 points and 6 rebounds in Carleton's 68-62 loss at Bethel.

St. Michael's beat Bentley 66-64 at home with Tyler Schilling posting 8 points and 4 rebounds.

Tuesday, Feb 7

Iowa State was nipped at the end 69-67 at Oklahoma State with Royce White providing his team 15 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists in the Cyclones loss.

Monday, Feb 6

Josh Mason contributed 5 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds in Alabama State's 62-61 loss at Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Sunday, Feb 5

Minnesota got a big win at Nebraska 69-61 with Rodney Williams providing 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots, while Joe Coleman helped out with 7 rebounds and an assist.

Saturday, Feb 4

Jordan Taylor supplied 12 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, and Jared Berggren 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks in Wisconsin's 58-52 loss to Ohio State.

UNC rallied behind 18 points and 8 rebounds from Harrison Barnes to escaped at Maryland 83-74.

Mike Fitzgerald finished with 15 points and 2 steals in the Air Force Academy's 67-49 loss at Colorado State.

Utah lost to Oregon State 76-58 with Cedric Martin contributing 19 points, 2 steals and 2 blocks in the Ute's loss.

Josh Mason had 2 points, 2 assists and 2 steals in Ala

bama State's 70-58 loss to Mississippi Valley State.

Iowas State won at Oklahoma 77-70 Royce White tallied 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 points and 2 steals in the big win.

Armond Battle had 3 points in Wright State's 63-54 loss at VALPO.

St. Thomas got by Augsburg 75-72 with Marcus Alipate providing 7 points, 2 rebound and 2 assists in the Tommies victory.

Bryce Hawkins supplied 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals in Lenior Rhyne's 83-81 win over Newberry.

MSU Moorhead got by U-Mary 67-66 with Xavier Reed supplying 8 points and 2 rebounds, while Jake Driscol chipped in 7 points and 2 steals.  In the Marauders loss, Jalen Jaspers provided 4 points and 2 rebounds.

Alex Thomas posted 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assist in Northern State's 88-73 loss to UM-Crookson.

St. Michael's lost to Franklin Pierce 64-54 and in the loss, Tyler Schilling had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Moses Sundufu provided 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in St. Mary's (TX) 75-66 win over St. Edwards.

Sioux Falls lost to Dakota State 66-56 and in the loss Bretson McNeal chipped in 2 points and 2 rebounds.

James Pfitzinger posted 11 rebounds, 10 points and 2 steals in UW Eau Claire's 63-41 loss to UW River Falls. 

Friday, Feb 3

British Columbia was tripped up by Fraser Valley 77-72 with Doug Plumb scoring 15 points in the loss.

Xavier Reed supplied 3 rebounds and 2 points in MSU Moorhead's 66-60 over Northern State, where Alex Thomas had 4 point, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the Wolves loss.

Thursday, Feb 2

Armond Battle finished with 18 points and 3 rebounds in Wright State's 64-53 loss at Butler.

Utah lost at home to Oregon 79-68 and in the loss, Cedric Martin finished with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Wednesday, Feb 1

Southern Miss nipped Memphis 75-72 with Angelo Johnson providing 3 rebounds, 2 points and 2 assists in the victory.

Tommy Sawatzke posted 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in Carleton's 73-64 win over Hamline.

After leading by 10 points in the second-half, the Gophers gave it all back and lost to Iowa 63-59.  In the loss, Rodney Williams scored 9 points and blocked 2 shots, and Joe Coleman had 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Bryce Hawkins finished with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in Lenior Rhyne's 79-66 loss to Anderson.

St. Thomas lost at home to St. John's 61-56 and in the loss, Marcus Alipate had 2 points and 2 assists.

James Pfitzinger supplied 13 points and 3 rebounds in UW Eau Claire's 81-74 win at UW Oshkosh.

From Startribune.com

Zach Stahl (Hopkins) has been named the Mpls Star Tribune's Player of the Week.  Click on title of post to go to startribune.com article.  Congratulations Zach.........................

From UKAmerican Sport Fan:

Click on the title of this post to go to an outstanding article about Cameron Rundles and all the things he does off the court in the UK.  Cam is doing in England what he did at Wofford, where he was a favorite of both fans and the media.  Great read............................

From Michael Much:

Quinton Hooker has been named "Player of the Week" by Minnesota Preps.  Congratulations Quinton.

From St. Thomas Academy:

Thomas Sjoberg has joined the 1,000 point club at St. Thomas Academy.  Thomas joins past Howard Pulley/Cadet alum in attaining this lofty honor:  Javier Collins ’96, Matthew Lee ’96, David Hicks ’06, Bryce Webster ’06, Alex Schneider ’08 and Michael Fitzgerald ’09.

Congratulations Thomas, your Howard Pulley family is very proud of you. 

From Star Tribune

From Des Moines Register:

Royce White is profiled in a nice Des Moines Register article.  To read, please click on the headline of this post.

From St. Paul Pioneer Press:

The Pioneer Press has a wonderful article on Tyus Jones today.  To access, click on the headline of this post.

From Star Tribune:

Click on headline of post to be redirected to Tyus Jones article

By Errol Carlstrom with information from Eurobasket:

22-year old forward Noah Dahlman (Wofford/Braham) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked MZT Skopje and was named Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award.  He had a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds, while his team outclassed Kumanovo with 29-point win.  MZT Skopje maintains the 2nd position in FYR Macedonian league with a 12-3 record.  Dahlman has been MZT Skopje's top player in his first season with the team. The Wofford graduate leads the league in rebounds with 9.2 per game and a 73.6 field goal percentage.  Noah also is averaging 17 points per game.

Cameron Rundles (Wofford/DeLaSalle), his team's best player, is averaging 18.1 points per game, 4.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists in leading his Leicester Rider's of the English BBL to a 7-1 record.

After 14 games, Matt Janning (Northeastern/Watertown-Mayer) is averaging 14.2 points per game and 4.4 rebounds for Novipiu of the first division Italian League.

Kwadzo Ahelegbe (UNI/Tartan) playing for BG Goettingen of the German first division is averaging 8.1 points per game, 1.9 assists and 1.7 rebounds.

After 22 games, Eric Coleman (UNI/Tartan) is averaging 13.1 points per game, 7.1 rebounds a 1.4 assists playing for Hoverla of the Ukraine Super League.

Jamar Diggs (Wofford/DeLaSalle) playing for Webmoebel of the German Pro A League, is averaging 11.8 points per game, 4.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals.

Playing for Korihait of the Finnish Korisliiga, Cory Johnson (VALPO/Duluth East) is leading his team in scoring with 17 points per game and 6 rebounds.

Joe Krabbenhoft (Wisconsin/Sioux Falls Roosevelt) is averaging 11.7 points per game, 6.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals, playing for Breogan of the Spanish LEB Gold League.

After 20 games playing for LF Basket in the Swedish League, Urule Igbavboa (VALPO/Tartan)is averaging 10.6 points per game and 5.7 rebounds.

Rick Rickert (Minnesota/Duluth East) is averaging 13.7 points per game, 10.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists after 22 games as a member of Kyoto of Japan's BJ League.

Playing for the Chiba Jets of Japan's BJ League, Mo Hargrow (Minnesota/Highland Park) is averaging 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.3 steals after 22 games.

Dan Coleman (Minnesota/Hopkins) is with his second team this season, playing for Vichy of the French Pro B League where is has played 5 games and is averaging 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

After 24 games playing for the Sendai 86ers of Japan's BJ League, Dan Fitzgerald (Marquette/St. Thomas Academy) is leading his team in points with a 17.6 average, plus 5.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals.

Nick Horvath (Duke/Mounds View) is averaging 17 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for the Manawatu Jets of New Zealand League.

From North Dakota State University:

Marcus Williams (Hopkins & NDSU) has been named First-Team All American in football at NDSU.  Please click on the title of this post for the complete story. 

Congratulations Marcus..............I will never forget you 2-touchdowns against the Gophers.  What an honor.

From Isanti County News

Tyler Vaughan (Braham) is the new holder of the Minnesota High School 3-point record.  Tyler joins former Pulley alum Isaiah Dahlman (scoring) and Noah Dahlman (rebounding) who set all-time Minnesota records.  Click on title of this post for complete article.  Congratulations Tyler, you Pulley family is very proud of you.

By Errol Carlstrom

Former Pulley and University of St. Thomas All-American Joe Scott is in the Denver Nuggets training camp.  Up until today, Joe could not participate, but he has now received clearance from the International FIBA and can now show what he has.

This has to be a thrill of a lifetime for a D-3 kid to go from college, to Europe as a professional, to the NBA.  Good luck Joe.