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Tip Off Classic preview: Simley vs. Benilde-St. Margaret's

By Ryan James, Northstar Hoops Report, 12/09/14, 5:00PM CST

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12 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13 at Minnetonka East gym

Preview

A noon tip-off for BSM and Tip-Off Classic newcomer Simley at the Breakdown's 11th annual Tip Off Classic at Minnetonka.

These are schools with Class AAA championship banners in their buildings (Simley 97, BSM 2008).  BSM’s recent history is better with three high major players doing work in college hoops right now (Sanjay Lumpkin at Northwestern, Isaiah Zierden at Creighton, and Kyle Washington at NC State) not to mention Jordan Taylor was recently at Wisconsin and Devean George had a long NBA career…

BSM is 1-4 with losses to Tonka, Hopkins, Kennedy, and Minneapolis South but they did pull off a win over Holy Angels last Thursday.  They have Rosemount tonight and then two days off before they face the Spartans. 

Simley is 2-1 after a massive beatdown was put on Byron.   They did fall to St. Croix Lutheran last week by 20.  Simley has Mahtomedi tonight and then North St. Paul 16 ours before they play BSM…Jalen Floyd leads the Knights with 13.5 points per game and Sam Baker supports the senior guard with ten a night…Simley is led by 16 a contest from senior Jack Stensgardand behind him Alex Anderson, Sam Stensgard, Ben Scheffley, and senior Adam Stafford all support Jack with 8 to 10 points a game on average…

Key Matchup

Jalen Floyd, Benilde-St. Margaret's vs Jack Stensgard, Simley   

The top scorers for these clubs will need to have a hot hand and get support from their fellow guards/wings if they are to get a win in the Tip-Off Classic.
 

Prediction

Why Simley will win:  Great balance.  This is a team that has grown together over the past couple years and has quality pieces at every sport in their line-up.  Very balanced team coming off a big 13-14 campaign.

Why BSM will win:  The Red Knights are much more battle tested.  They’ve played a much tougher schedule than Simley so the Spartans won’t scare Floyd and his team at all.

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