Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Champlin Park's Theisen redefines 'en fuego'; Junior nails 20 three's in back-to-back wins by Nick Clark
(Created: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 4:18 PM CST)
Champlin Park junior guard Scott Theisen puts up a three-pointer against Andover Friday, Feb. 1. In his previous two games, Theisen went 20-for-29 from beyond the three-point arc. Photo by Bob Forder
Scott Theisen strolled into the Champlin Park High School gym last week dressed in a plain white T-shirt, presumably to cool off the rest of his body.
The junior guard for the Rebels boys basketball team had just spent his previous two games as hot as any shooter in recent state history. He went 9-of-14 on three-point shots in a 83-49 win over Centennial, then followed that up 11-for-15 performance from beyond the arc in an 84-55 win over Elk River.
Combined, he scored 67 points in the two wins, 60 of which came on three-pointers.
The state record for three-pointers in a game is 20, which was set by Minnesota Transition's Cash Eggleston in February of 2005. Ellsworth's Aaron Van Der Stoep nailed 12 in February of 2006, and Theisen's sharp shooting against Elk River tied him with eight different players for the third most three-point shots made in a game in state history.
Can you say en fuego (Spanish for on fire)?
"The team is passing the ball really well and trying to find me on the court, so that's been nice," Theisen said. "Hopefully I can keep it up."
Theisen credits the recent outburst to some work he's been doing with a shooting machine, which consists of a large net under the hoop that fires the ball back out to the shooter.
Whatever the case, it's working.
"It's really helped a lot," Theisen said. "I've been using it before practice to help fix my shot. [The machine] is really cool, you can set the speed and everything."
Needless to say, head coach Mark Tuchscherer likes the results.
"It adds quite a bit to what we can do," Tuchscherer said. "Both [Calvin] Nolte and [Emeka] Okafor can play the center position really nicely, so as long as we keep moving the ball well as a team, its going to stretch it out quite a bit, because if they can take our post away, hopefully we can kick it out and vice versa."
The Rebels followed up their wins over Centennial and Elk River with a 67-60 home win over Andover last Friday, and a 76-74 overtime loss at Cambridge-Isanti last Saturday. Theisen cooled down somewhat against the Huskies, hitting just 2-of-9 threes and scoring 11 points. He was back at it against the Bluejackets, however, when he connected on 3-of-5 threes and led the Rebels with 17 points. Champlin Park now sits at 7-8 overall on the year and 5-3 in the Northwest Suburban Conference.
"The team's been playing well," Theisen said. "We're having a lot of fun."
Champlin Park's Theisen redefines 'en fuego'; Junior nails 20 three's in back-to-back wins by Nick Clark
(Created: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 4:18 PM CST)
Champlin Park junior guard Scott Theisen puts up a three-pointer against Andover Friday, Feb. 1. In his previous two games, Theisen went 20-for-29 from beyond the three-point arc. Photo by Bob Forder
Scott Theisen strolled into the Champlin Park High School gym last week dressed in a plain white T-shirt, presumably to cool off the rest of his body.
The junior guard for the Rebels boys basketball team had just spent his previous two games as hot as any shooter in recent state history. He went 9-of-14 on three-point shots in a 83-49 win over Centennial, then followed that up 11-for-15 performance from beyond the arc in an 84-55 win over Elk River.
Combined, he scored 67 points in the two wins, 60 of which came on three-pointers.
The state record for three-pointers in a game is 20, which was set by Minnesota Transition's Cash Eggleston in February of 2005. Ellsworth's Aaron Van Der Stoep nailed 12 in February of 2006, and Theisen's sharp shooting against Elk River tied him with eight different players for the third most three-point shots made in a game in state history.
Can you say en fuego (Spanish for on fire)?
"The team is passing the ball really well and trying to find me on the court, so that's been nice," Theisen said. "Hopefully I can keep it up."
Theisen credits the recent outburst to some work he's been doing with a shooting machine, which consists of a large net under the hoop that fires the ball back out to the shooter.
Whatever the case, it's working.
"It's really helped a lot," Theisen said. "I've been using it before practice to help fix my shot. [The machine] is really cool, you can set the speed and everything."
Needless to say, head coach Mark Tuchscherer likes the results.
"It adds quite a bit to what we can do," Tuchscherer said. "Both [Calvin] Nolte and [Emeka] Okafor can play the center position really nicely, so as long as we keep moving the ball well as a team, its going to stretch it out quite a bit, because if they can take our post away, hopefully we can kick it out and vice versa."
The Rebels followed up their wins over Centennial and Elk River with a 67-60 home win over Andover last Friday, and a 76-74 overtime loss at Cambridge-Isanti last Saturday. Theisen cooled down somewhat against the Huskies, hitting just 2-of-9 threes and scoring 11 points. He was back at it against the Bluejackets, however, when he connected on 3-of-5 threes and led the Rebels with 17 points. Champlin Park now sits at 7-8 overall on the year and 5-3 in the Northwest Suburban Conference.
"The team's been playing well," Theisen said. "We're having a lot of fun."
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