Champlin Park 84 - Elk River 55 / 6-7

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Champlin Park's Theisen shoots out the lights
His Champlin Park teammates have seen what a pure shooter Scott Theisen is. Opponents and fans recently got to see that shooting prowess too.The junior supersub hit 9 of 14 three-pointers on the way to a 34-point game against Centennial.For an encore, Theisen made 11 of 15 threes and scored 33 points against Elk River in the Rebels' next game.For the season, Theisen is averaging 12 points per game and making 47 percent of his three-point attempts.
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Inside The Lines:
The word is traveling just as fast as the 3's are dropping. Scott Theisen of the Champlin Park Rebels is lighting it up from the arch! The Jr sharp shooter is on a roll. In his last 2 games the Jr has hit 20 of 29 threes and averaged 33 points. Having seen his last two games, some of these 3's should have been counted as 4's! His latest barrage has moved him within 1 point in total points for the team for the season. He is currently the #1 three point shooter in the Northwest Suburban League and shooting 90% from free throw line and averaging 12 points a game. The buzz at the Elk River game in which he had eleven 3's, was he tied the Minnesota State High School record! More importantly, he has helped bring the Rebels up to 3rd place in the league. The team only trails Osseo and Maple Grove in the league, having lost to them both. The Rebels hit the floor again on Friday at home against Andover in which a win would bring their record to 7-7.

Star Tribune:
Here's an early scouting report for Andover as it prepares for a game Friday at Champlin Park: Be sure to guard Scott Theisen as closely as possible.
Theisen, a junior for Champlin Park, has been setting a blistering pace from behind the three-point line recently. He had nine three-pointers Friday when Champlin Park beat Centennial 83-49; on Tuesday, he topped that with 11 in an 84-55 victory over Elk River 84-55. He is a combined 20-for-29 (69 percent) from behind the line in those two games.
Theisen said he has been using a shooting machine in recent practices, helping him get his shot going. Mostly, though, it's the oldest tonic in the book that has him red hot.
"It's just a lot of confidence," he said. "It's a great feeling."
Theisen, a junior, was a post player in youth basketball until, as he said, "Everybody passed me up in height and I became a guard." A recent growth spurt has him pushing 6-4. He hasn't received any recruiting interest yet, but that could change if he keeps draining threes at his recent pace.
"Yeah, hopefully," he said.
The Czar:
Centennial upsets Coon Rapids for their 1st conference win and Champlin Park goes on the road and beats Elk River by 29. Scott Theisen after hitting 9 of 14 3s vs Centennial, hit 11 of 15 3s vs Elk River, WOW! Champlin Park improves to 4-3 and has 3rd place in the NW Suburban (via tiebreak with Coon Rapids). Those teams are 3 games behind Osseo who won what will probably be their last major test until the 5AAAA section final with a 6 pt win at Maple Grove.

The Box: Whitehead 10, Dudgeon 4, Thompson 1, Duberry 5, Nolte 10, Pella 2, Williamson 1, Jesinoski 9, Theisen 33, Zimmermann 9.