ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — It’s getting crowded in Matthew Hurt’s house in Rochester, Minn.

The 6-9, 215-pound rising senior forward from John Marshall High—who is one of the Top 5 prospects in the country- has already had visits from coaches at blue bloods Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Indiana, UCLA, Memphis, Louisville and hometown Minnesota, all anxious to get to know the versatile Hurt, who averaged 33.3 points, 15 rebounds, 3.9 blocks and 3.6 assists as a junior and models his game after Kevin Durant.

Hurt would like nothing better than to follow in his footsteps and become the first one-and-done out of the state of Minnesota, which is producing high major prospects at a surprising rate.

“Minnesota is one of the most under rated states in terms of producing talent,’’ Hurt said. “There are a lot of good players coming out of there.’’

Hurt is a classic example. He has been a starter for Team USA’s U18 team that blasted through group play in the FIBA Americas tournament, scoring 12 points on 5 of 8 shooting in 22 minutes as the Americans blew by Puerto Rico, 115-71, Tuesday night to finish with a 3-0 record heading into the medal round that begins here Thursday.

This was the third consecutive time Team USA scored over 100 points against zone competition. The Americans are averaging 112.7 points. They shot 51.2 percent and had 32 assists on 42 made baskets against Puerto Rico. Kansas recruit Quentin Grimes from The Woodlands, Tex., led all scorers with 20 points. Athletic guard Coby White of Greenfield High in Goldsboro, N.C. added 15 and six players scored in double figures.

“We didn’t create much from our defense,’’ USA coach Bill Self from Kansas said. “Yesterday we could have scored a lot more. Puerto Rico did a great job of handling the ball against our ful-court man. We’ve got enough weapons that we can put some points on the board. I think we played bad and then you look up and see your assist totals and shooting percentage.’’

Team USA had the day off Wednesday and Self took the team to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side.

Matthew Hurt certainly looks like he has enjoyed it. He began his journey at age 5, tagging along with his older brother Michael to early morning and late night daily workouts at the gym. All that hard work paid off. Michael, a 6-7 forward with a 4.6 GPA and aspirations of attending medical school, finished behind Hopkins High’s Amir Coffey for the state’s Mr. Basketball award in 2016, accepted a scholarship to play for Richard Pitino at Minnesota where he is entering his junior year as a rotation player.

At first, it was Michael encouraging Mathew. After a while Mathew’s enormous talent began to take over. Matthew was a prodigy who received his first scholarship offer from Iowa State in eighth grade. Since then, the flood gates have opened. Minnesota has been there from the beginning. UNC coach Roy Williams called at the end of his ninth grade. A couple hours later, UCLA calling. The phone hasn’t stopped ringing since.

Both brothers and their younger sister Katie, who models her game after them and played jayvee at JM as an eighth grader, are close. They played together for one season in high school when Michael was a senior and Matt was a freshman at JM. The two still work out daily at the Rochester Athletic Club, putting up hundreds of shots. They also fit in two hours a week doing plyometrics at the Mayo Center training facility five minutes from their home. They also spent a month last August in Memphis, working out with friend and long-time NBA player Mike Miller of the Grizzlies.

Hurt has a big guard’s game that has drawn comparisons to former Kansas’ star Josh Jackson, who was a lottery pick last June. With one exception.

“Matt is a better shooter,’’ USA coach Bill Self said.

Hurt gives Team USA the opportunity to play a four-guard offense with Cole Anthony, Tyrese Maxey and Quentin Grimes. He may have to play a slightly larger role if the U.S. and Canada—the other strong team in this tournament – play in finals. Maxey, an exciting 6-3 guard who had been Team USA in the first two games, is questionable for the rest of the tournament after turning his ankle in the second half.

“There’s no structural damage,’’ Self said. “We’re still checking it out. He could play if we reach the semi-finals Friday or he may be out for the rest of the tournament.’’

If Maxey can’t go, Self is likely to plug Coby White into his spot and continue to roll because of their superior perimeter quickness.

Self is in an interesting situation in this tournament since he is coaching Hurt as well as recruiting him. “That can work two ways,’’ Self said. “It could be an advantage or a negative if you are recruiting a kid and he gets cut in tryouts or doesn’t get minutes in the tournament.’’

Hurt has had no problems finding minutes for everyone on this unselfish team that has scored at will in both the half court and in transition.