Prologue
Its literally the only game in town (and the state) tonight as #7AAA Orono (8-1) visits Wayzata (8-2). I walk in right as the national anthem is playing so its pure panic mode but I manage to keep up. So no concessions either, boo hoo. Its not until after the game that I realize that the Mr. Basketball committee is watching but they're not front row center court.
Game Time
Jeremy Borg with a pair of freebies for a 9-4 Orono lead at the 13:35 mark. Then Wayzata takes off. Eric Robertson for 3 to start a run and then another 3 at 9:34, followed by Orono timeout and a Wayzata layup. 16-0 run gives Wayzata at 20-9 lead with 9:03 left in the half. Eric Robertson with a jumper and a nice assist to Chris Burt for a layup followed by a dunk. 27-12 Wayzata leads and its a 23-3 spurt. Robertson back to back 3s for a 16 point lead. A nice 2nd pass gets Jordan Smith a 3 and then Smith finds Jeremy Borg for a layup. 33-24 Orono at the break.
Tanner Helgren to the rim for a dunk and Robertson strong to the rim for a big 2 handed dunk. 41-30 Wayzata with 14:55 left. Orono has a run in them. Erik Peterson with 3 layups off the same inbounds play within a stretch of 4 scores. Jeremy Borg with a putback and Smith for 3 off THE WORLD'S WORST OFFENSE. The 11-2 Orono run cuts the lead to 43-41 with 11:38 left. Robertson with his 5th bomb of the night. Jack Vettel with a jumper and a 3 and Aaron Roth with 2 steals for And 1s. Robertson finishes the run with 2 free throws. 61-44 Wayzata with 7:08 left after the 18-3 run over 4:30. Orono never threatens again. Wayzata wins 77-56.
Post Game
For Orono, Jordan Smith leads the way with 20 points on 6-14 FG. Brady Wohler and Jeremy Borg with 12 points each. I was surprised Orono didn't run more dribble drive stuff. Erik Peterson with 8 points all in the second half on layups off the same inbound play. Jordan Smith was drawing that much attention.The Spartans fall to 8-2 and resume Wright County play with 3 games in the next week before playing St. Thomas Academy in the rescheduled tipoff classic.
For Wayzata, Eric Robertson shows up big again with 32 points and 5 3s on 8-21 FGs. He also had 4 rebounds and 3 blocks on my sheet. Aaron Roth 10 of his 13 in the second half as he was a part of the big spurt that put the game away. Forward Chris Burt with 10 points as well. Wayzata quietly impressive with a record of 9-2. That includes wins over Cretin-Derham Hall, Blaine, Anoka, Cooper and White Bear Lake in addition to tonight. They visit Coon Rapids on Saturday before hosting St. Cloud Tech and at Washburn next week.
It played out just like in the Trojan War.
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