A South Minneapolis Monday

Its two in South Minneapolis on this President's Day 2021.  First its a chance to get in 1 of the last 2 teams to see on my local list crossed off as Lakeview Christian visits Hope Academy in an early tip.  Then its the ESPNU showdown between Chet Holmgren and Michigan commit Will Tschetter.

Game 1: Hope Academy 87 Lakeview Christian 62
Hope gets off to a strong start taking a 16-4 lead just over 4 minutes in.  Lakeview Christian missing 8 of their first 10 shots in that run.  All 10 starters score in the 1st half.  42-24 Hope at the break.  LCA never gets closer than 15 in the 2nd half.  Hope grabs 28 offensive boards and gets up 95 shots.  That offsets a big 2nd half from LCA's Lance Puffer.  Puffer goes for 21 of his 32 in the 2nd half to lead LCA.  Elijah Wade with 24 and a handful of assists for Hope.  Jordan Brown adds 23 as the other offensive catalyst.

Four Factors

FACTOR	Hope Academy	Lakeview Christian
Effective FG %	44.7%	32.9%
Offensive Rebound %	45.9%	25.4%
Free Throw Rate	7.4%	22.4%
Turnover %	18.9%	19.1%
Points Per Possession	0.97	0.70

Game 2: #1AAA Minnehaha 87 #4AA Stewartville 63
Minnehaha knocks down 5 quick triples to jump out to a 19-5 lead.  Will Tschetter off to a cold start for Stewartville.  Chet Holmgren 5 points in a row as he converts a lob dunk.  46-26 Minnehaha at the break.  Tschetter only 3-13 in the half.  Holmgren with 8 points and 3 blocks in the half.  They did go head to head for the most part.  Minnehaha not doing all their normal switching with him.

Nolan Stier a bright spot for Stewartville in the half.  He scores 17 of his 24 in the 2nd half.  He had a great sequence where he had a mismatch on 1 end for a 3, the defender ran out on the make and Stier blocked him twice at the other.  Then we come back with a blow by for another bucket.  Tschetter with 3 triples in the 2nd half as his shooting heated up.  But the outcome was never in doubt.  Chet Holmgren finishes with 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks via 8-10 FGs on my sheet.  Will Tschetter with 19 points and 6 rebounds on 6-19 shooting.  Another solid outing for Isaiah Davis with 14 points.  Prince Aligbe and Mercy Miller with 14.  Hercy Miller adds 12.

Four Factors

FACTOR	Minnehaha	Stewartville
Effective FG %	61.7%	51.8%
Offensive Rebound %	48.4%	41%
Free Throw Rate	14.1%	25.5%
Turnover %	15.4%	22.2%
Points Per Possession	1.34	1.00

Czar's law now 65-12 on the year.  Really hard for Stewartville to generate offense against the Minnehaha defense.  But high pick and roll did have some impact.  Either with Tschetter popping or Stier able to knock down shots.