Eastview takes lead in South Suburban

Prologue
Its a first place showdown of undefeated leaders in the South Suburban as #4AAAA Shakopee visits #5AAAA Eastview.  Both teams come in at 9-0 on the season.

Game Time
Eastview with a 9-0 run thanks to points on 4 straight trips.  That includes a Zach Spann 3 for a 14-6 lead at the 13:30 mark.  Spann from deep again for an 18-12 lead.  Henry Shannon with 1 of 2 FTs and a bucket to push the Eastview lead to 30-21.  Nick Katona beats the halftime buzzer going coast to coast.  That cuts the Eastview lead to 32-26 at the break.  Henry Shannon scoring on 1 end with 9 points and multiple blocks on the other.

A couple of Shakopee turnovers for buckets and a Spann score inside off a BLOB.  40-26 Eastview trying to pull away with 14:30 left.  Shakopee won't go away as Quinten Snell makes a 3 to trigger a MoKiller timeout.  Spann dunks a turnover.  Snell with a 3 point play.  Then its Kenji Scales for 3 and the foul as Eastview saves a long miss.  51-39 Eastview with 9 minutes to play.  This was shortly after a Shakopee possession where they scored and got fouled.  Missed the free throw, got the rebound, missed 2 more chances and then turned it over.  

Shakopee scores with 5:04 left to pull within 54-45 and they'll go to full court pressure.  That rattles Eastview as they'll turn it over on 4 of the next 5 possessions.  Sam West converts one of those to pull the Sabers within 54-49.  The last of those 4 turnovers gives Shako a chance to cut the lead further but they miss with 3:03 left.  Shannon makes a free throw and Mick Wherley goes to the nice post up.  55-51 with 1:32 left.  But its Spann with the dagger as he converts a 3 point play with 1:32 left.  A couple of free throws round out the scoring.  Eastview wins 60-51

Post Game
#4AAAA Shakopee falls to 9-1 overall and in the South Suburban.  Guard Quinten Snell leads Shakopee with 13 points as he tried to rally the Sabers back.  Mick Wherley adds 10 points from his forward spot.  Nick Katona had some great looks but nothing wanted to go in for him.  He finishes with 7 points.  Shakopee shoots 6-27 from the 3 point line.  The Sabers host Rosemount on Thursday.

#5AAAA Eastview remains undefeated at 10-0.  Another night of great balance.  Zach Spann with a season high 17 points.  Henry Shannon and Kenji Scales each add 15.  8 turnovers in the last 9 minutes has to be a bit concerning as Shakopee's pressure got to them a bit.  But they made critical plays and got it done.  They chose to go with size on Katona and it was very effective.  Eastview plays Eagan on Thursday.

Four Factors

FACTOR	Eastview	Shakopee
Effective FG %	58.3%	41.1%
Offensive Rebound %	30.8%	47.7%
Free Throw Rate	38.1%	23.2%
Turnover %	30%	30%
Points Per Possession	1.00	0.85

Eastview wins EFG big.  That puts Czar's Law at 66-12 on the season.  Shakopee with 21 offensive rebounds to give them 14 more shot attempts.  But the shooting woes were still too much to over come.  Turnovers dead even.  Overall free throw attempts basically even until the end.