Hawks soar on

Prologue
Its a quiet night on the schedule with only 4 local games.  I've seen all but 1 of the teams so lets take in the 1 team I haven't seen yet.  That's Bloomington Jefferson as they host Robbinsdale Cooper in a battle of teams trying to stay within a game of Chaska in the league standings.  Cooper already with a loss at Chaska in their opener that we covered here.  Jefferson coming in undefeated.

Game Time
This was over right from the start.  Jefferson turns it over on 4 of their 1st 5 trips. Cooper on top 10-0 in just over 3 minutes.  Jefferson would keep this within shouting distance until late in the 1st half.    Cooper stretches their lead to 18 at the half.  They start the 2nd half with some very Jefferson like slow offense.  But they break the game open anyway as Jefferson can't generate any offense.  Snooze fest from there.  Cooper rolls 76-46.

Post Game
Jefferson loses their 1st game of the year to fall to 5-1 overall, 4-1 in the Metro West.  The schedule has been super soft though until this week.  Hayden Holland 9 points and Sam Wanzek 8 points for the Jags.  26 turnovers do the Jags in.  They could never get settled enough to get into their sets.  They visit Chaska on Friday to finish the 1st half of league play.  As much as I call Jefferson a snooze fest, I do miss watching them execute their White Set which is very much like THE WORLD'S WORST OFFENSE.

Cooper improves to 6-1 overall, 4-1 in the Metro West.  They'll complete the 1st rotation at Kennedy to finish the Bloomington back to back.  Majay Murphy and Jeffrey Cooper with 10 points each.  11 different Hawks score, 9 of them with between 5 and 10 points.  They never had to worry about making shots vs the Jefferson zone thanks to forcing all of those turnovers.

No surprises in the 4 Factors.  Coopers wins EFG% and TO% big.  Rebounding and FT Rate were close and non-factors in this one.