Star Gazing

Prologue
A busy final 2 weeks of the regular season.  We sneak in a quick trip non-conference game as Minneapolis South and their talented freshmen visit Holy Angels.

Game Time
Slow start for both offenses in this one.  Holy Angels ice cold and South turning it over.  Emmett Johnson rips from Jerome Williams in a fun guard matchup.  Johnson takes that the other way for a bucket.  7-5 AHA 6 minutes in.  Aiden Smith with a 3 point play.  Holy Angels expands the lead to 17-13 at the 6:30 mark.  South switches to a 1-2-2 zone and turns the tables.  9-2 Tigers run ends the half.  Anthony Martin out on the break for a dunk late in the half.  South leads 22-19 at the half.

South keeps the momentum going in the 2nd half.  Williams with 2 right wing bombs.  DeWayne Givens with a 3 point play.  Williams adds another bucket.  33-21 South leads after a 20-4 run across halftime.  Chiang Ring with a block on 1 end and a dunk for a 3 point play on the other.  38-26 South with 10:27 left.  

South getting careless with the ball and Holy Angels takes advantage.  Cam Holter converts 1 turnover.  Bryce Boyd with a triple off another turnover.  Williams counters with a 3 on a Holy Angels turnover.  Ring tip dunks a miss with 5:25 left.  South still up 48-38.  Rob Issa gets his big 2nd half going for AHA.  Along with Holter, he converts a turnover.  Then Issa for 3 from the right corner to cut the lead to 49-47 with 4:10 left.  Ring stops the bleeding with a dunk to push the lead back to 4.

Holter from the left corner for 3.  Then its Boyd from the right wing for 3.  South turnover and its Boyd to Issa for 2 with 90 seconds left.  57-53 AHA after a 19-5 run.  Holy Angels 2-6 from the line in the last minute with 2 missed front ends.  Givens with a couple of buckets for South.  Issa makes 1 final FT and Boyd taps in the miss of the 2nd for the final margin.  Holy Angels wins 65-59

Post Game
Minneapolis South falls to 4-5 overall.  Jerome Williams leads the way with 21 points.  That included 4 makes from deep.  Chiang Ring 11 points, a bunch of boards and a mitt full of blocks showing his impact inside.  DeWayne Givens chips in with 9 points.  Their length in the 1-2-2 zone was effective as AHA never really got comfortable against it.  Only exception was Emmett Johnson having a couple of moments playing out of the middle of it.  South visits #8AAA DeLaSalle on Thursday.  Then a fun league showdown with Edison next Monday.

After a 2-7 start with the only wins over Brooklyn Center, AHA has rebounded to win 3 out of 4.  3 more home games coming up including Benilde-St. Margaret's on Thursday.  Cam Holter got the 3 point stroke working with 3 triples.  He finishes with a team high 18 points.  16 of those in the 2nd half including all 3 of his triples.  Emmett Johnson adds 16 points split across both halves.  Rob Issa off the bench with 12 of his 13 points in the 2nd half.  Critical buckets for him in the AHA comeback.  Quiet night for Bryce Boyd with 11 points and 3 triples.  He came with 3 important plays late with his go ahead 3, an assist to Issa and a steal. 

Four Factors

FACTOR	Holy Angels	Minneapolis South
Effective FG %	41.9%	49%
Offensive Rebound %	40.7%	37.1%
Free Throw Rate	27.9%	26.9%
Turnover %	18.9%	34.3%
Points Per Possession	0.88	0.81

Holy Angels starts the game with a wind chill warning inducing 8-42 from the field.  They make up a 12 point deficit by shooting a blistering 17-26 (65.4%) the rest of the way.  But that doesn't save Czar's Law which falls to 80-16 (83.3%).  But they win everything else.  They crash the offensive board and South turns it over 25 times.  That allows AHA to get 16 more shots and make up the poor shooting.  AHA didn't help themselves with 8-19 shooting from the line so it wasn't just the last minute at the line.