First some thoughts on the Tech/Champlin Park game which I saw the last 11 minutes of. Really strange that Champlin Park got a 44-42 lead and then was in a huge hurry to throw up tough shots like they were down 10 with 30 seconds left. A game the Rebels definitely should have won.
As to the 4A semi between Hopkins and Sibley. I arrive at halftime to see an absolutely HUGE Sibley student section at 1 end of the court. Its top to bottom filling the entire corner section. Props to those students.Combined with a small Hopkins section. At the 1st TV Timeout , 5 guys with 3 fouls and Sibley nursing a 40-36 lead. Big time feel to this one. The 1st guy with 4 could make a difference if it happens quickly.
Its Rostampour (really?) with 13:25 left and coach Dasovich has to go get him. Surprised Jordan Jackson hasn't attacked Siyani Chambers and his 3 fouls more. Singleton stops Krueser, then takes him to the rim for a miss and blocks Grant. That leads to Chambers going to the line to tie the game. Kreuser not strong enough to dominate Singleton on the offensive end and now quick enough to stop him on the defense end so a very tough matchup with Rostampour down with 4 fouls. Good timeout at 12:21 by coach Dasovich as you can feel Hopkins picking up the mighty mo.
Coleman with a steal and he tips it out and runs it down for 2 off the wrong foot and Hopkins goes up 41-40. Danger time for the Warriors here. Kreuser misses 2 chances and Coleman converts 2 freebies at 10:18 . 44-40 Hopkins and that gets Rostampour back in at 10:03. How long will he last? Chambers picks up his 4th at the 9:45 mark trying to stop a pass to Kreuser. DJ Peterson taking over the full time point guard duties now. Nice luxury for coach Novak. Also gives Hopkins a bigger lineup with Zach Stahl replacing Chambers.
Hopkins getting a couple of good high post looks vs the Sibley 2-3. Coleman misses one and puts back a miss after that. Singleton converts the other. Still 50-46 Hopkins wiht 7:45 remaining as the teams continue to trade buckets. Kreuser gets his 4th at 7:11. Jake Goldberg replaces him. Coleman picks a Rostampour skip out of the post at 6:45 and goes the other way for the 2 handed hammer. Singleton vs Rostampour now. Fun matchup. Hopkins going right at Rostampour with 2 postups that Singleton scores on. 57-50 Hopkins with 5:20 left. Singleton and Rostampour go tumbling at the other end. Hopkins wants a double foul to get rid of Rostampour but they won't get it. He makes the bonus freebies with 4:39 left for a TV Timeout. Kreuser was at the table so we'll see both Sibley bigs in with 4. 59-54 Hopkins.
Singleton dribbling the spots off the ball trying to attack Kreuser and he turns it over for 2 Jackson freebies. 3:54 left Chambers returns for the Royals. 59-55 as Jackson makes 1 of 2. Kreuser tips a miss in his own basket and Rostampour puts back a miss on his end. 61-57 Hopkins 3 minutes left. Nice pullup jumper by Stahl before getting to Kreuser. Jackson fouled 93 feet away and makes 2 with 2:43 left and we have the final TV timeout. 63-59 Hopkins leads. Sibley has to figure out a way to get a stop.
And they get the turnover. Set postup for Rostampour on the right box and he goes jump hook over the left shoulder at 2:10. Standard set and a good call. Jackson picks up his fourth out high and DJ Peterson shoots 2 at the 1:57 mark. He makes 1 of 2 so Sibley is now within 1 possession. Jimmy Ryan straightaway for 3 and the Sibley section erupts. Hopkins brings the ball to the frontcourt and takes time with 1:27 left. 64 all and this REALLY gets interesting now.
Coleman drives and Kreuser takes the charge with 1:17 left. I know coach Dasovich has siad he may be better at taking charges than blocking shots. Rostampour past Stahl on a postup and he misses. The ball is tipped out and Coleman has a wideopen track Grant gets the left shoulder which is meaningless with 53.5 left as Coleman converts. He misses the free throw but Stahl grabs it and Kreuser fouls out at 51.6. What a turnaround. Stahl gets 2 freebies and misses both. Goldberg grabs the board. Coleman reaches in and tips it away. Its off Rostampour with 49 seconds left. Unbelievable. Coleman fouled with 47.2 left and he makes 1 of 2. 67-64 Hopkins. Jackson right to the rack for 2 with 35 seconds left. Timeout Sibley down 67-66. Lots of time. Coleman 6-10, Singleton 5-8 from the line to this point. Coleman drives and makes a dangerous pass that is tipped out with 25.2 left. Sibley didn't look to foul at all and Coleman would have been a good candidate. But nobody really sticks out as an outstanding foul shooter.
Sibley elects not to foul Coleman but they get DJ Peterson with 20.2 left. He comes in 37 of 60 from the line on the year. He steps up and makes both pure for a 69-66 lead. Sibley pushes and has a passed tipped away. Sibley uses their last timeout with the ball in their half and 10.6 left. With no timeouts, you almost have to play for the 3 here as Hopkins could just let the clock run out on a 2. The ball goes right looking for Jimmy Ryan running the baseline. Nothing there. The ball is reversed to Dante Grant who takes a dribble and ducks under Singleton and banks in a left wing 3 with 2.5 remaining. Absolutely crazy. Best shot I've seen all year. The clocks runs out and we have a table review (new this year by rule). Coaches are called over by the offiicals. Its a 3 and there's no time left. 69 all and we will play overtime. UNREAL! Am I actually courtside watching this??
Nice pick and roll finds Singleton and no help and that puts Hopkins up 73-69. Sibley called for a moving screen. Hopkins goes dribble weave and Grant blocks DJ Peterson from behind. Jimmy Ryan cashes it in with a 3 from the left corner. Timeout Hopkins up 73-72 with 1:35 left and the ball. Singleton catches at the high post and gets called for changing pivot feet on a basic turn. Have to see that again to see if he actually walked. But Sibley turns it over on the other end with 1:12 left. Grant fouls out at 1:04 to put Chambers on the line. He makes both without issue. 75-72 Hopkins. Jackson to the rim and spins for a call with 54.4 left. He makes 1 of 2 and Sibley almost grabs the board after a pair of tips. 75-73 Hopkins with 33.5 left when Jeremiah Tolbert gets fouled. The first is around and out after a "In Your Head" chant from the Sibley students (HA!). The chant starts again and the 2nd is short. Jackson to Ryan who's on the NBA line for 3. Hopkins rushes back the other way. Ball ends up with Coleman going strong and Rostampour fouls out with 7.2 left. Now we have a loud building but the Sibley fans are behind the shooter. 1st is around and down and the 2nd is short. Sibley rebounds and takes timeout. Its an extra long timeout as the time remaining is reviewed on the monitor. Its set to 5.7.
With Kreuser and Rostampour gone, seems awfully tough to think that a 2nd OT would favor Sibley. Jordan Jackson with buzzer beaters in the last 2 games against CDH and Eastview. It has to be all him here. Jackson splits a double team to catch but then a lob pass is turned over. Singleton heaves at the buzzer and its long. We'll play double overtime.
The parade to the foul line continues in the 2nd OT as Singleton makes 2 and Chambers makes 2. 80-76 with 3:01 left in the OT. Chambers fouls out at 2:50 for a pair of Jordan Jackson free throws to cut the lead in half. Peterson drives and finishes right handed at 2:30. Jackson spins, falls away and banks at 2:20. Crazy difficult shot that he's athletic enough to make. Jackson reaches in and he's gone with 5 at 2:07. That's the 3rd starter and 4th guy for Sibley to foul out. Sibley now with 2 freshman on the floor and a reserve who has played minimal minutes. Coleman makes 1 of 2 before a missed Sibley 3. Peterson puts it on the deck and he earnes a trip to the line. He makes 1 with 1:45 left. 84-80 Hopkins leads and Sibley takes timeout with 1:40 left.
Jimmy Ryan goes quick for 2. 90 seconds left and Hopkins by 2. Hopkins in no hurry to score. Sibley gets a trap on Peterson but a quick foul is called when it looked like they may have a steal. Peterson makes 1 of 2 with 44.1 left. Nick Goldberg gets a great look at a 3 from the right corner with 30 seconds left and its no good. Singleton grabs the board and he's fouled with 25.7 left. He makes 1 of 2 for a 4 point Hopkins lead. Hopkins gets a doubleteam and a tip away. Coleman puts on the exclamation point with a big 2 handed dunk. Hopkins goes on to win an amazing game 90-82.
Hopkins wins this one and keeps it interesting at the line. They shoot 39-58 from the charity stripe to 18-24 for Sibley. No team had a lead bigger than 9. Joe Coleman 25 and 7 for Hopkins. Marvin Singleton 22 points. Jordan Jackson 25 for Sibley. Soph Dante Grant comes up big with 20 points. Mike Rostampour 13 and 12. Czar's Note 3/24/10 The 39-58 FT shooting for Hopkins is a record for most free throws taken and attempted.
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2010 TWolves Shootout Thoughts
Here are my thoughts from the 2010 TWolves Shootout
Game 1: Orono vs #6AAA Grand Rapids
Tight game at the half before a 12-2 second half Orono run puts them up by 6 with 8 minutes left. Grand Rapids right back with a 10-0 run to regain the lead. 6'8 post Kevin Rabbers with 6 points in the run, Eric Stark with the other 4 and an assist in the run. 5 point Grand Rapids lead with 1:30 to go in regulation but they can't hold it. Jordan Smith goes glass and the foul with 54.7 left and Grand Rapids can't snag the rebound. That's gets putback to cut the lead to 2. Then 2 missed free throws. Jeremy Borg (19 and 12 in a big game for him) slips a screen for an easy layup to tie the game and force OT. Orono gets the 1st 9 of OT and they win 74-65 easily. Jordan Smith 25 points on 9-21 shooting on my sheet to lead Orono. For Grand Rapids, Eric Stark 18 points but 6-21 shooting. Michael Johnson 15 points but was quiet in the 2nd half. Nice upset win for Orono and its not out of the question that we could see these teams again at state with Orono leading the power rankings in section 5 and Grand Rapids being the favorite in section 7.
Game 2: #4AA Staples-Motley vs #2A Minnesota Transitions
Staples-Motley tries to slow the pace with a 1-3-1 but their bigs still get in foul trouble vs Kevin Noreen despite double and triple teaming. Jon Bristow with 3 fouls in 7 minutes. Rodney Owens with a great start for MTS. He gets a layup and then a steal for 2 more to push MTS to a 6 point lead. Staples hangs around but Owens with another steal for a dunk and then he finds a cutting Kevin Noreen for a layup. 23-15 MTS with 7:18 left to force a Staples-Motley timeout. Out of the timeout, MTS holds the ball vs the 1-3-1. Staples has to go man and this one is over. Staples-Motley gets 1 field goal in the last 9 minutes. 33-18 MTS at the half. 2nd half, MTS picks apart the man D. Staples-Motley goes the 1st 7 minutes without a field goal in the 2nd half. So 1 field goal in 16 minutes across halftime, ouch. 58-36 easy win for MTS in a game that I thought would be very close since both teams had tight losses to Columbia Heights. Kevin Noreen with 24 points and 9 rebounds on my sheet (officially listed at 12). Jordan Riewer in and out of the lineup all day as there were issues with blood on his uniform. Only 3 points for him.
Game 3: #7AA Plainview-Elgin-Millville vs #1AA Crosby-Ironton
A possible state semifinal preview between these 2 teams. PEM was previously ranked #1, now CI on top. Interesting 2-3 matchup zone from Crosby-Ironton. PEM playing 1-3-1 most of the way though they surprisingly went man late. CI with no size and Cole Olstad was just a beast for PEM. CI had no answer for him and the Rangers couldn't get any offense besides Mark Hoge. Very close all the way to the end. Crosby with many chances late to tie that didn't convert. PEM hits late free throws for a hard fought 51-41 win. Mark Hoge 17 for CI. Cole Olstad 23 for PEM.
Game 4: Henry Sibley vs North Lawndale College Prep (IL)
Paul Bunch, big body inside for NLCP. But he sat a lot in the 1st half. When he was in, he was a factor blocking shots. 2nd half story was Jermaine Winfield of NLCP. He dominated inside on his way to 18 points, most inside in the 2nd half. 50 all with 5 minutes left when Winfield scores inside for the lead. Sibley then turns it over for 2 free throws. Rostampour misses a front end and Bunch follows up a miss with a dunk. That's a 6 point cushion but NLCP pulls the ball out too early and Sibley almost makes them pay. But 2 Winfield putbacks and a steal finally puts the one out of reacy. 62-54 North Lawndale wins. Paul Bunch 11 points 7 boards and 7 blocks. Jake Kreuser with a nice day of 15 pts and 14 boards with 3 blocks. Mike Rostampour with another interior struggle against good inside talent. He struggled against Christian Faith Academy's athletes over the holidays and was only 3-14 inside yesterday, but he did have 14 boards.
Game 5: Linn-Mar, IA vs Minnetonka
Fun game here. Marcus Paige with a floater for a 6 point LM lead early. Then sharpshooters Matt Bohannon and Cole Stefan trade deep 3s. Paige wraps the ball around and goes for a layup to get a nice oooh from the crowd. 21-13 Linn-Mar inside of 9 minutes. But Stefan with a pair of bombs in a 14-5 Tonka run over the last 3:15 of the half. 36-31 Skippers at the half. 2 Tonka turnovers equal layups and then Paige with a 3 for a 55-46 Linn-Mar lead with 11:40 to go. Stefan and Chad Howard with back to back 3s to cut the lead to 3 with 10:45 left. Paige for 3 again. Bohannon with a 3 and its 64-55 Linn-Mar with 8:30 left. Tor Anderson 2 freebies, Nick Latzke with a block for a Leonard Glass layup and a Stefan layup. 64-61 Linn-Mar with 7:33 to go. Another Stefan bomb keeps Tonka close 70-66 with 5:40 to go. Paige with an assist and Bohannon with a foul line jumper. Stefan inside 2 countered by a Paige pullup. Stefan from New York City for 3 countered by a Paige drive. Linn-Mar doesn't let Tonka get back and then make free throws for a 88-71 win. Cole Stefan with 8 triples from every metro suburb, 16-24 shooting as he goes completely nuts for 40 points. Linn-Mar is more than Paige (20 pts and 6 assists, 16 and 4 of those in 2nd half). Matt Bohannon is a nice mid to low-major shooting guard (younger brother of UW's Jason Bohannon). He finished with 26 points and 4 triples of his own. Interesting that Minnetonka took Tor Anderson off of Paige in the 2nd half and moved him over to defend Bohannon in the 2nd half.
Game 6: #1AAAA Hopkins vs #8AAAA Champlin Park
This one to me had blowout written all over it with Hopkins losing at North on Friday. But as I was doing podcast for the 1st half of this one I see Brandon Davis knock down back to back triples from Jasper Duberry to force 1 Hopkins timeout down 11. Then its 33-19 Champlin Park with 2:57 left in the first half. Duberry for 3 at the first half buzzer and Champlin Park is up 10. DJ Peterson with 3 quick fouls and sits for a large part of the half. Hopkins went deep into the bench with a couple of guys (Selmer, Martin) who normally aren't in the rotation.
2nd half Hopkins awakens with pressure defense and ice cold Champlin Park shooting. A 26-4 Hopkins run over the 1st 9:10 of the second half puts the Royals up 54-42 with 9:50 left. Joe Coleman with a 3 and 2 old-fashioned 3 point plays on not smart fouls during the run. The lead stays at 10-12 points and it looks like Hopkins will just cruise. But its not quite over. Duberry a pair of freebies at 3:16, Coleman misses 2 freebies, Brandon Davis 2 freebies, DJ Peterson misses a front end, Josh Pella with a tip. A tieup goes to Champlin Park and Pella tips in a miss and gets fouled for a 3 point play. All of a sudden its 70-67 Hopkins with 1:09 left. But Siyani Chambers makes 4 big free throws to put this one away. 74-69 Hopkins wins. Joe Coleman with 24 points and a pair of 3s during the game. Nice to see him shoot the ball better. Marvin Singleton 20 points as there wasn't a good answer for him inside. Jasper Duberry leads Champlin Park with 17 points. Jordan Reibling with 11 points off the Rebels bench as he was 1 of 5 Rebels in double figures.
Game 1: Orono vs #6AAA Grand Rapids
Tight game at the half before a 12-2 second half Orono run puts them up by 6 with 8 minutes left. Grand Rapids right back with a 10-0 run to regain the lead. 6'8 post Kevin Rabbers with 6 points in the run, Eric Stark with the other 4 and an assist in the run. 5 point Grand Rapids lead with 1:30 to go in regulation but they can't hold it. Jordan Smith goes glass and the foul with 54.7 left and Grand Rapids can't snag the rebound. That's gets putback to cut the lead to 2. Then 2 missed free throws. Jeremy Borg (19 and 12 in a big game for him) slips a screen for an easy layup to tie the game and force OT. Orono gets the 1st 9 of OT and they win 74-65 easily. Jordan Smith 25 points on 9-21 shooting on my sheet to lead Orono. For Grand Rapids, Eric Stark 18 points but 6-21 shooting. Michael Johnson 15 points but was quiet in the 2nd half. Nice upset win for Orono and its not out of the question that we could see these teams again at state with Orono leading the power rankings in section 5 and Grand Rapids being the favorite in section 7.
Game 2: #4AA Staples-Motley vs #2A Minnesota Transitions
Staples-Motley tries to slow the pace with a 1-3-1 but their bigs still get in foul trouble vs Kevin Noreen despite double and triple teaming. Jon Bristow with 3 fouls in 7 minutes. Rodney Owens with a great start for MTS. He gets a layup and then a steal for 2 more to push MTS to a 6 point lead. Staples hangs around but Owens with another steal for a dunk and then he finds a cutting Kevin Noreen for a layup. 23-15 MTS with 7:18 left to force a Staples-Motley timeout. Out of the timeout, MTS holds the ball vs the 1-3-1. Staples has to go man and this one is over. Staples-Motley gets 1 field goal in the last 9 minutes. 33-18 MTS at the half. 2nd half, MTS picks apart the man D. Staples-Motley goes the 1st 7 minutes without a field goal in the 2nd half. So 1 field goal in 16 minutes across halftime, ouch. 58-36 easy win for MTS in a game that I thought would be very close since both teams had tight losses to Columbia Heights. Kevin Noreen with 24 points and 9 rebounds on my sheet (officially listed at 12). Jordan Riewer in and out of the lineup all day as there were issues with blood on his uniform. Only 3 points for him.
Game 3: #7AA Plainview-Elgin-Millville vs #1AA Crosby-Ironton
A possible state semifinal preview between these 2 teams. PEM was previously ranked #1, now CI on top. Interesting 2-3 matchup zone from Crosby-Ironton. PEM playing 1-3-1 most of the way though they surprisingly went man late. CI with no size and Cole Olstad was just a beast for PEM. CI had no answer for him and the Rangers couldn't get any offense besides Mark Hoge. Very close all the way to the end. Crosby with many chances late to tie that didn't convert. PEM hits late free throws for a hard fought 51-41 win. Mark Hoge 17 for CI. Cole Olstad 23 for PEM.
Game 4: Henry Sibley vs North Lawndale College Prep (IL)
Paul Bunch, big body inside for NLCP. But he sat a lot in the 1st half. When he was in, he was a factor blocking shots. 2nd half story was Jermaine Winfield of NLCP. He dominated inside on his way to 18 points, most inside in the 2nd half. 50 all with 5 minutes left when Winfield scores inside for the lead. Sibley then turns it over for 2 free throws. Rostampour misses a front end and Bunch follows up a miss with a dunk. That's a 6 point cushion but NLCP pulls the ball out too early and Sibley almost makes them pay. But 2 Winfield putbacks and a steal finally puts the one out of reacy. 62-54 North Lawndale wins. Paul Bunch 11 points 7 boards and 7 blocks. Jake Kreuser with a nice day of 15 pts and 14 boards with 3 blocks. Mike Rostampour with another interior struggle against good inside talent. He struggled against Christian Faith Academy's athletes over the holidays and was only 3-14 inside yesterday, but he did have 14 boards.
Game 5: Linn-Mar, IA vs Minnetonka
Fun game here. Marcus Paige with a floater for a 6 point LM lead early. Then sharpshooters Matt Bohannon and Cole Stefan trade deep 3s. Paige wraps the ball around and goes for a layup to get a nice oooh from the crowd. 21-13 Linn-Mar inside of 9 minutes. But Stefan with a pair of bombs in a 14-5 Tonka run over the last 3:15 of the half. 36-31 Skippers at the half. 2 Tonka turnovers equal layups and then Paige with a 3 for a 55-46 Linn-Mar lead with 11:40 to go. Stefan and Chad Howard with back to back 3s to cut the lead to 3 with 10:45 left. Paige for 3 again. Bohannon with a 3 and its 64-55 Linn-Mar with 8:30 left. Tor Anderson 2 freebies, Nick Latzke with a block for a Leonard Glass layup and a Stefan layup. 64-61 Linn-Mar with 7:33 to go. Another Stefan bomb keeps Tonka close 70-66 with 5:40 to go. Paige with an assist and Bohannon with a foul line jumper. Stefan inside 2 countered by a Paige pullup. Stefan from New York City for 3 countered by a Paige drive. Linn-Mar doesn't let Tonka get back and then make free throws for a 88-71 win. Cole Stefan with 8 triples from every metro suburb, 16-24 shooting as he goes completely nuts for 40 points. Linn-Mar is more than Paige (20 pts and 6 assists, 16 and 4 of those in 2nd half). Matt Bohannon is a nice mid to low-major shooting guard (younger brother of UW's Jason Bohannon). He finished with 26 points and 4 triples of his own. Interesting that Minnetonka took Tor Anderson off of Paige in the 2nd half and moved him over to defend Bohannon in the 2nd half.
Game 6: #1AAAA Hopkins vs #8AAAA Champlin Park
This one to me had blowout written all over it with Hopkins losing at North on Friday. But as I was doing podcast for the 1st half of this one I see Brandon Davis knock down back to back triples from Jasper Duberry to force 1 Hopkins timeout down 11. Then its 33-19 Champlin Park with 2:57 left in the first half. Duberry for 3 at the first half buzzer and Champlin Park is up 10. DJ Peterson with 3 quick fouls and sits for a large part of the half. Hopkins went deep into the bench with a couple of guys (Selmer, Martin) who normally aren't in the rotation.
2nd half Hopkins awakens with pressure defense and ice cold Champlin Park shooting. A 26-4 Hopkins run over the 1st 9:10 of the second half puts the Royals up 54-42 with 9:50 left. Joe Coleman with a 3 and 2 old-fashioned 3 point plays on not smart fouls during the run. The lead stays at 10-12 points and it looks like Hopkins will just cruise. But its not quite over. Duberry a pair of freebies at 3:16, Coleman misses 2 freebies, Brandon Davis 2 freebies, DJ Peterson misses a front end, Josh Pella with a tip. A tieup goes to Champlin Park and Pella tips in a miss and gets fouled for a 3 point play. All of a sudden its 70-67 Hopkins with 1:09 left. But Siyani Chambers makes 4 big free throws to put this one away. 74-69 Hopkins wins. Joe Coleman with 24 points and a pair of 3s during the game. Nice to see him shoot the ball better. Marvin Singleton 20 points as there wasn't a good answer for him inside. Jasper Duberry leads Champlin Park with 17 points. Jordan Reibling with 11 points off the Rebels bench as he was 1 of 5 Rebels in double figures.
2009 Best Buy Holiday Classic Title Day
Prologue
We love the Davanni's pizza but 2 bucks for a 12 oz can of soda. That'll break me of my drinking habit in a hurry. Nice setup at Augsburg but the introduction takes forever to say (Ernie Anderson court at Si Melby Hall). 1st 2 games minimal attendance, but a nice crowd for the championship game.
Game 1: St. Louis Park (2-6) vs Minneapolis Roosevelt (1-5)
St. Louis Park looks like they're going to run away with this one early. Alex Koch for 3. Joe Zangel with a 3 point play and a putback for an 11-4 start. Then Koch for 3 again for an 18-8 lead. Calvin Jenkins with a pair of baskets and a James Smith hoop at 9:35 cuts the Park lead to 18-14. Koch with a putback and a pair of bombs and another hoop to blow this one open. 38-20 St. Louis Park at the break and Koch has 22. Its a 22 point game with 8:30 left before Roosevelt applies the press to the reserves and makes this one close. 65-56 St. Louis Park wins. Alex Koch with 28 in the win on 11-20 shooting on my sheet. 5 triples in that. Calvin Jenkins leads Roosevelt with 15 points.
Game 2: Chicago Julian vs Milwaukee Marshall (5th place game)
Gotta love the blue hoodies on the Marshall warmups. Even the Chicago kids appeared to have a laugh at that. Worth noting that these teams were staying at the same hotel and got to know each other a bit. Julian with a late first half run to take a 37-26 halftime lead. They close it out 72-21. Julian star Walter Lemon with 22 points. Aristede Brattchet with 17 for Marshall. Fun contest of athletic teams that was a lot like an AAU game.
Game 3: Henry Sibley (4-3) vs Christian Faith Academy, NC (3rd Place Game)
4 all early after a Jordan Jackson follow dunk. CFA applying pressure to get out to a 22-13 lead at the 8:46 mark with superstar 8th grader Andrew Wiggins scoring 7 in a row. But Sibley withstands the early heat. Jake Kreuser gets it going inside with a postup and a putback. Jordan Jackson with 6 free throws thanks to the bonus. Kreuser again inside for 2 postups to put Sibley on top. They take a 32-30 lead to the half. 19-8 run over the last 8:45.
Sibley tries to pull away but can't. 43 all at the 13:53 mark. Then 6 straight Sibley points push the lead to 7 with 8:17 left. Chris Bultena with a big 3 at the 6 minute mark for a 55-49 Sibley lead. CFA cuts into the lead but Sibley hanging on up 59-56 with 2:54 left when Kreuser fouls out. Big play when Sibley runs a postup for Rostampour that gets smashed down and converted to a pair of CFA free throws. 59 all with 1:24 left. Sibley holds for 1 shot and gets 2 looks including a decent look from Jimmy Ryan at the horn that's no good and we'll play OT.
Wiggins quiet but opens the OT with a triple for the first CFA lead since late in the first half. Then Rostampour fouls out at 3:13 of the OT. Too much to ask with both bigs gone. CFA makes enough free throws to withstand 9 late Jordan Jackson points. 78-74 CFA wins. Jordan Jackson with 30 points. Mike Rostampour with a tough night against the long and athletic CFA bigs. I had him 1-15 on my sheet with a 10 and 10 double-double. Jake Kreuser 13 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins with 22 for CFA.
Game 4: #1AAAA Hopkins (7-0) vs #1AAA St. Paul Johnson (8-0) (Championship)
The crowd finally files in for this battle of titans. A 13-4 Johnson run over 3:20 forces a Hopkins timeout with 10:15 left in the half. 19-12 Govs lead. Marvin Singleton strong inside for 2 at 9:23 with the foul that puts Hopkins in the bonus. Zach Stahl with a nice lefty bank, a Riley Dearring layup at 8:15 and 2 Singleton freebies cut the lead to 26-24. 29 all after a Siyani Chambers nails triple at 5:57 for Hopkins. Back and forth action. 42-39 Johnson at the half.
Jeremiah Tolbert for 3 and a nice catch of a lob and reverse layup by Joe Coleman put Hopkins on top quickly in the 2nd half. Johnson counters with 2 pairs of freebies. Anthony Lee with a steal for 2, Roosevelt Scott with a big 3 and a Hopkins turnover for a Estan Tyler layup conclude another Johnson spurt. 58-49 Johnson with 12:03 left and Hopkins needs a timeout after the 8-2 run. Hopkins has to have a run in them don't they? DJ Peterson and Riley Dearring score to cut the margin to 64-63 with 8:15 left. After a pair of Siyani Chambers free throws, Hopkins is down 66-65 with 7:33 left.
Johnson has all the answers. Jordan Pluff a pair of free throws. Zach Stahl misses a front end and Donte Warlick converts a layup on the other end. Pluff with a floater countered by 2 Stahl free throws. Then a huge Marcus Marshall triple at the 5 minute mark to push the Johnson lead to 75-67. Anthony Lee drives for 2. 77-69 Govs with 3:55 left. Hopkins can't convert a pair of Tyler turnovers in the next minute. Johnson misses free throws late to keep Hopkins in it. 82-78 with 15.3 left and Hopkins forces a jump ball but it goes to Johnson. Estan Tyler seals the deal with 4 freebies. Johnson wins 86-78 to cement their status as the top team in the metro.
Estan Tyler leads all scorers with 20 points. He didn't shoot it particularly well (6-15) and did have turnovers but he did out play Siyani Chambers at the point. Another struggle for DJ Peterson as well for Hopkins. Jordan Pluff absolutely fearless tonight with 16 points. Roosevelt Scott with 12 points in limited minutes. Marvin Singleton was a beast inside with 18 points and 9 rebounds for Hopkins. Joe Coleman with 18 points and hit a jump shot tonight which was nice to see. Zach Stahl with nice bench minutes for the Royals. The Govs depth was a factor in this one as Hopkins did appear to wear down in the second half.
We love the Davanni's pizza but 2 bucks for a 12 oz can of soda. That'll break me of my drinking habit in a hurry. Nice setup at Augsburg but the introduction takes forever to say (Ernie Anderson court at Si Melby Hall). 1st 2 games minimal attendance, but a nice crowd for the championship game.
Game 1: St. Louis Park (2-6) vs Minneapolis Roosevelt (1-5)
St. Louis Park looks like they're going to run away with this one early. Alex Koch for 3. Joe Zangel with a 3 point play and a putback for an 11-4 start. Then Koch for 3 again for an 18-8 lead. Calvin Jenkins with a pair of baskets and a James Smith hoop at 9:35 cuts the Park lead to 18-14. Koch with a putback and a pair of bombs and another hoop to blow this one open. 38-20 St. Louis Park at the break and Koch has 22. Its a 22 point game with 8:30 left before Roosevelt applies the press to the reserves and makes this one close. 65-56 St. Louis Park wins. Alex Koch with 28 in the win on 11-20 shooting on my sheet. 5 triples in that. Calvin Jenkins leads Roosevelt with 15 points.
Game 2: Chicago Julian vs Milwaukee Marshall (5th place game)
Gotta love the blue hoodies on the Marshall warmups. Even the Chicago kids appeared to have a laugh at that. Worth noting that these teams were staying at the same hotel and got to know each other a bit. Julian with a late first half run to take a 37-26 halftime lead. They close it out 72-21. Julian star Walter Lemon with 22 points. Aristede Brattchet with 17 for Marshall. Fun contest of athletic teams that was a lot like an AAU game.
Game 3: Henry Sibley (4-3) vs Christian Faith Academy, NC (3rd Place Game)
4 all early after a Jordan Jackson follow dunk. CFA applying pressure to get out to a 22-13 lead at the 8:46 mark with superstar 8th grader Andrew Wiggins scoring 7 in a row. But Sibley withstands the early heat. Jake Kreuser gets it going inside with a postup and a putback. Jordan Jackson with 6 free throws thanks to the bonus. Kreuser again inside for 2 postups to put Sibley on top. They take a 32-30 lead to the half. 19-8 run over the last 8:45.
Sibley tries to pull away but can't. 43 all at the 13:53 mark. Then 6 straight Sibley points push the lead to 7 with 8:17 left. Chris Bultena with a big 3 at the 6 minute mark for a 55-49 Sibley lead. CFA cuts into the lead but Sibley hanging on up 59-56 with 2:54 left when Kreuser fouls out. Big play when Sibley runs a postup for Rostampour that gets smashed down and converted to a pair of CFA free throws. 59 all with 1:24 left. Sibley holds for 1 shot and gets 2 looks including a decent look from Jimmy Ryan at the horn that's no good and we'll play OT.
Wiggins quiet but opens the OT with a triple for the first CFA lead since late in the first half. Then Rostampour fouls out at 3:13 of the OT. Too much to ask with both bigs gone. CFA makes enough free throws to withstand 9 late Jordan Jackson points. 78-74 CFA wins. Jordan Jackson with 30 points. Mike Rostampour with a tough night against the long and athletic CFA bigs. I had him 1-15 on my sheet with a 10 and 10 double-double. Jake Kreuser 13 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins with 22 for CFA.
Game 4: #1AAAA Hopkins (7-0) vs #1AAA St. Paul Johnson (8-0) (Championship)
The crowd finally files in for this battle of titans. A 13-4 Johnson run over 3:20 forces a Hopkins timeout with 10:15 left in the half. 19-12 Govs lead. Marvin Singleton strong inside for 2 at 9:23 with the foul that puts Hopkins in the bonus. Zach Stahl with a nice lefty bank, a Riley Dearring layup at 8:15 and 2 Singleton freebies cut the lead to 26-24. 29 all after a Siyani Chambers nails triple at 5:57 for Hopkins. Back and forth action. 42-39 Johnson at the half.
Jeremiah Tolbert for 3 and a nice catch of a lob and reverse layup by Joe Coleman put Hopkins on top quickly in the 2nd half. Johnson counters with 2 pairs of freebies. Anthony Lee with a steal for 2, Roosevelt Scott with a big 3 and a Hopkins turnover for a Estan Tyler layup conclude another Johnson spurt. 58-49 Johnson with 12:03 left and Hopkins needs a timeout after the 8-2 run. Hopkins has to have a run in them don't they? DJ Peterson and Riley Dearring score to cut the margin to 64-63 with 8:15 left. After a pair of Siyani Chambers free throws, Hopkins is down 66-65 with 7:33 left.
Johnson has all the answers. Jordan Pluff a pair of free throws. Zach Stahl misses a front end and Donte Warlick converts a layup on the other end. Pluff with a floater countered by 2 Stahl free throws. Then a huge Marcus Marshall triple at the 5 minute mark to push the Johnson lead to 75-67. Anthony Lee drives for 2. 77-69 Govs with 3:55 left. Hopkins can't convert a pair of Tyler turnovers in the next minute. Johnson misses free throws late to keep Hopkins in it. 82-78 with 15.3 left and Hopkins forces a jump ball but it goes to Johnson. Estan Tyler seals the deal with 4 freebies. Johnson wins 86-78 to cement their status as the top team in the metro.
Estan Tyler leads all scorers with 20 points. He didn't shoot it particularly well (6-15) and did have turnovers but he did out play Siyani Chambers at the point. Another struggle for DJ Peterson as well for Hopkins. Jordan Pluff absolutely fearless tonight with 16 points. Roosevelt Scott with 12 points in limited minutes. Marvin Singleton was a beast inside with 18 points and 9 rebounds for Hopkins. Joe Coleman with 18 points and hit a jump shot tonight which was nice to see. Zach Stahl with nice bench minutes for the Royals. The Govs depth was a factor in this one as Hopkins did appear to wear down in the second half.
Breakdown Tip-Off Classic Thoughts
What a day at the 2009 Breakdown Tip-Off Classic. 20 of the 24 boys teams were ranked and 3 of the 4 unranked teams had stars to follow. Some thoughts on what I saw.
Session 1: #4A Sebeka vs #2AA New London-Spicer
"Moose" Johnson for NLS was just that. Sebeka had no answer for him. Sebeka's Joey Cuperus and John Clark are a duo that any class A team would be glad to have. Sebeka with a 3 point lead with 1:40 left and the teams trade turnovers. Moose with a putback and then a steal to give NLS a chance for the lead but they turn it over. Ryan Sharp with a layup and Sebeka is back up 3 with 30 seconds left. Jayme Moten with 2 FTs with 8.4 left and then NLS forces a turnover. They get the ball with 2.9 left at their free throw line. Motem catches the inbound takes 2 dribbles makes a good but slow pass to Erik Tengwall who knocked down the left corner 3 at the buzzer for the thrilling win. He beat the buzzer but I thought it took more than 2.9. Great finish.
Session 2:
Waconia broke open a close game with a 18-2 run over the last 8:30 of the 1st half for a 39-21 halftime lead. Waconia rolled from there for a 75-55 win. Marshall Bjorklund with 28 and 15 but he had no help in this one. Great job creating space with his strength, particularly by using the left shoulder. Shelby Moats on the other hand had help. Really like what Danny Fischbach is doing for them and Ben Korteum can knock down 3s in a hurry.
#1AA Plainview-Elgin-Millville was down 3 at half to Minneapolis North. Cole Olstad quiet but he hit a 3 at the halftime buzzer for 10 first half points. He finishes with 24 as PEM wins 81-74. No Pengi Mboma or Malik El-Amin for North which definitely would have helped.
Session 3:
Great game between #4AA Staples-Motley and #4AAA Columbia Heights. 22-16 Staples with 6 to go in the first half before a 19-8 Heights run. 35-33 Heights at the break. Columbia Heights continues the spurt into the 2nd half. Jacob Thomas with a 3 and a bucket for push the lead to 53-42 with 14:25 left. The lead gets to 13 before Staples gets hot. Derek Wolhowe with a pair of triples in a big Cardinals run. 74 all with 4:15 left. Staples-Motley star guard Jordan Riewer with a pair of assists and then a continuation 3 point play. 82-76 Staples-Motley with 1:38 left. Columbia Heights with 5 straight turnovers trying to hold the ball vs the Staples 1-2-2 in that stretch. Thomas right back with a tough triple to cut the lead in half. Harold Rainey strips Riewer for a layup and then another Staples turnover. Thomas with 2 FTs at 36.8 and Heights is back on top 83-82. Staples with a miss but Thomas misses the front end of the 1 and 1 with 13.8 left. Riewer fouled and makes 2 FTs with 8.4 left. Heights pushes to half-court and takes time with 4.8 left. Thomas gets a decent look in the corner but its blocked. Gerard Bapiste finds the rebound and puts it back at the buzzer for the thrilling 85-84 Columbia Heights win. Riewer has committed to Jamestown and he'll be a very good player for them. Despite the 2 late turnovers, he was clutch down the stretch. Jacob Thomas with another huge performance.
Session 4:
#2AAA De La Salle vs #10AAAA Osseo. Strange game as it just felt like D was winning the entire way but Osseo was ahead on the scoreboard. Tight all the way though. Aaron Anderson with a great pass to Chris McMorris for a backdoor dunk at 3:50 and Joey Sonnefeld (playing post with 8th grader Ian Theisen) on the post for 2. 56-50 Osseo with 2:47 left. De La Salle not going away. John Hertle with a steal for 2 and a Bretson McNeal bomb give D the 57-56 lead with 1:10 left. John Rowland tips in a miss with 40 seconds left and Osseo is back on top. McNeal misses and Chris McMorris is fouled with 17.9 left. He makes the first and misses the 2nd. No timeout for D as they call a standard set play for Jalen Jaspers. As he attempts to come off a screen from the low post to the top of the key he gets absoluted mugged and tackled. No call for the 2nd time in the game on that. Not to mention it was right in front of the D bench. WOW. Its a broken play and D misses. 60-57 Osseo wins and coach Thorson stares down the refs as they leave. You can't blame him either.
I saw the last 12 minutes of Lakeville South and #1AAA Benilde-St. Margaret's. Soph PG Isaiah Zierden was outstanding in the time I saw. And wow is Benilde deep. Sophs Will Dunn, Sanjay Lumpkin, and Danon Briggs with Zierden all seeing minutes. BSM wins 99-87.
Session 5
#3AAAA Henry Sibley vs Cloquet. The matchup of bigs was entertaining as Jake Kreuser played about as well as I've ever seen him play. 7 points and 7 rebounds in the first half against an overmatched Cloquet squad. Jimmy Ryan continues to shoot well with another pair of triples. 37-16 Sibley at half and they roll.
Talk about a rebound. #10AA Minnehaha took #7AA Braham behind the woodshed for a 81-51 win. Didn't see any of it but I wouldn't have expected that.
Session 6
1st half #3A Minnesota Transitions vs #7AAA Minneapolis Henry. MTS playing zone, Kevin Noreen getting his. 23-7 MTS over the last 6:15 of the first half for a 51-35 halftime lead. But MTS needed OT to hang on 85-83. Disturbing trend for MTS as they let Minnehaha back in on Tuesday and now gave up a lead to Henry. And how does MTS only score 34 points in the last 22 minutes?
Then all of the big game of the day #1AAAA Hopkins vs #2AAAA Tartan. Or it should have been. Tartan with the 1st 4 points of the game and that's their highlight. Hopkins scores the next 19 points. Tartan fights back to within 5 in the first half. 34-23 Hopkins at the break. More Hopkins in the 2nd half as they start the half on a 13-5 run. Hopkins wins 81-66. Joe Coleman with 31 points and again all within 2 feet. Marvin Singleton was matched up with the Preiner twins most of the night in a very difficult matchup for Tartan. He finished with 23 and 9. Tim Lubke was the top scorer for Tartan with 14 points.
Session 7
#5AAAA Chaska at #7AAAA Minnetonka. 3 starters in street clothes for the hosts but they weren't going to lay down in this one. Chaska's super junior Ross Travis left late in the first half with an apparent back injury. 42-39 Tonka at half. Max Watts with a great hustle play for a 3 point play. 60-50 Chaska with 11:13 left. Minnetonka comes all the way back. Andrew Turnblad with a 3 point play to give the Skippers the 68-67 lead with 7:11 left. 74 in the last 2:30. 77-74 Minnetonka after a Blake Nelson 3 at 2:10. Jake White with a putback and 2 free throws to keep Chaska within 1. The teams trade free throws before a Jacob Meyer triple with 8.6 left ties the game at 83 and sends us to OT. Max Watts with a big triple at the 1:33 mark of OT. 94-89 Chaska and they win 99-92. Jake White with 29 points and Max Watts huge again for the Hawks with 26 points. Chad Howard out of his mind stepping up for Minnetonka with 29 points. Nick Latzke outstanding again as he also had 29 points.
Saw a few early minutes of the #8AAAA Cretin-Derham Hall vs #6AAAA Champlin Park game. All 3 of the star sophs for CDH (Montero, Neumann and Tillman) all on the floor. Interesting to see Raijon Kelly and Tillman on the floor at the same time. Look for Neumann to have a bigger role now that Clay Horne has moved out east. Too bad many people didn't see the end of this one as CDH held on 82-80 in double OT.
Session 1: #4A Sebeka vs #2AA New London-Spicer
"Moose" Johnson for NLS was just that. Sebeka had no answer for him. Sebeka's Joey Cuperus and John Clark are a duo that any class A team would be glad to have. Sebeka with a 3 point lead with 1:40 left and the teams trade turnovers. Moose with a putback and then a steal to give NLS a chance for the lead but they turn it over. Ryan Sharp with a layup and Sebeka is back up 3 with 30 seconds left. Jayme Moten with 2 FTs with 8.4 left and then NLS forces a turnover. They get the ball with 2.9 left at their free throw line. Motem catches the inbound takes 2 dribbles makes a good but slow pass to Erik Tengwall who knocked down the left corner 3 at the buzzer for the thrilling win. He beat the buzzer but I thought it took more than 2.9. Great finish.
Session 2:
Waconia broke open a close game with a 18-2 run over the last 8:30 of the 1st half for a 39-21 halftime lead. Waconia rolled from there for a 75-55 win. Marshall Bjorklund with 28 and 15 but he had no help in this one. Great job creating space with his strength, particularly by using the left shoulder. Shelby Moats on the other hand had help. Really like what Danny Fischbach is doing for them and Ben Korteum can knock down 3s in a hurry.
#1AA Plainview-Elgin-Millville was down 3 at half to Minneapolis North. Cole Olstad quiet but he hit a 3 at the halftime buzzer for 10 first half points. He finishes with 24 as PEM wins 81-74. No Pengi Mboma or Malik El-Amin for North which definitely would have helped.
Session 3:
Great game between #4AA Staples-Motley and #4AAA Columbia Heights. 22-16 Staples with 6 to go in the first half before a 19-8 Heights run. 35-33 Heights at the break. Columbia Heights continues the spurt into the 2nd half. Jacob Thomas with a 3 and a bucket for push the lead to 53-42 with 14:25 left. The lead gets to 13 before Staples gets hot. Derek Wolhowe with a pair of triples in a big Cardinals run. 74 all with 4:15 left. Staples-Motley star guard Jordan Riewer with a pair of assists and then a continuation 3 point play. 82-76 Staples-Motley with 1:38 left. Columbia Heights with 5 straight turnovers trying to hold the ball vs the Staples 1-2-2 in that stretch. Thomas right back with a tough triple to cut the lead in half. Harold Rainey strips Riewer for a layup and then another Staples turnover. Thomas with 2 FTs at 36.8 and Heights is back on top 83-82. Staples with a miss but Thomas misses the front end of the 1 and 1 with 13.8 left. Riewer fouled and makes 2 FTs with 8.4 left. Heights pushes to half-court and takes time with 4.8 left. Thomas gets a decent look in the corner but its blocked. Gerard Bapiste finds the rebound and puts it back at the buzzer for the thrilling 85-84 Columbia Heights win. Riewer has committed to Jamestown and he'll be a very good player for them. Despite the 2 late turnovers, he was clutch down the stretch. Jacob Thomas with another huge performance.
Session 4:
#2AAA De La Salle vs #10AAAA Osseo. Strange game as it just felt like D was winning the entire way but Osseo was ahead on the scoreboard. Tight all the way though. Aaron Anderson with a great pass to Chris McMorris for a backdoor dunk at 3:50 and Joey Sonnefeld (playing post with 8th grader Ian Theisen) on the post for 2. 56-50 Osseo with 2:47 left. De La Salle not going away. John Hertle with a steal for 2 and a Bretson McNeal bomb give D the 57-56 lead with 1:10 left. John Rowland tips in a miss with 40 seconds left and Osseo is back on top. McNeal misses and Chris McMorris is fouled with 17.9 left. He makes the first and misses the 2nd. No timeout for D as they call a standard set play for Jalen Jaspers. As he attempts to come off a screen from the low post to the top of the key he gets absoluted mugged and tackled. No call for the 2nd time in the game on that. Not to mention it was right in front of the D bench. WOW. Its a broken play and D misses. 60-57 Osseo wins and coach Thorson stares down the refs as they leave. You can't blame him either.
I saw the last 12 minutes of Lakeville South and #1AAA Benilde-St. Margaret's. Soph PG Isaiah Zierden was outstanding in the time I saw. And wow is Benilde deep. Sophs Will Dunn, Sanjay Lumpkin, and Danon Briggs with Zierden all seeing minutes. BSM wins 99-87.
Session 5
#3AAAA Henry Sibley vs Cloquet. The matchup of bigs was entertaining as Jake Kreuser played about as well as I've ever seen him play. 7 points and 7 rebounds in the first half against an overmatched Cloquet squad. Jimmy Ryan continues to shoot well with another pair of triples. 37-16 Sibley at half and they roll.
Talk about a rebound. #10AA Minnehaha took #7AA Braham behind the woodshed for a 81-51 win. Didn't see any of it but I wouldn't have expected that.
Session 6
1st half #3A Minnesota Transitions vs #7AAA Minneapolis Henry. MTS playing zone, Kevin Noreen getting his. 23-7 MTS over the last 6:15 of the first half for a 51-35 halftime lead. But MTS needed OT to hang on 85-83. Disturbing trend for MTS as they let Minnehaha back in on Tuesday and now gave up a lead to Henry. And how does MTS only score 34 points in the last 22 minutes?
Then all of the big game of the day #1AAAA Hopkins vs #2AAAA Tartan. Or it should have been. Tartan with the 1st 4 points of the game and that's their highlight. Hopkins scores the next 19 points. Tartan fights back to within 5 in the first half. 34-23 Hopkins at the break. More Hopkins in the 2nd half as they start the half on a 13-5 run. Hopkins wins 81-66. Joe Coleman with 31 points and again all within 2 feet. Marvin Singleton was matched up with the Preiner twins most of the night in a very difficult matchup for Tartan. He finished with 23 and 9. Tim Lubke was the top scorer for Tartan with 14 points.
Session 7
#5AAAA Chaska at #7AAAA Minnetonka. 3 starters in street clothes for the hosts but they weren't going to lay down in this one. Chaska's super junior Ross Travis left late in the first half with an apparent back injury. 42-39 Tonka at half. Max Watts with a great hustle play for a 3 point play. 60-50 Chaska with 11:13 left. Minnetonka comes all the way back. Andrew Turnblad with a 3 point play to give the Skippers the 68-67 lead with 7:11 left. 74 in the last 2:30. 77-74 Minnetonka after a Blake Nelson 3 at 2:10. Jake White with a putback and 2 free throws to keep Chaska within 1. The teams trade free throws before a Jacob Meyer triple with 8.6 left ties the game at 83 and sends us to OT. Max Watts with a big triple at the 1:33 mark of OT. 94-89 Chaska and they win 99-92. Jake White with 29 points and Max Watts huge again for the Hawks with 26 points. Chad Howard out of his mind stepping up for Minnetonka with 29 points. Nick Latzke outstanding again as he also had 29 points.
Saw a few early minutes of the #8AAAA Cretin-Derham Hall vs #6AAAA Champlin Park game. All 3 of the star sophs for CDH (Montero, Neumann and Tillman) all on the floor. Interesting to see Raijon Kelly and Tillman on the floor at the same time. Look for Neumann to have a bigger role now that Clay Horne has moved out east. Too bad many people didn't see the end of this one as CDH held on 82-80 in double OT.
Sibley rolls in 09-10 Opener
Labels:
Jake Kreuser,
Mike Rostampour
Prologue
Back to Minnesota to start my local season once and for all. SPA came in off a 3 point loss to Fridley last Friday while this was Sibley's opener. SPA without post Gabe Mast who decided to focus on football and baseball. Sibley with their star bigs nicked up as Mike Rostampour has a sore ankle and Jake Kreuser's knee may not be 100% all season. Not to mention, he sliced up his non-shooting hand. For food, we have the always appetizing Taco in a Bag, though everything on it didn't include sour cream which was a slight disappointment and the doritos weren't mashed enough. But enough critiques of food. To the game
Game Time
SPA star forward Evan McMillan out of the gates with a putback for the first bucket of the game. SPA point guard Santano Rosario counters a Jimmy Ryan 3 and a Rostampour FT to tie the game at 4 at the 16:20 mark. Then Sibley takes over inside. Rostampour with a putback, then 2 more. Jake Goldberg inside for 2. Then a big Rostampour block leads to a Dante Grant 3. Timeout SPA. But the bleeding isn't stopped. Rostampour for 2 in a nice high/low set and Ryan with back to back triples. 20-0 run over 8 minutes and Sibley leads 24-4 just outside of the 8 minute mark. The lead gets to 25 before SPA closes to 38-16 at the half.
In the second half, Bobby Wills off the Sibley bench. While he's known for his defense, he converts a turnover into a layup and then makes a triple. Jake Kreuser adds his only points of the night with a jumper from the left baseline. Freshman sniper Adam Huessner in the game as Sibley starts to use the rest of the bench. He nails a triple to push the lead to 32, 57-25 at the 10:50 mark. JVs take the game most of the rest of the way. Sibley wins 66-48.
For St Paul Academy, David McVeety leads the way with 4 triples for 14 points. Santano Rosario with 13 points. Evan McMillan held to 11 points and 6 boards on 4-13 shooting. He got in early foul trouble against Rostampour in the first half as SPA just didn't have other options to use inside. SPA tried man and 2-3 zone to slow down the Warriors but the size was just too much. It doesn't get any easier for the Spartans as they travel to #5A Maranatha tomorrow.
For Sibley, Mike Rostampour was dominant inside and only had 1 foul on my sheet. He finishes with 18 and 9 on 8-13 shooting. Jimmy Ryan with 12 points via 4 of Sibley's 9 makes from deep. Jake Kreuser quiet on offense with only 2 points but 7 rebounds and 4 blocks and he was a presence in the lane. Sibley getting inside looks, mainly for Rostampour with good high/low and duck-in action. Jordan Jackson was a total non-factor with 4 points on 2-5 shooting. Sibley's next game is against Cloquet in the Breakdown Tipoff Classic on Saturday at Minnetonka.
The Future
Players to watch in years to come include SPA frosh PG Spencer Egly. He's a backup now, but will take over for Rosario next year. For Sibley, they have a pair of noteworthy freshmen. Nick Goldberg (Little Goldy according to the Sibley students, he's Jake's brother). More athletic and skilled than Jake, but not as strong and needs work on his perimeter game. And we already mentioned Adam Heussner, who's a valuable zone buster right now and saw major time with the Warriors during fall play.
Back to Minnesota to start my local season once and for all. SPA came in off a 3 point loss to Fridley last Friday while this was Sibley's opener. SPA without post Gabe Mast who decided to focus on football and baseball. Sibley with their star bigs nicked up as Mike Rostampour has a sore ankle and Jake Kreuser's knee may not be 100% all season. Not to mention, he sliced up his non-shooting hand. For food, we have the always appetizing Taco in a Bag, though everything on it didn't include sour cream which was a slight disappointment and the doritos weren't mashed enough. But enough critiques of food. To the game
Game Time
SPA star forward Evan McMillan out of the gates with a putback for the first bucket of the game. SPA point guard Santano Rosario counters a Jimmy Ryan 3 and a Rostampour FT to tie the game at 4 at the 16:20 mark. Then Sibley takes over inside. Rostampour with a putback, then 2 more. Jake Goldberg inside for 2. Then a big Rostampour block leads to a Dante Grant 3. Timeout SPA. But the bleeding isn't stopped. Rostampour for 2 in a nice high/low set and Ryan with back to back triples. 20-0 run over 8 minutes and Sibley leads 24-4 just outside of the 8 minute mark. The lead gets to 25 before SPA closes to 38-16 at the half.
In the second half, Bobby Wills off the Sibley bench. While he's known for his defense, he converts a turnover into a layup and then makes a triple. Jake Kreuser adds his only points of the night with a jumper from the left baseline. Freshman sniper Adam Huessner in the game as Sibley starts to use the rest of the bench. He nails a triple to push the lead to 32, 57-25 at the 10:50 mark. JVs take the game most of the rest of the way. Sibley wins 66-48.
For St Paul Academy, David McVeety leads the way with 4 triples for 14 points. Santano Rosario with 13 points. Evan McMillan held to 11 points and 6 boards on 4-13 shooting. He got in early foul trouble against Rostampour in the first half as SPA just didn't have other options to use inside. SPA tried man and 2-3 zone to slow down the Warriors but the size was just too much. It doesn't get any easier for the Spartans as they travel to #5A Maranatha tomorrow.
For Sibley, Mike Rostampour was dominant inside and only had 1 foul on my sheet. He finishes with 18 and 9 on 8-13 shooting. Jimmy Ryan with 12 points via 4 of Sibley's 9 makes from deep. Jake Kreuser quiet on offense with only 2 points but 7 rebounds and 4 blocks and he was a presence in the lane. Sibley getting inside looks, mainly for Rostampour with good high/low and duck-in action. Jordan Jackson was a total non-factor with 4 points on 2-5 shooting. Sibley's next game is against Cloquet in the Breakdown Tipoff Classic on Saturday at Minnetonka.
The Future
Players to watch in years to come include SPA frosh PG Spencer Egly. He's a backup now, but will take over for Rosario next year. For Sibley, they have a pair of noteworthy freshmen. Nick Goldberg (Little Goldy according to the Sibley students, he's Jake's brother). More athletic and skilled than Jake, but not as strong and needs work on his perimeter game. And we already mentioned Adam Heussner, who's a valuable zone buster right now and saw major time with the Warriors during fall play.
Gopher Hole interviews Jake Kreuser
Labels:
2010 Recruiting,
Chad Calcaterra,
Jake Kreuser
In an interview today with GopherHole.com, Sibley junior Jake Kreuser talked about his recruitment and game. He hits it on the head when he says he needs to get stronger. Talk is that he had a nice summer for 43 Hoops though I didn't get to see him play for them. I expected him to be a varsity regular last season based on his freshman season, but he had a load of talent in front of him. With Mike Bruesewitz, Chris Halvorsen and Mike Rostampour on the front line this season, he may be in a similar situation. But there are benefits to that. He won't be called upon to carry the offensive load, so he'll be able to defend, block shots and rebound which I think would maximize his effectiveness. Certainly a different situation than fellow 2010 big man Chad Calcaterra who needs to be the offense for Cloquet. Both of these players are scheduled for this season's Timberwolves Shootout (Jan 3, 2009) and it will be interesting to follow their progress.
Read the entire Gopher Hole Interview here.
Read the entire Gopher Hole Interview here.
Observations from Tonka/Sibley
Labels:
Jake Kreuser,
Mike Bruesewitz
My thoughts from Tonka at Sibley, what a game. Give Sibley credit for hanging tough.
Sibley Notes
Sibley JV coach got tossed right before the half of the JV game. Hair-trigger temper from the official, but the coach grandstanding to the crowd after he got tossed was pathetic. Just as players are held accountable for their Ts, so too should the coaches. Dasovich should discipline him for his actions with a 1 game suspension and he shouldn't have been on the bench for the varsity game.
Mike Brusewitz is the real deal. I wish all players had his intensity.
Peter Leslie had a nice game at the point, but he flops way too much on defense.
Jake Krueser. DNP-Varsity. Very surprised at this just because of the Varsity minutes he got last year. Played most of the JV game. You can see the talent is there, but defensively he still looks lost at times. I wonder about his morale after all the varsity minutes he saw last year and now he's been relegated to JV. Him and RJ Lennon played most of the 1st half of JV and Tonka's JVs blew them out.
With 3 starters and Krueser back next year, Sibley will be dangerous again. No fluke this year either with a heartbreaker at Osseo and taking Tonka to the limit. 4AAAA looks more brutal everyday with Sibley, Stillwater, CDH, Tartan and Central all together.
Minnetonka Notes
Tonka's talent level (JV and Varsity) is just criminal. JVs are loaded, Varsity bench could win many leagues. Just loaded.
Anthony Tucker, silent assassin. Up 3 in the last 2 minutes he hits a big 3 (that wasn't the greatest shot in the world, but when you're that good a shooter, you can say its never a bad shot) and gets a clutch assist which were the final daggers. With his quick release and their transition game, he'll get a ton points that way alone.
Sedrick McBounds didn't start and didn't play as much as I thought. Looks like he's still trying to find his place in the new system. But I can understand why coach Hedstrom would want to keep that starting group intact.
No Kyle Risinger, but lots of Cole Stefan. So much for my prediction there.
UT Udo looks like he's improved and he gave them nice minutes off the bench.
Best moment of the night. With 7 seconds left, Tonka student section chants "This game's over" and proceeds to walk out as a group right past the Sibley students. Absolutely classic.
Finally, do we really need hand-dryers in restrooms to be as strong as leaf-blowers? I thought I was going to get blown away.
Sibley Notes
Sibley JV coach got tossed right before the half of the JV game. Hair-trigger temper from the official, but the coach grandstanding to the crowd after he got tossed was pathetic. Just as players are held accountable for their Ts, so too should the coaches. Dasovich should discipline him for his actions with a 1 game suspension and he shouldn't have been on the bench for the varsity game.
Mike Brusewitz is the real deal. I wish all players had his intensity.
Peter Leslie had a nice game at the point, but he flops way too much on defense.
Jake Krueser. DNP-Varsity. Very surprised at this just because of the Varsity minutes he got last year. Played most of the JV game. You can see the talent is there, but defensively he still looks lost at times. I wonder about his morale after all the varsity minutes he saw last year and now he's been relegated to JV. Him and RJ Lennon played most of the 1st half of JV and Tonka's JVs blew them out.
With 3 starters and Krueser back next year, Sibley will be dangerous again. No fluke this year either with a heartbreaker at Osseo and taking Tonka to the limit. 4AAAA looks more brutal everyday with Sibley, Stillwater, CDH, Tartan and Central all together.
Minnetonka Notes
Tonka's talent level (JV and Varsity) is just criminal. JVs are loaded, Varsity bench could win many leagues. Just loaded.
Anthony Tucker, silent assassin. Up 3 in the last 2 minutes he hits a big 3 (that wasn't the greatest shot in the world, but when you're that good a shooter, you can say its never a bad shot) and gets a clutch assist which were the final daggers. With his quick release and their transition game, he'll get a ton points that way alone.
Sedrick McBounds didn't start and didn't play as much as I thought. Looks like he's still trying to find his place in the new system. But I can understand why coach Hedstrom would want to keep that starting group intact.
No Kyle Risinger, but lots of Cole Stefan. So much for my prediction there.
UT Udo looks like he's improved and he gave them nice minutes off the bench.
Best moment of the night. With 7 seconds left, Tonka student section chants "This game's over" and proceeds to walk out as a group right past the Sibley students. Absolutely classic.
Finally, do we really need hand-dryers in restrooms to be as strong as leaf-blowers? I thought I was going to get blown away.
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