Mercy Rule Misery

A triple dip this week of 40 point blowouts followed by cold and an avalanche of snow.  Brief thoughts on those.

Monday: Minnehaha 101 Breck 52
No Chet Holmgren or Jalen Suggs plus Hercy Miller off the bench.  No problem.  The 1st 10+ of this game were close as Breck was within 29-27 at the 7:45 mark of the 1st half.  Minnehaha breaks it open with a 16-3 run. Terry Lockett with a bucket, triple and assist in that run.  The lead is 20 at the break and its blowout city in the 2nd half with a 10-1 run to start the half.  Hercy Miller with 17 points off the bench.  Isaiah Davis productive with 16 points.  Donovan Smith 5 3s for 15.  Minnehaha running him off baseline screens for 3s vs the Breck zone defense.  Andy Ott 3 triples and 11 points to lead Breck.  That's the start of a 4 game week for Minnehaha with the final 2 games at #1AA Caledonia on Friday and #2 D1 Madison LaFollette in the Midwest Players Classic in La Crosse on Saturday.

Tuesday: Washington 89 Como Park 49
Drew White got it going early for Washington with 20 of his 27 points in the 1st half.  That helped the offense with Zaveon Smith sitting with 3 fouls for the last 5 min of the 1st half.  Andreas Green with 5 3s in the game for 17 points.  Como Park doesn't get anyone to double figures.  Soph G Donnell Gibson with 9 points to lead the Cougars.  Washington able to get out and run and be able to create in the half court.  Too easy for the Eagles against the young Cougars.

Wednesday: Metro Schools College Prep 75 Academy for Sciences & Agriculture 31
A quiet schedule night means a trip just out of downtown Minneapolis to Metro Schools College Prep (MSCP) where they took on former TCAC foe AFSA.  MSCP with a bunch of interchangeable wing parts with some athleticism plus a couple useful inside pieces.  AFSA very undermanned as shown by their 1 win record.  A 19-6 run to end the 1st half over the last 7 minutes breaks open a 2 point game.  The 2nd half is transition buckets off turnovers and we get to running time.  No rosters available but all MSCP players ended up in the scoring column.