Hawk supremacy in the Metro West

Prologue
Its a big clash in the 2020-21 Metro West opener.  Chaska hosting its nickname sharing rival Robbinsdale Cooper in this one.  Ryan Paul with the call on CHBN.  Home style concessions means a Fantastic Friday Feast of a Parlour Burger from the good folks at Borough.  Pepsi a must to go with a quality burger like that.   As for a tune, I forgot to use this yesterday so we'll use it today.

Song of the Day: The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Food and Beverage Counter
Mug Root Beer - 12 oz (170 Cal)
Pepsi - 12 oz (150 Cal)

1 Parlour Burger

Game Time
Chaska would gradually open this one up in the 1st half.  One run of 9-0 in the middle of the half.  Then you look up and you're down 15.  Bo Powell in foul trouble all night didn't help the Cooper cause either.  Spencer Goetz getting work done inside early in the half.  Junior Jakobe Lyles with a great spark off the Chaska bench with a triple and 3 other buckets in the half.  32-16 Chaska at the break.

Chaska with a couple of bombs to help expand the lead to 44-24 with 13:34 left.  Powell then picks up 2 quick fouls and he's fouled out with 11:14 left.  Jack Frick keeps his hot shooting going in the half.  Outcome never really in doubt in the 2nd half.  Chaska rolls 67-49

Post Game
Cooper starts the year 0-1.  They now go home for 3 straight league games vs Chanhassen, St. Louis Park and Benilde-St. Margaret's.  Bo Powell 1 FG and 3 points as he was bogged down with fouls all night.  Davion Evans with 13 of his 15 in the 2nd half to lead the offense.  Coon Rapids transfer David Osayameh with 7 of his 11 in the 2nd half.

Jack Frick and his shot shooting lead Chaska.  He knocks down 6 3s and 22 points.  Spencer Goetz 13 of his 15 in the first half.  Jakobe Lyles with a great night of 14 points off the bench.  Luke Strazzanti adds 13 points mostly via the charity stripe.  Chaska now 1-0 and they get the early edge in the Metro West race holding serve on home court.  Chaska hosts Kennedy on Tuesday before a trip to archrival Chanhassen next Friday.

Cooper never got anything going on offense and wasn't able to turn Chaska over.  That meant this game stayed at a slower, controlled pace.  That resulted in Chaska taking advantage of their size to dominate the paint.  Add in some quality outside shooting to go with it and it made for easy Chaska offense.  Cooper having Bo Powell out with fouls really hurt their cause too.  David Osayameh adds a nice dimension for them.  The rest of the roster is many interchangeable pieces.

Four Factors

FACTOR	Chaska	Robbinsdale Cooper
Effective FG %	54.2%	38.8%
Offensive Rebound %	40.5%	27%
Free Throw Rate	50%	34.7%
Turnover %	17%	19%
Points Per Possession	1.10	0.84

Its another night of dominance in the 4 factors.  Chaska sweeps all 4 with 3 of the 4 coming by substantial margins.  The offense rebound one is a little misleading due to missed free throws for Chaska (every miss must have a rebound etc etc).  The effective field goal diff really shows up with 6 extra made 3s for Chaska.  The difference could have been worse as Chaska struggled at the charity stripe.