Shannon Lightning Bolts Strike

Prologue
I continue crossing teams off my list with a South Suburban shodown.  Its a hot #6AAAA Eastview squad hosting struggling Prior Lake.  The Scribe and The Commish working together again at Eastview.

Game Time
First half story is Eastview's 3 point shooting. Kenji Scales hot early as Eastview opens a 13-9 lead.  Emmett McKush with a jumper and Prior Lake takes a 15-14 lead outside the 8 minute mark.  Henry Shannon to the bench for Eastview with 2 fouls.  3 straight Eastview bombs turns a 18-16 Lakers lead into a 25-20 Eastview lead.  Malcolm Jones keeping Prior Lake close as he puts back a miss on 1 end and swats away an attempt at the other.  32-29 Eastview late in the half.  Jackson Purcell gets the friendly bounce at the buzzer for his 3rd 3 of the half.  Scales end up with 4 bombs in the half.  Eastview 9-19 3s for a 38-33 halftime lead.

Jones comes out on a mission to start the 2nd half.  He scores twice inside and buries a triple for the 1st 7 Lakers points of the half.  Prior Lake opens the half with an 11-4 run.  Timeout Eastview with 14:25 left as Prior Lake reclaims the lead 44-42.  But its all Eastview from there.  Aryan Kohli with 1 of his 4 threes.  Scales scores on a turnover.  Shannon spins in the post for 2.  Then its Shannon from deep not once but twice.  Then why not run a Steven Crowl flare set for him too, find that hot shooter!  BANG!  Scales converts another turnover and Shannon makes 2 free throws to end the run.  Lighting strike for 20 straight points.  66-47 before Jones stops the bleeding with a 3 point play at the 7:32 mark.  Nothing else of note from there.  Eastview wins 84-61

Post Game
Prior Lake loses their 5th straight game to fall to 2-6.  They remain 8th in the South Suburban standings.  Malcolm Jones with 23 points to lead the Lakers.  Kellan Miller with 11 points.  The Lakers do get a break with home game against the bottom 2 teams in the league on the schedule coming up.  Burnsville comes in on Friday.

#6AAAA Eastview remains undefeated at 8-0.  They stay tied with Shakopee on top of the conference standings.  After sitting with fouls in the 1st half, forward Henry Shannon explodes for 25 of his 27 points in the 2nd half.  Fun battle inside with Malcolm Jones.  He finishes with 3 triples as well.  Guard Kenji Scales also finishes with 27 points and he hit 5 from deep.  Jackson Purcell 14 points all in the 1st half and 3 treys.  Aryan Kohli with 4 bombs for 12.  Eastview 15 total 3s plus getting Shannon going inside, forget about it.  The Lightning visit Farmington on Thursday.  Then they'll finish the 1st rotation of South Suburban play at home in the big showdown with #4AAAA Shakopee

Four Factors

FACTOR	Eastview	Prior Lake
Effective FG %	64.3%	50%
Offensive Rebound %	20.6%	44.4%
Free Throw Rate	11.1%	21.8%
Turnover %	6.1%	29.2%
Points Per Possession	1.27	0.94

The 2 big numbers on the stat sheet are Eastview's 3 point shooting and Prior Lake's turnovers.  Eastview wins the turnover battle 19-4.   They also make 15 out of 29 from deep compared to 5-19 for Prior Lake.  Prior Lake's offensive boards showing the old adage that long shots rebound long.  Eastview only shot 7 FTs which is nitpicking with the way they shot it.  Czar's law is now 55-9 on the season.