HOWARD PULLEY PANTHERS TAKING ON EL AMIN FISH HOUSE

In the first game gets under way it is the Howard Pulley Panthers 17U team taking on Kalid EL Amin. Kalid El Amin played his high school ball at Minneapolis North.

As this game gets going both teams come out shooting the ball very well. Both teams are fired ready to play. Both teams are pushing the ball up the court. Howard Pulley Panthers are running plays. They have set plays that they are trying to run. They want to try to get a player the ball and have them shoot the ball.

Kevin Anderson who is playing for El Amin is shooting the ball very well here in the middle of the first quarter. Levi Jones who went to Minneapolis North and then went on to play at Minneapolis Community And Technical College is also putting on a show here in the middle of the first quarter. He has made some incredible moves to and around the basket.

Jamar Diggs is playing well for Howard Pulley. He went to Minneapolis De La Salle. He is making shots that he is taking. He has also made some good moves to the basket. Rodney Williams who plays at Robbinsdale Cooper has also put on a show here in the first quarter. He has had a couple of nice slam dunks.
At the end of the first quarter of play the score is Howard Pulley 21 and Kalid EL Amin 36.

As the second quarter gets underway both teams are still going strong at each other. Royce White is playing well here to start of the second quarter. Royce White who was considered one of the top basketball recruits in the state of Minnesota has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at the University of Minnesota.
Most of the players who play on the Kalid El Amin’s team have been out of college for some time. They are mostly older players that have played awhile.

Both teams are playing very hard here in the middle of the second quarter. With 4:27 left in the second quarter with score is Howard Pulley Panthers 29 and Kalid EL Amin 47.

Another player that is playing well here in the first half for Kalid EL Amin team is Chris Taylor. He played basketball at Wayzata high school. He is now playing ball and going to school at Brown University.
Kalid EL Amin has a 20 point lead with 2:00 left to go in the second quarter. They are making the shots that they are putting up. The Howard Pulley Panthers are not getting down on them self’s. They are still playing hard.

At half time the score is Howard Pulley Panthers 36 and Khalid EL Amin 59.

As the second half gets underway both teams look like they have the fire in their eye to go out and win this game. Both teams are hitting their shots that they are putting up. The Howard Pulley Panthers are on a run here in the middle of the third quarter. With 7:02 left in the third quarter the score is Khalid EL Amin 61 and Howard Pulley Panthers 51.

In the middle of the third quarter both teams are still going hard after each other. Both teams are in this game. Both teams are in it to win it. Both teams are still shooting the ball well.

At the end of the third quarter the score is Khalid EL-Amin 81 and Howard Pulley Panthers 65.
Both teams are still playing hard here to open up the fourth quarter. Both teams will not quit. Both teams have a chance to win this game. Dan Coleman who played for the University Of Minnesota is playing well here for Khalid El –Amin. Khalid El-Amin himself is also playing well in the game.

Howard Pulley is trying to make a comeback here in the middle of the fourth quarter. Both teams are still playing aggressive. They are down by 13 points 80-93 with 5:03 left to go in regulation.

In a game that had a good pace and a lot of action Khalid El-Amin was able to hang on and with the game. Both teams played extremely well. Both teams shot the ball well. The players for EL-Amin team was just bigger and stronger then this Howard Pulley Team. Even though they played a great game and it was a good game Howard Pulley Panthers were able to hang with this team.

The final of the game was El Amin 108 and Howard Pulley Panthers 97. Kevin Henderson was the leading scorer for El-Amin with 26 points.