EDEN PRAIRIE IS TAKING ON MOUNDS VIEW IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE EVENING SESSION

As this game gets under way here both of these teams are looking to push the ball up the court. I think that this will be a fast pace game form the onset. Mounds View is looking to swing the ball around the three point line here to start this game off. They want to get as many different looks as the can at the basket and spend as much time as they can here in the early goings. Eden Prairie is looking to extend the floor and looking to push the ball up the court early in this game. Ethen Wragge has just come down and hit a long three point shot here to give the Eagles a boost of energy. Both of these teams are playing hard and really going after each other here early in this game, as they are both going after loose balls and getting back on defense. With 10:48 left to go in the first half the score is Eden Prairie 7 and Mounds View 5.

Eden Prairie has been able to come down and make a couple of good shots in a row here. The Mounds View players haven’t been able to get there shots to drop here in a stretch of time. They continue to shoot the ball hoping that they will get the bounce that they want. Eden Prairie is looking to get the ball out of the rim quickly here and extend. Mounds View is looking to trap the Eden Prairie players when they bring the ball up court.

This game has been back and forth. There have been many different lead changes in this game here this evening. It’s still early in this game and it is any ones game. Whichever team can come down and make shots in the end will come out ahead in the end. So far both of these teams have played very well and they are matched up well. Both of these teams will have to fight it out here in the second half. At half time the score is Mounds View 26 and Eden Prairie 32. Mounds View shot 14.3% from the three point line in the first half. Eden Prairie shot 37.5 percent from the three point line.

Eden Prairie continues to look sharp here in the second half. As they have been throughout this game. Ethan Wragge has hit a couple of nice shots here in this game. They continue to come out and play aggressive here in this game. They have been able to run their offense here in this game. They are able to push the ball up the court here in this game. Mounds View continues to shoot three point shots here as they want to shoot them self’s back into this game here tonight. They are looking for the shot that they want. They are running their offense based on passing and cutting. Mounds View has made a run in this game and they are trying to get back into this game here this evening. They will not have enough though as they tried to come back they don’t have enough to get caught up. In the end the final score was Mounds View 52 and Eden Prairie 68.

Eden Prairie was able to control this game here tonight and they were just able to fight a little bit harder than this Mounds View team. You have to give the Mounds View kids credit here as they kept a positive attitude and they played very hard till the end. Ethan Wragge had a nice game for Eden Prairie. He was there leading scorer with 22 points for the Eagles tonight.

The Czar from Twin Cities Boys Hoops was also in the building today. He has done a story on this game and it is linked here.