TRINITY SCHOOL AT RIVER RIDGE TAKES IT ON THE CHIN AGAINST THE BLAKE BEARS

Trinity is taking on Blake on Trinity's home court. As this game gets underway, the crowd has shown up for this game folks. It is not a packed house but it is a fun atmosphere. As we get started, Trinity has started this game playing zone defense. Both teams are looking to push the ball up the court.

At the start of this game, things have started to get physical. Both teams have been going after it. Both teams have already had guys fall on the floor and had to get help up the court.

Blake's DJ Kelly has been able to push the ball up the court here early, and he has been able to get the ball to his open teammates.

With 14:54 left to go in the first half, the score is Trinity 4 and Blake 9.

Blake has really tried to pursue Trinity. Blake has been in a full court press, in the first half. Blake has done an awful lot of subbing. Nick Rathman wants his boys to be fresh. He wants to have a good rotation of fresh legs in the game and try to keep wearing down this Trinity team.

Trinity is on a run. They have been able to get a lot of people to score in bunches. We will have to see if Blake can slow this game down. Both teams are playing hard. This game has gone in runs.

Blake's Dante Van Court has really played well. He has been aggressive on both ends of the court. Blake has been playing aggressive so far. They have been able to go after loose deflections. Blake has been able to open this game up in the first half. With 7:00 left to go in the first half, the score is Blake 23 and Trinity 14. Trinity is still fighting hard, and they are on a mini run. Blake has gone flat here but they are still fighting. Trinity has found some life here, as they are making a run and creating all kind of havoc for this Blake team.

Trinity has been able to get the ball up the court with ease, as they are using an effective press breaking style of transition. They are not really getting into an offense. They are just in the wide open court in the fast break and scoring baskets.

At half time, the score Trinity 30 and Blake 36.

As we get the second half under way, both teams looked refreshed as they were able to rest at half time. They were able to relax and make the adjustments that they deemed to make. Trinity has been on a run to start the second half. They are making strong cuts to the basket. Blake has been able to swing the ball around the three point line and they have been moving around inside the paint, as they want to get the ball to the inside middle guy and have him kick it out to the guards.

Blake's Vac Bascom has looked good here in this game. He has been able to get a lot of good looks at the basket. He has also been a vocal leader, as he has called out a lot of different screens to his players. Blake has just thrown on a blistering press, and it has caused Trinity to commit a turnover.

Both of these teams have played well. Blake has just been able to find the basket more often than Trinity.

With 5:23 left to go in the game, the score is Trinity 44 and Blake 63.

Blake has been very aggressive. Trinity has just emptied its bench. They are down 48-69, with 3:30 left to go. Both teams are fighting hard, even though there is a large scoring margin Trinity has not backed down to this Blake team.

In the end, Trinity was not able to contain the Blake Bears. Blake ended up winning the game by the final of 74-52.

Blake was lead in scoring tonight by David Nash, who had 24 points. Trinity played very well and they will just improve as the season goes on. Trinity was lead in scoring by Mark Olander with 10 points.

I would like to thank The Czar from Twin Cities Boys Hoops for coming along with me to this game tonight. He will also post a story about this game on his site.