HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HOSTED MAYER LUTHERAN

Heritage Christian hosted Mayer Lutheran in a boy’s basketball contest. This was a mid season non- conference game.

Both teams looked to push the ball up the court from the outset and looked to get into their offensives early.

Heritage played zone defense to open the game up. They jammed the cutters when Mayer Lutheran tried to try to bring them through the middle of the lane. Mayer Lutheran was able to pick off some passes because their guys had their hands up. They also converted in transition.

Mayer Lutheran also countered with a zone defense in the first half. They did a good job of shifting in the zone and did a nice job of rotating to cover the shooters. The teams were left to shoot three point shots because of the stifling defenses.

Both teams were evenly matched as the first half ended with Mayer Lutheran leading 29-27.

The team’s came out of the half fired up. They went at each other and they continued to play hard in the second half. They kept pushing the ball on offense and playing aggressive defense.

Heritage Christian played very strong defense and were successful in causing numerous turnovers as Mayer Lutheran advanced the ball into their offensive zone.

On offense and defense, Mayer Lutheran’s Jesse Senst had to battle two or three defenders in the low block where he excelled.

Each team had an answer for each other’s shooting in the second half and the game came down to the end of regulation with the scored tied at 64.

In the extra session Mayer was the stronger team and came away with a 73-67 victory.

I was joined at this game by the Czar of Twin Cities Boys Hoops. You can read about his thoughts about the game here.