MINNEAPOLIS EDISON KNOCKS OUT SOUTHWEST IN A CLOSE GAME 68-62

Minneapolis Edison took on the Minneapolis Southwest Lakers. Southwest is looking for its first conference win. Southwest started playing in a zone defense. Both teams looked to push the ball up the court in the early going.

Antonio Wigfall has played aggressively on both sides of the ball. He really got after it.

Southwest played zone defense. Edison spread the ball out on the offensive end. Reed Kotz sparked the Lakers in the first half. He really went after the loose balls and played tough on the defensive end.

Both of these teams shot the ball pretty well in the first half. They were not afraid to shoot the ball. Edison players were confident in there three point shooting that they were comfortable shooting the ball. When I was talking to the Edison Coach Brandon Phillips he expressed to me that this is one of the tougher gyms to shoot in, in the Minneapolis City Conference.

Both of these teams were evenly matched coming into this game. This game went up and down the court in the first half.

At half time the score was Southwest 29 and Edison 29.

Both teams continued to go back and forth in the second half. Southwest was able to find Dominique Dawson in the second half. He played very good on the defensive end.

Elliot Matheiu had some nice strong moves as he went up and guarded different Edison players. Southwest ran motion offense. They were trying to get Dominique Dawson open on the low block.

This game came down to the wire. Southwest made a run with under a minute left to go but Edison was able to squeak by with a victory this evening. Edison was able to make a run in the second half. Edison won the game by the final of 68-62.