PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE HOSTED ST PAUL ARLINGTON

Park of Cottage Grove took on St Paul Arlington in a non conference game. Arlington looked to pass the ball round the perimeter in the early goings of this one. They also looked to get the ball inside.

Park started in a zone defense. They did send a guy out to defend the shooter in the early goings. Each team had to battle their way through the zone defenses in the first half. Park started there zone defense at the mid court line. They usually put some of at the top of the half court circle then they would have two guys at the top of the key and then three guys in the middle of the lane. Each guy would be responsible for the guy that would come into his zone.

Arlington did try to pick up a little full court. Both teams went at it and battled in the first half. Park switched to a man to man defense out of a time out around the 9:00 mark in the first half.

Arlington pushed the ball up the court every chance that they could. They wanted to get the Wolf Pack out of there rhythm.

For Arlington Charles Langhorne did a nice job of directing his players where he wanted to go on the court. He had some nice passes and he knew where his players were on the court. He also had some nice jump shots throughout the night.

Both teams kept the score close throughout the first half. Neither team went on a run in the first half. It was a very intense and close first half.

At half time the score was Park 24 and St Paul Arlington 22.

Both of these teams continued to play strong aggressive defense in the second half. Neither team let up on either end of the court.

Ricky Hernandez continued to woo the crowd with his amazing tough hard noise defense. He really put on a show the whole entire game.

Both teams continued to play aggressively and neither team backed down. Park was able to keep the baskets coming in the second half.

Park went cold toward the end of the game and that is when Arlington was able to go on a run in the final minutes of the game. Park was not able to with handle the scoring frenzy and this did come down to the end but Arlington was able to come away with the 51-45 victory.

The leading scorers for Park were Rickey Hernandez with 16 and Andy Voigt with 8 total points. The leading scorers for Arlington were Deandre White with 16 and Travon McKee with 13 points.

I was joined at the game by the Czar from Twin Cities Boys Hoops. You can read about his thoughts about the Arlington against Park here.