SOUTHWEST TOOK ON NORTH IN A MINNEAPOLIS CITY CONFERENCE BATTLE

The Minneapolis Southwest Lakers were in Polar country as they took on Minneapolis North. Southwest started playing in a zone defense and they picked up three quarters court. Their goal was to try to slow North down from the beginning of the game. North tried to score in transition but was unsuccessful.

Both teams started playing zone on the defensive end. They wanted to try to slow the game down from the beginning. North was looking towards Malik El-Amin to get them into their offense and was able to get the Polar's into their grove.

Neither team seemed to find there groove early in this game. Southwest looked to score some easy buckets in transition. They were successful in doing that for a period of time in the first half.

Both teams played a tight first half. Each team went after each other throughout the first half. Southwest looked to push the ball up the court as soon as the ball left the rim.

Spencer Puckett had a few nice moves at critical times for North in the first half. He had a one drop step dunk that got the fans into the game.

At half time the score was North 29 and Southwest 22.

Southwest started the second half in a zone defense. They did a good job shifting in the zone to get North off balance.

Southwest was not afraid to shoot the ball either in the second half as they came out shooting. They kept on looking for open shots.

This game was kept close throughout the second half as each team kept fighting at each other. Both teams played zone for much of the second half.

In a game that went back and forth from the start. Dominique Dawson played hard and strong around the basket he was able to find his shot. He finished with 27 points.

The game came down to the wire. Both teams fought extremely well. Ariel Deloney hit the winning shot at the buzzer to give Minneapolis North the 58-56 victory.