WACONIA KNOCKS OFF ST. MICHAEL ALBERVILLE

St. Michael Albertville took on Waconia. St Michael Albertville started in a zone defense. For Waconia they started playing strong man to man defense to begin the game. Both teams are doing a lot of passing and cutting and really taking their time on the offensive end. They want to look for the right shot while taking a lot of time on the clock.

Waconia wanted to push the ball up the court in transition. As soon as they got the ball out of the net on the defensive end they were looking to push it up the other way.

Ben Kortuem played very good defense. He got on the floor and dove after loose balls. He played really good tight defense. He guarded many different players. Waconia usually switched players on the defensive end. They wanted to get the best match up they could.

The first half was very close both teams went back and forth in the first half. Each team was able to squash the other team’s runs before they got to out of hand. Shelby Moats played hard and aggressive down in the low block. He went up and tried to grab as many different rebounds, which he was successful most of the time.

Waconia launched their share of three point shots in the first half. Some went in and some missed but they were not afraid to shoot the ball.

Kevin Nelson for St Micheal Albertville scored his 1,000 point with just under 2:00 left to go in the first half.
The first half was a close and competitive half both teams fought hard and went after each other. At half time the score was St. Michael Albertville 19 and Waconia 29.

Kevin Nelson from St. Michael Albertville has really showed up to play in the second half. He has just really got after it in the second half.

St Michael Albertville played hard the whole game they didn’t give in and they made a run late in the second half.

St. Michael Albertville continued to play zone defense in the second half. Waconia went to the zone defense and they seemed to fluster St Michael Albertville. It was a competitive game.

In the end Waconia was able to hang on to the 52-42 victory. The leading scorers for Waconia were Shelby Moats with 19 points and the leading scorers for St. Michael Albertville were Kevin Nelson with 13 and Brock Reinschmidt with 8 points.

I was joined at this game by the Twin Cities Hoops Czar. You can read about his thoughts about the St. Michael Albertville vs Waconia game here.