Saturday, February 25, 2012

ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL WENT UP AGAINST ST. LOUIS PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

The St. Francis boys' basketball team traveled to St. Louis Park High School for a boys' basketball game. St. Francis came into the game with a record of 9-14. St. Louis Park had a record of 11-12.

St. Louis Park won the tip. On the offensive end they took there time as they wanted to take time off the clock.

St. Francis called a timeout with 16:10 left in the first half. The score was St. Louis Park 5 and St. Francis 0.

St. Louis Park stayed in their man-to-man defense out of the timeout. It was difficult for St. Francis to hit shots.

St. Louis Park did a good job of getting everyone involved in the offense. They looked to get the ball into the hands of Kashif Hayes. Hayes was all over the floor on the offensive end. He was a quick guard who blew by his defenders.

St. Francis didn't get bothered by not being able to hit shots. They kept on shooting.

St. Louis Park did a good job of scoring baskets in transition. They were able to get the ball out of the St. Francis net and push it down the other end of the floor.

St. Louis Park played mostly man-to-man defense. They did however mix in a little zone defense.

St. Louis Park's Kashif Hayes did a good job of running the offense. He shouted instructions to his teammates and pointed out of the floor where he wanted them to go.

St. Francis called a timeout with 10:10 left in the first half. The score was St. Louis Park 14 and St. Francis 4.

St. Louis Park's Makhi Moore was all over the floor. He took the ball hard to the basket and was able to make easy shots.

St. Louis Park was able to make a lot of fast break baskets.

Both teams dove on the floor for loose balls and went after rebounds.

St. Louis Park called a timeout with 6:22 left in the first half. The score was St. Louis Park 25 and St. Francis 15.

Austin Carlson hit some key deep three-point shots for St. Francis. He was not afraid to shoot the ball when he was open.

St. Francis went on a run late in the first half.

Austin Carlson for St. Francis found his shot late in the first half. He gave his team energy when he was on the court.

At halftime the score was St. Louis Park 32 and St. Francis 27.

St. Louis Park did a good job setting the tempo early in the second half. They didn't want to give up any easy baskets.

St. Francis didn't back down. They kept on fighting and looking for shots that they thought they could make.

Carlson did a good job of getting rebounds on both ends of the floor.

St. Louis Park called a timeout with 14:12 left in regulation. The score was St. Louis Park 36 and St. Francis 31.

Moore was able to get some steals and turn them into points as he was able to make easy layups.

St. Francis went on a run and made the game close in the second half. St. Louis Park missed some shots and St. Francis took advantage of that as they were able to hit shots.

St. Louis Park looked to kill the clock with just over 6:00 left to go. They spread the floor and passed the ball around the three-point line. That made St. Francis get out of the zone defense and went to a man-to-man defense.

St. Francis didn't quit in the second half. I liked that they kept on playing hard and battling going after loose balls and rebounds. The bench did a good job of cheering for their teammates when they were not in the game. That also was true for St. Louis Park.

St. Francis called a timeout with 4:05 left in regulation. The score was St. Louis Park 51 and St. Francis 45.

I thought that this was a good game. Each team played well throughout the game. I was impressed by the play of Kashif Hayes and DJ Pollard for St. Louis Park and I was over all impressed by the play of the whole St. Francis team. Neither team gave up. St. Francis put up a good fight but in the end St. Louis Park came away with the 64-51 victory St. Francis.

The leading scorers for St. Francis were Jake Johnson with 11 points, Austin Carlson with 10 points, and Andy Julkowski with 9 points.

The leading scorers for St. Louis Park were Kashif Hayes with 19 points, Makhi Moore with 16 points, and DJ Pollard with 14 points. 

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