Monday, March 26, 2012

IT WAS A BATTLE OF THE ROYALS AS WOODBURY TOOK ON HOPKINS IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE BOYS' STATE TOURNAMENT

Woodbury and Hopkins took to the Target Center in the quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School State boys' basketball tournament. Woodbury had a record of 24-5 and Hopkins had a record of 28-1 and was the number 1 seed in the tournament.

Both teams got off to a quick start as each team raced up and down the floor. Woodbury looked to get the ball into the hands of Jordan Voit and Rick Suggs. They both were able to look for their shots.

Woodbury started the game in a zone defense. Woodbury wanted to slow down the Hopkins offense and didn’t want them to get open shots.

The score went back and forth in the first half. Neither team gave up easy shots and the defense was quite intense.

Suggs was able to get in the lane and get jump shots within the lane. The Hopkins defenders were not able to get to him before he shot it.

Hopkins tried to throw mutable defenses at Woodbury but Woodbury was able to figure out what defense that they were in and was able to counter that.

Hopkins called a timeout with 8:25 left in the first half. The score was Woodbury 22 and Hopkins 15.

The score went back and forth throughout the first half. Neither team gave up easy shots. When one team would try to go on a run the other team would step up their defensive pressure to try to make it difficult for them to shoot it.

Hopkins Demetrius Martin was all over the floor. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots that they knew that he could shoot the ball from. Martin was able o get a few wide open lay-ups.

At halftime the score was Hopkins 42 and Woodbury 34. Woodbury shot 14-33 from the field in the first half that included going 2-11 from behind the three line. Hopkins shot 13-27 in the first half. That included going 2-11 from behind the three-point line.

As the second half got underway. Suggs got hot again in the second half as he hit shots and was an emotional leader for his team.

Woodbury continued to look to the basket for their shots. They were not able to the three-point shots but they must felt that they wanted to shoot them.

Hopkins took a timeout with 13:06 left in regulation. The score was Hopkins 47 and Woodbury 44.

Both teams continued to go after loose balls and rebounds late in the game. The score was tied at 54 with 9:00 left in the regulation.

Hopkins called a timeout with 8:55 left in regulation. The score was tied up at 54.

The score went back and forth late in the game. The game came down to the wire. Hopkins called a timeout with 1:29 left in regulation the score was Woodbury 65 and Hopkins 61.

The score went back and forth late in the contest. Both of these teams left everything they hand on the floor in this game.

This is one of the better games that I have seen this season. The game was played at a high level and both fans and teams were into the game from the get go.

The game was tied at 65 with 1.5 seconds to go in regulation. There was a timeout on the floor.

The game was tied at 65 the end of regulation. There was a 4:00 overtime period.

The intensity continued in the overtime period. Neither tea gave up as they each played hard throughout the game.

Hopkins was able to string baskets together in the overtime period. Hopkins came away with the 82-75 victory over Woodbury.

The leading scorers for Woodbury were Renard Suggs with 21 points, Connor Mckeen with 15 points and Rickey Suggs with 10 points. Woodbury shot 30-68 from the field. That included going 6-24 from behind the three-point line. They were 9-18 from the free-throw line. Woodbury brought down a total of 47 rebounds including 31 from the defensive end.

The leading scorers for Hopkins were Siyani Chambers with 25 points and Demetrius Martin with 21 points. Hopkins shot 21-55 from the field including going 8-25 from behind the three-point line. Hopkins was 32-39 from the free-throw line. Hopkins brought down a total of 33 rebounds including 25 on the defensive end.

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