BUFFALO TOOK ON OSSEO IN A BOYS BASKETBALL GAME

On Dec. 12, Buffalo and Osseo went up against each other in a boys basketball game.

 

Osseo looked to get baskets in transition to start the game. They got up 5-2 with 15:35.

 

Buffalo looked to push the ball in transition but they were not able to get their shots to fall.

 

Buffalo called a timeout with 14:01 left in the first half. The score was Osseo 10, Buffalo 2.

 

Osseo was able to get fast break baskets. Buffalo was not able to slow Osseo down on offense.

 

Osseo called a timeout with 12:04 left in the first half. The score was Osseo 14, Buffalo 6.

 

Osseo’s Wheeler Baker made some nice passes to his teammates and was able to get them into spots where they could shoot it. If he was not able to shoot a shot that he wanted to take he wouldn’t be afraid to pass it to one of his teammates. Baker was able to find teammate Allen Anderson for open shots throughout the contest. Anderson was not afraid to shoot the ball.

 

Ian Theisen came up with some nice shots. His teammates passed him the ball in the lane where he would come up with some nice jump shots and layups.

 

Jordan Dembley for Osseo swung the ball around the three-point line. Dembley was not afraid to shoot the ball from anywhere on the floor.

 

Buffalo played mostly zone defense in the first half.  

 

The score at halftime was Osseo 47 Buffalo 25.

 

As the second half got underway Osseo continued to push the ball down the floor as they looked to make baskets in transition.

 

Buffalo got balanced scoring production out of Thomas Bean, Cory Thielman and Josh Braxton.

 

Baker was able to run the Osseo offense. He was able to get everyone involved on the offensive end.

 

Buffalo was not able to get anything going on the offensive end in the second half.

 

Osseo was too quick for Buffalo. Osseo came away with the 88-67 victory over Buffalo.

 

The leading scorers for Buffalo were Cory Thielman with 17 points, Bean 14 and Braxton with 10 points.

 

The leading scorers for Osseo were Baker and Theisen each with 23 points and Anderson with 11 points.

 

I was joined the Twin Cities Hoops Czar. Check out his thoughts of the Buffalo vs. Osseo boys’ basketball game.