MINNEAPOLIS DE LASALLE AND MINNEAPOLIS PATRICK HENRY TAKE TO THE BASKETBALL HARDWOOD. JORDAN HUGHES PUTS ON A SHOW.

The Minneapolis De LaSalle Islanders traveled to Minneapolis Patrick Henry high school for a boys basketball matchup. De LaSalle is a private school that is located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. It is a well known school which has had success in boys’ basketball for years. They have won state tournaments in boys’ basketball. Minneapolis Patrick Henry is located in North Minneapolis. Both of these teams have a long basketball history. There has been a rivalry of sorts between these two schools through the years.

De LaSalle entered the game with a 20-3 record and they were ranked number 5 in the state in class 3A. Henry came in with a 15-9 record.

As the game started Henry looked to spread the floor from the beginning. They wanted to try to keep De LaSalle from getting the ball. They took their time with the ball and they were holding the ball that made De LaSalle come out and guard them.

Jordan Hughes looked to get the ball for Henry. Hughes looked to get his teammates involved early in the contest.

Henry took an early 12-2 lead with 14:53 reaming in the first half. Henry’s August Fleming came out on first as he scored 10 of their 12 points.

De LaSalle ran their four motion set on the offense end. They wanted all of their players to cut and pass on the offence. No one was supposed to be stagnant in their offensive system. Henry did a good job of getting them out of their rhythm early on in the first half.

De LaSalle did make a comeback and fought hard in the first half. Henry was a little quicker. De LaSalle did go on a run with about 7:00 left in the first half. They came awake and they were able to put points on the board quickly. Henry was not able to respond.

The score was tied at 25 with 5:00 left to go in the first half.

Louis Cox for Henry was able to knock down some nice three point shots throughout the first half.

Both teams played very aggressively in the first half. Neither team gave up.

At halftime the score was Patrick Henry 38 and Henry 36. Jordan Hughes had 13 points at half time.

As the second half got underway both teams played with a lot of intensity. Henry came out and played strong man-to-man defense to begin the second half. They were able to contain De LaSalle early in the second half.

Henry played aggressively. They were not afraid to back down to this De LaSalle team. Henry looked to get the ball into Jordan Hughes and August Fleming’s hands. They were on fire. They were able to score from anywhere on the court. They were also not afraid to pass up shots if they were not open.

De LaSalle continued to push the ball up the court and they kept on looking for points in transition.

Both teams really battled hard. Jordan Hughes had a really good night as he caught fire in the second half and played very well. He carried his team on the offensive end.

This game came down to the very end. With 5 seconds left to go Jalen Jaspers nailed a two point shot to tie the game and bring it into overtime tied at 79.

In the overtime period the ball was like a hot potato as neither team was able to hang on to it in the early goings of the overtime period.

Louis Scott got hot in the overtime for Henry. He was able to come up big and knock down some two point shots. Henry was able to come away with the 94-88 overtime victory over De LaSalle.

De LaSalle was led in scoring by Jonah Travis who ended with 28 points. Jalen Jaspers scored 21 points for De LaSalle.

Jordan Hughes scored 33 points for Henry. He was the leader on the court for Henry in this game. He played very good defense and was able to find his shot early on.

THE MINNEAPOLIS DELASALLE ISLANDERS AND THE MINNEAPOLIS PATRICK HENRY JUNIOR VARSITY TEAMS TOOK ON EACH OTHER IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL CONTEST

The Minneapolis DeLaSalle Islanders and the Minneapolis Patrick Henry junior varsity teams squared off against each other.

DeLaSalle started off playing strong man-to-man defense. They were all over the court. They wanted to try to get Henry off guard in the early goings.

Henry looked to run a fast break early on. They were always looking to push the ball up the court.

DeLaSalle was able to make shots in the first half with relative ease. Henry had difficulties making their shots in the first half.

In the first half Henry was over matched. DeLaSalle was more athletic and more skilled inside. They were able to knock down shots throughout the first half.

At half time the score was DeLaSalle 31 and Henry 16.

As the second half got underway both teams stepped up the defensive pressure. DeLaSalle is known for applying great pressure against their opponent.

Henry tried to spread the court out on their offensive. They wanted to try to extend DeLaSalle as much as they could. DeLaSalle was able to shoot through the gaps and create scoring chances.

Henry went on a run late in the second half. But they were not able to catch up to DeLaSalle.

DeLaSalle came away with the 63-47 victory over Henry in the junior varsity contest.

THE FRESHMEN OF PARTICK HENRY AND DELASALLE BATTLED IT OUT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT

The DeLaSalle Islanders faced off against the Patrick Henry Patriots in a boys’ basketball game. The first game pitted the two freshman teams. DeLaSalle’s freshman team was coached by David Collier.

Both teams looked to push the ball up the court to begin the game. DeLaSalle used a motion offense to begin the game. They looked to pass the ball around and they set a lot of screens. They were able to make some shots in the early going and were to jump out on top of Henry early in the first half.

Henry went on a run midway through the first half. DeLaSalle did a good job of pushing the ball up the court in transition.

Henry didn’t press too much in the first half. They did play solid half court man-to-man defense. DeLaSalle did a good job on the offensive end.

Both teams played extremely hard defense in the first half. Neither team was able to make stops on the defensive end.

At the end of the first half the score was Minneapolis DeLaSalle 24 and Minneapolis Patrick Henry 26.

As the second half got underway DeLaSalle came out and wanted to try to get the upper hand. Henry had different plans though as they put the pressure on DeLaSalle from the beginning.

Throughout the second half the score went back and forth. Neither team was able to go on a run in the early goings of the second half.

Henry played some zone in the second half. They were able to slow DeLaSalle down in the second half. Both teams went into a scoring drought midway through the second half as neither team was able to score.

The game was close throughout. Neither team was able to go on a run throughout the game. The game came game down to the wire. DeLaSalle was able to come away with the 59-52 victory over Minneapolis Patrick Henry.

BENILDE-ST.MARGARET’S TOOK ON DE LA SALLE

In a non conference game De La Salle traveled to Benilde-St. Margaret’s for a boy’s basketball contest.

In the early going, both teams made numerous passes and took a lot of time off the clock. Both teams were deliberate in trying to find their offense. They both showed patients in there shot selection.

Throughout the first half it was a three point shooting contest which kept the game close. The teams also played aggressive defense.

De La Salle took a 21-16 lead into the half time break.

The Islanders played both man to man and zone defense. This tilt was a defensive battle the entire game.

Neither team could make a basket in the second half. The first field goal came at the 10:30 mark by DeLaSalle’s Dannie Young.

In this slowdown battle, De La Salle was able to keep the lead because of their overwhelming defense and as the final buzzer went off, the Islanders prevailed 44-29.

De La Salle was led in scoring by Jalen Jaspers with 16 points and A.J. Barker with 14. The Red Knights were led by Darren Glover with 13 points. Leading scorer Peter Crawford was out with an ankle injury.

I was joined at this game by the Twin Cities Hoops Czar, you can read about his thoughts on this game here.

MINNEAPOLIS DELASALLE BLOWS OUT ST CROIX LUTHERAN

Jalen Jaspers scored 30 points to lead DeLaSalle over St. Croix Lutheran 70-47, while Jonah Travis and A.J. Barker chipped in 11 & 10 points respectively in the Islanders win. After leading 30-19 at the half the Islanders did not let up and out scored their opponent 40 to 28 in the last stanza.

The overmatched Crusaders we led in scoring by senior Chris Breuer with 18 points Aaron Hulsebus with 12.