MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST TOOK ON ST LOUIS PARK IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL NONCONFERENCE GAME

The Minneapolis Southwest Lakers took on St Louis Park in a nonconference basketball contest.

The game started out with each team scoring a flurry of baskets. Both teams looked to push the ball up the court.

St Louis Park looked to attack the basket in the early going. Marcus Edwards wanted to control the St Louis Park offense.

Minneapolis Southwest was able to keep up with St Louis Park in the early goings. Southwest was looking to get the ball up the court and score in transition.

St Louis Park put on the full court press in the first half. They were able to create turnovers and convert them into points.

Southwest was also able to create steals early in the first half. It was key for Southwest to score off the turnovers. Matt St. Anthony played well in the first half. He went after every loose ball in the first half.

St Louis Park looked to get everyone involved in the offense. They really did a good job of communicating what plays they wanted run. This in turn kept all the players on the same page. Their offence clicked for a while in the first half.

Southwest kept pace with St Louis Park. Each team was able to run. This was interesting because they were playing cat and mouse with each other in the first half.

A few times in the first half Southwest would leave a St Louis Park player wide over because they got lost on the defensive end. St Louis Park would take advantage of that and knock down an uncontested shot.

Southwest made some costly errors late in the first half. They were able to recover. Southwest made sure that they were able to get back on defense when they should.

St Louis Park also made some nice plays in the first half. TJ Gist was able to make some nice drives to the basket and if he wasn’t open for the shot he would be able to kick it over to one of his teammates and he would be able to knock down a shot.

Grist also got a couple of nice assists from Alex Koch. If Koch received the ball too low in the block he would kick it back to Grist and he would knock down a jump shot.

At half time the score was St Louis Park 41 and Minneapolis Southwest 33.

St Louis Park came out on fire to start off the second half. St Louis Park opened the second half on a run. There was nothing Southwest could do on either end.

Southwest had to burn a time out with 16:23 left in regulation with the score being St Louis Park 46 and Minneapolis Southwest 33.

Southwest wanted to get the ball moving on the offense end. Tom Weko thought that they were too stagnate on the offense end. He wanted to see more movement without the ball.

St Louis Park was able to move the ball around on the offense end. They did a good job of keeping the ball out of the Southwest players’ hands in the second half.

St Louis Park was able to play well throughout the game. They were able to knock down shots throughout the game. They were able to hit shots when they needed. Jack Bordewick played well for St Louis Park. He was able to come down with some big rebounds and control the boards. Alex Koch also played hard in the game I thought. He didn’t give up. He played under control. They were able to control the tempo and force Minneapolis Southwest to turn the ball over.

Southwest didn’t get frustrated. They just had a difficult time finishing shots when they needed.

St Louis Park was able to come away with the 86-54 victory over Minneapolis Southwest.