RICHFIELD TOOK ON MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH IN BOYS’ BASKETBALL IN A NONCONFERENCE MATCH

The Richfield Spartans took on the Minneapolis South in a nonconference boys’ basketball match up. Both of the teams came out firing on all cylinders.

Richfield started playing man-to-man defense to begin the game. They wanted to come out and full court press from the jump.

Richfield came out strong. They were able to knock down shots from the beginning of the game.

South did wake up with about 11:00 left to go in the game. They were able to string together some shots. They were all contested by Richfield but they were able to knock down shots.

The pace of the game was fast. South did look to push the ball and they wanted to try to get into their offense and run some plays and create out of transition.

Both teams were playing aggressively in the first half. South did try to push the ball. They were making the cross-court passes that didn’t seem to work that well that led to turnovers for South. Richfield was able to make shots off of South’s turnovers.

South was able to tie the game at 19 with 5:45 left in the first half.

Both teams really played good hard defense. Richfield is known to be a good defensive team. Jim Dimick is a defensive coach. He really preaches defense. Richfield was able to switch up defenses with no problem. This confused the South players. South was able to beat the Richfield defense a few times in the first half as South was able to knock down some quick shots.

South wanted to get the ball into Alonzo Traylor’s hands. He was the tallest guy for South as he was listed at 6’6. He was able to post up in the low block and have a couple of nice layup shots that were close to the basket.

The first half was very close and hard fought. Both teams were able to string together runs in the first half. Neither team gave up on either sides of the ball. I thought that both teams took awhile to a get adjusted to the other team and they were just trying to outsmart each other.

At the end of the first half the score was Minneapolis South 30 and Richfield 28.

Both of the teams came out fired up to begin the second half. South continued to push the ball in the second half.

Jay Sewer came up with some big time defense. He didn’t want anyone to get by him and he guarded well. He looked like he knew what he was doing when he was on the court.

South was able to go on a run in the beginning of the second half.

I really thought Jay Sewer played well throughout the game. He was all over the court making plays. John Johnson from Richfield also came up big and made some nice key shots throughout the game.

South’s offense clicked in the second half. They were able to run what they wanted to run to run.

Minneapolis South is a scrappy team. They will look to push the ball up in transition. They were able to capitalize on Richfield’s mistakes.

Minneapolis South was able to come away with the 71-58 victory over Richfield.