ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL TOOK ON HENRY SIBLEY IN THE OPENING NIGHT FOR ME OF BOYS BASKETBALL

It was the first night for me of Minnesota boys’ basketball for the 2009-2010 season. The first contest that I was at was the St Paul Academy and Summit School against Henry Sibley.

St Paul Academy started out playing in a half court set. Sibley didn’t press to begin the game. The flow of the game was slow at the beginning.

SPA’s Santano Rosario is a small guard. He really got the ball moving for SPA on the offensive end. He knows how to really handle the ball. He made great plays throughout the game.

Sibley was able to get an early 12-4 lead with 13:41 to go in the first half. Sibley was able to swing the ball around the three-point arch as they tried to keep the ball away from SPA.

Sibley was able to get the ball into Mike Rostampour who was camped out in the low block. He was able to make good plays down in the low block all night long.

All throughout the first half Sibley was able to make their shots they were putting in. SPA had a hard time making shots. They were going in and making a good effort at their shots but they couldn’t get them to fall in the first half.

Sibley went on a 24-2 run and blew the game open in the first half. They were able to score at will.

SPA was able to put some scoring together later in the half but they were not able to catch up to Sibley in the first half. They were able to get rebounds on both ends of the field.

Santano Rosario was SPA’s bright spot in the first half. He played very well I thought. He set up the SPA’s offense even though they were not able to get anything going until midway through the first half. He did a good job of setting his players up to get shots.

At half time the score was Henry Sibley 38 and SPA 16.

Both teams came out a little flat I thought in the second half as neither team was able to score at will to begin the second half. Both defenses stepped up as both teams put on the pressure.

Jake Kreuser came up with some big blocks throughout the game. He was just a beast to be reckoned with in the low block. SPA didn’t know how to handle him inside.

When Adam Heussner who is a freshman came up and nailed a big three pointer for Sibley all of the student section started to chant “he’s a freshman”. He really came in and played well for Sibley. He was able to guard well and he knew when to shoot the ball.

Sibley was able to basically control the whole game. They were just a way bigger and stronger team then SPA. SPA didn’t give up they played hard the whole game.

I liked how Santano Rosario played for SPA. He was a scrappy guard but was not able to mix it up with the Sibley guards. SPA’s other guard Spencer Egly also played well I thought. Everyone played well but SPA was just out manned and they were not able to control Sibley.

Henry Sibley was able to come away with the 66-48 victory over SPA. The leading scorer for SPA was David McVettey with 14 points and the leading scoring for Henry Sibley was Mike Rostampour with 18.

I was with the Czar from Twin Cities Boys Hoops. You can also read his story about the game between Henry Sibley and SPA here.