LA CROSSE AQUINAS WISCONSIN TOOK ON NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN IN THIRD GAME OF THE EAST METRO SHOWCASE

In the third game of the East Metro Showcase at St Paul Johnson, La Crosse Aquinas took on Northwestern high school from Maple, Wisconsin. Maple Northwestern came into the game ranked number 6 in Wisconsin in Division Two.

Northwestern started out playing strong man-to-man defense. They didn’t want Aquinas to get the ball. Northwestern opened the game scoring seven straight points before Aquinas was able to get on the board.

Northwestern continued to shoot well in the first half. They were able to knock down some big shots in the early goings.

Aquinas started the game playing strong zone defense. They didn’t want to let Northwestern to get into a shooting grove.

Northwestern didn’t want to let Aquinas get into the game. They kept playing strong defense throughout the first half.

At halftime the score was Northwestern 26 and Aquinas 20.

As the second half got underway both teams played with a lot of intensity. Northwestern looked to get the ball into the low post. Donnie Hissa camped out in the low block. His teammates got him the ball and he went to work and was able to find the basket from the low block.

The game was close throughout the second half. Aquinas was able to come back and cut the deficit to 1 with 6:30 left to go in regulation. The score was Northwestern 47 and Aquinas 46.

The tempo and pace of the game heated up late in the second half. Northwestern continued to play tough aggressive defense.

The game was tied at 54 with 2:54 left in regulation.

The game was tied at 56 with 19 seconds left in regulation. No one scored at the end of regulation the score was still tied at 56.

With 1:24 remaining in the overtime period, the score was Northwestern 62 and Aquinas 58.

Both of these teams played very well throughout the whole game. Neither team let up.

Northwestern was able to come away with the 68-64 victory over Aquinas. Aquinas was lead in scoring by Bronson Koeing with 20 points. Evan Pederson scored 19 and Jimmy Ancius chipped in 11 points for Aquinas.

Northwestern was led in scoring by John Darwin with 23 points. Tyler Forythe scored 14 points. Donnie Hissa scored 13 points and Timmy Follis ended up with 9 points.