SAINT JOHN’S MILITARY ACADEMY TOOK ON THE EASTVIEW LIGHTNING IN THE EAST METRO BOYS BASKETBALL SHOWCASE

St. John’s Military Academy took on the Eastview Lightning in the East Metro boys’ basketball showcase at St Paul Johnson.

Both of these teams played really tough defense at the start of the game. St. John’s started out playing in a zone defense. They didn’t want Eastview to get the ball in the low post. Eastview passed the ball around the three point arch as they were trying to look for the open shot.

St. John’s was able to jump out to a quick 11-9 lead with just under 12:00 left in the first half.

Eastview was looking for Carl Otto to shoot the ball. Otto put the ball up every time he touched it in the first half.

At the half the score was St. John’s Military Academy 28 and Eastview 26.

The leading scorers at halftime for St. John’s were Kevin Mays with 11, DJ Mlachnik with 7 and Chris McFarlane with 6 points. For Eastview, Jordan Kuhn scored 9 points and Oshari Arnett had 4 points. Eastview was 1 of 4 on free throws in the first half and St. John’s was 9 of 13 from the free throw line.

With 16:48 left to go in the second half Eastview took a 31-30 lead. That was the first time they had the lead since it was 2-0 to start the game.

Eastview played strong man-to-man defense in the second half. They wanted to slow the St. John’s team down. They wanted to contest all of the shots that they were putting up.

For St. John’s, Chris McFarlane played very aggressively. He really pushed the ball up the court and he really did a good job of handling the ball.

The game was close throughout the game. Both teams played aggressively and neither team was able to go on a run. The game came down to the wire.

Donald Jackson for St. John’s was fouled at the buzzer. He made two free throw shots and that tied the game at 59 a piece at the end of regulation.

The game remained close in the extra session but in the end St. John’s came away with the 70-65 victory in overtime.

Eastview was lead in scoring by Chris Narum with 19 points and Jordan Kuhn with 12 points. St. John’s was led in scoring by Kevin Mays with 25 points. Isaiah Gray scored 14 points, which all came in the second half, and D J Mlachnilk finished with 12 points.