The 2010 Minnesota State High School League boys’ basketball tournament got underway. In the first quarterfinal game Hopkins took on Forest Lake. Hopkins came into the game with a 27-2 record overall. Forest Lake came in with a 24-5 record overall.
Hopkins came out from the beginning of the game and they looked to run. Hopkins came out on fire and they were able to go on a 9-0 run with 15:32 left in the first half.
Forest Lake came in and tried to play a matchup zone defense. They wanted to try to slow down Hopkins.
Forest Lake was not able to make a shot for a while in the first half. They didn’t get down on themselves.
Joe Coleman found his shot early on in the contest. On the defensive end he played really hard.
Hopkins was able to find their shots in the first half.
At halftime the score was Hopkins 39 and Forest Lake 18. Through the first half Joe Coleman was Hopkins’ leading scorer with 16 points. For Forest Lake, Zach Riedeman had 6 points and was their leaders through the first half.
As the second half got underway Hopkins really found and sunk their shots.
Joe Coleman really picked up his play in the second half. He really looked for his teammates throughout the game.
Hopkins was too strong for Forest Lake. Hopkins came away with the 75-51 victory.
The leading scorer for Forest Lake was Zach Reideman with 23. The leading scorers for Hopkins were Joe Coleman with 24 points, Marvin Singeleton with 15 points, and Dustin Peterson with 13 points.
After the game I was able to talk to Hopkins head coach Ken Novak and Joe Coleman.
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