Crosby Ironton took on Minnehaha Academy in the quarterfinal game of the Minnesota state high school league boys state tournament.
Minnehaha started playing in a strong man-to-man defense. The lead went back and forth early in the contest.
Both teams started the game on runs. Crosby Ironton went on another run midway through the first half.
Mark Hoge for Crosby Ironton really found his shot early on. He was good from all over the court on the offensive end.
For Minnehaha Erick Forson came up really big in the first half. He was all over the court. He was able to step up and drain open shots.
Crosby Ironton was able to go on a run late in the first half. They didn’t get down on themselves when their shots were not falling. They knew that they were going to drop at some point as they did late in the first half.
At halftime the score was Minnehaha Academy 35 and Crosby Ironton 33.
As the second half got underway the both teams came out playing aggressively. Crosby Ironton came out on fire and they started on a run.
At one time Minnehaha had a 15-point lead in this game. Crosby Ironton had an 8-point lead with 11:40 left in the game.
Crosby Ironton was able to battle back. They were able to make shots in the second half.
They did a really good job of swinging the ball around the three-point arc. They wanted to take as much time off the clock as they could.
Crosby Ironton was able to come away with the 72-67 victory over Minnehaha Academy.
The leading scorers for Minnehaha Academy were Taylor Hanson with 18 points, Parker Hines 14 points and Erick Forson with 12 points.
The leading scorers for Crosby Ironton were Mark Hoge with 35 points, Sam Baker 12 points and Tyler Dickie with 11 points.
After the game I was able to talk to Crosby Ironton’s head coach Dave Galovich. I was also able to talk to players Mark Hoge and Matthew Hurdrlik.
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