PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE TOOK ON JORDAN IN A CLASS AA QUARTERFINAL BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT MATCH-UP

Plainville-Elgin-Millville took on Jordan in a quarterfinal matchup at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Both teams really played up tempo to begin the game. PEM started out playing in a zone defense. They are able to come out and put pressure on Jordan in the first half.

For PEM Cole Olstad played really aggressively in the first half. They were talking on the defensive end. PEM started playing the in a full court press.

Jordan played a zone for a portion of the first half. Tanner Oaks for Jordan found his shot. He also was able to pass up good shots and was able to get his teammates involved in the action.

At halftime the score was Jordan 24 and PEM 18.

As the second half got underway PEM came out on fire and they went on 10-0 run.

PEM went into a zone defense in the second half. They were able to slow down Jordan. Chris Conrad was all over the court. He did a really good job on the defense end. He was able to frustrate his defender.

PEM went into a stall in the middle of the second half. They really wanted to take the air out of the ball. They did a good job of a stalling. Jordan stayed in the zone defense for most of the second half.

Tanner Oaks did a good job of running the offense for Jordan. Even though Jordan went cold shooting in the second half Oaks did a good job of directing traffic on the court.

Plainview-Elgin Millville was able to come away with the 45-42 victory over Jordan. The leading scorers for Jordan were Yuriy Malashenko with 16 points and Tanner Oakes with 13 points.

The leading scorers for Plainview-Elgin Millville were Cole Olstad and Chris Conrad each with 11 points. Clay Olstad had 9 points.

After the game I was able to talk to Plainview-Elgin Millville’s head coach Kirk Thompson about the game. I also talked to Cole Olstad about the game.