RICE LAKE TOOK ON ST. CLOUD APOLLO IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

Rice Lake took on St. Cloud Apollo in a boys' basketball game as part of the Minnesota Border Battle
that took place at St. Cloud Tech High School. Rice Lake came into the game with a record of 10-5 and
St. Cloud Apollo came into the game with a record of 11-3
 

The game started out as each team trading baskets. Both teams started out the game on fire.
 

St. Cloud Apollo looked to get the ball into Ibrahim Bashir Abukar's hands. Aubkar did a good job of
knowing where his players were on the court.
 

Rice Lake didn't back down. They were able to attack the St. Cloud Apollo's defense. St. Cloud Apollo
mostly used a man-to-man defense. Rice Lake used both zone and man-to-man defense.
 

St. Cloud Apollo looked to get the ball out of the net on the defensive end and take it to the offensive
end.
 

The scoring in the first half went back and forth. St. Cloud Apollo did a good job moving without the
ball.
 

At halftime the score was Rice Lake 34 and St. Cloud Apollo 29.
 

St. Cloud Apollo came out on the offensive in the second half. Abukar got hot in the beginning of the
second half. He took the ball strong to the basket. He was not afraid to draw contact.
 

Rice Lake continued to make shots that they were putting up. Rice Lake looked to spread St. Cloud
Apollo out when Apollo had the ball on offense.
 

The score was tied at 45 with 10:20 left to go in regulation.
 

Abukar continued to drive to the basket. He was able to get fouled on a few possessions and make his
shots from the free throw line.
 

Walley Ellenson from Rice Lake had a good game. He was all over the court. He played with a lot of

passion on the floor. Ellenson dove after loose balls.
 

The game went down to the wire. Walley Ellenson's deep three-point shot at the buzzer won the game
for Rice Lake as they came away with the 66-63 victory over St. Cloud Apollo.

The leading scorers for Rice Lake were Walley Ellenson with 25 points and Taylor West with 12 points.
The leading scorers for St. Cloud Apollo were Simon Krych with 23 points, Brett Maslonkowski with
12 and Ibrahim Bashir Abukar with 9 points.

I was able to talk to Walley Ellenson and head coach Kevin Orr about the game.