MOORHEAD TOOK ON BUFFALO IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL CONTEST

In a boys' basketball game at St. Cloud State University the Moorhead Spuds took on the Bison from
Buffalo High School in a regional basketball game.
 

Moorhead started the game off in a man-to-man defense. They looked to slow down Buffalo.
 

Buffalo did a good job of getting the ball out of the net and getting it to the other end of the court.
 

Moorhead mostly played man-to-man defense in the first half. They wanted to apply as much pressure
as they could to Buffalo. Buffalo was not afraid of that pressure.
 

The score went back and forth throughout the first half.
 

Moorhead's Matt Ellingson got their offense going. He was shouting out plays that he wanted to run.
 

The defensive pressure that both teams were playing didn't provide for many scoring chances for either
team. Both teams took a lot of time off the clock.
 

With 8:37 left in the first half the score was Moorhead 12 and Buffalo 8.
 

Both teams continued to go strong after each other. Neither team took many shots. They had to spend
time running the clock because they didn't think that they were going to get a good shot.
 

Buffalo went on a run. They were able to get out to a 21-14 lead with 5:13 left.
 

Buffalo continued to shoot the ball well to end the half. They ended the half with a lot of energy.
 

At halftime the score was Buffalo 29 and Moorhead 17.
 

Buffalo came out in a zone defense. Then Moorhead took off. They were able to go on a run with 16:00
left in regulation. Buffalo took a timeout with 14:37 left. The score was Buffalo 34 and Moorhead 25.
Moorhead continued to hit shots throughout the second half.
 

Buffalo looked to get the ball into the hands of Josh High. High was all over the court. He was not
afraid to shoot the ball from anywhere on the court.
 

Moorhead continued to make shots late in the half. Matt Fernholz dove to the basket and was able to
get his shot to drop.
 

Buffalo continued to shoot the ball well enough to come away with the 61-51victory over Moorhead. I
thought that both teams played well throughout the game.
 

The leading scorers for Moorhead were Aaron Lien with 18 points and Matt Watnemo with 10 points.
Moorhead shot 20-49 from the field. That included going 4-14 from behind the three-point line.
 

The leading scorers for Buffalo were Josh High with 19 points and Ethan Freer with 14 points. Buffalo
shot 20-46 from the field including 10-22 from behind the thee-point line. They also shot 11-12 from
the free throw line.