MINNESOTA GRASSROOTS TOOK ON WAYZATA IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

In a 17U contest the Minnesota Grassroots took on the Wayzata Trojans in a boys' basketball game. Wayzata started the game in zone defense. They looked to slow down Grassroots. Grassroots looked to push the ball down the court in transition as they looked to score easy baskets.

Wayzata found the basket early in the game as they were able to sink a few shots and open the game on a run. Grassroots was not able to find the basket at the start of the contest.

Grassroots used a full court press and that made it hard for Wayzata to make shots. Grassroots did a good job of getting a hand up in the faces of the Wayzata players.

With 11:00 left in the first half the score was Wayzata 19 and Minnesota Grassroots 10.

Grassroots continued to look to shoot the ball when they felt that they had a good open shot. They didn't get down on themselves when their shots were not falling.

With 7:00 to go in the first half Grassroots went on a run. They were down by one with 6:26 to go when Wayzata called a timeout.

Both teams dove on the floor after loose balls. They were very aggressive on both ends of the floor.

The score went back and forth late in first half. The game got a little chippy as each team thought that they were supposed to get calls that they didn't get.

Grassroots took their time on the offensive end as they looked to take as much time off the clock as they could late in the half.

Grassroots switched between man-to-man and zone defense as they looked to confuse the Wayzata players. Wayzata was not able to figure that out at first and Grassroots took advantage of that by scoring easy baskets off of the mismatch defense.

Wayzata was forced to take long three-point shots because Grassroots was defending the three-point line very well. Wayzata had a hard time hitting their shots from behind the three-point line.

Wayzata had an easy time scoring on the back door cuts. Grassroots got beat on several plays where the Wayzata player would cut to the basket using the backdoor. That is how Wayzata scored most of their points late in the half.

At halftime the score was Wayzata 37 and Grassroots 34.

Grassroots came out of the halftime break in a man-to-man defense. They looked to tighten up the pressure on Wayzata.

Grassroots kept on attacking the basket on the offensive end. They were successful doing that throughout the first half.

Grassroots used a full court press and that created turnovers for Wayzata. Wayzata had a hard time bringing the ball down the court.

Grassroots kept the full court press on throughout the second half. They really were able to cause turnovers for the Wayzata team.

Grassroots was all the rebounds on both ends of the court. They were also able to score easy baskets by getting rebounds and putting the ball right back into the basket.

With 11:04 left in regulation the score was Grassroots 56 and Wayzata 44.

Wayzata didn't give up they kept on attacking the Grassroots defense. They were not afraid to take the ball hard to the basket.

Grassroots did a good job of attacking the basket throughout the game. Wayzata didn't back down. I thought that Grassroots was a little quicker than Wayzata. The pace of the game was in Grassroots favor throughout.

Grassroots took their time on the offensive end late in the game. They looked to take as much time off the clock as they could. They played keep away by dribbling around the three-point line and that made Wayzata have to go out and guard or foul them.

Wayzata tried to make a run late in the game but that was to no avail.

Grassroots came away with the 87-71 victory over Wayzata.