Monday, December 12, 2011

ROBINSDALE COOPER TOOK ON DeLaSALLE IN THE MINNESOTA BREAKDOWN TIP-OFF CLASSIC

Robinsdale Cooper took on Minneapolis DeLaSalle in a boys' basketball game as part of the Minnesota Breakdown Tip-Off Classic. 

It took a while for each of these to get into the offensive flow. Neither team was able to hit their shots that they were putting up.

Cooper looked to get the ball into the hands of Rashad Vaughn.

DeLaSalle called a timeout with 9:51 left in the first half. The score was Robinsdale Cooper 13 and DeLaSalle 6.

Cooper used both a zone and man-to-man defense. They were able to have the pace of the game in their favor.

DeLaSalle caught fire midway though the first half.

At halftime the score was DeLaSalle 33 and Robinsdale Cooper 29.

As the second half got underway Ty Curtis Moore looked to hit open jump shots for DeLaSalle.

Cooper came out slow to start the second half. They were not able to get their shots going. Cooper didn’t get down though. They kept of taking it hard to the basket.

Vaughn continued to shoot well late in the contest.

Eric Brown came up with a nice one handed slam dunk. On the next trip down the court he was fouled hard going to the basket.

The game was close the entire game.

Vaughn nailed a three-point shot with 11.7 seconds left in regulation to get within two points of DeLaSalle.

DeLaSalle was able to hold onto the game and come away with the 64-61 victory over Robinsdale Cooper.

Along with many other college coaches University of Minnesota men's head basketball coach Tubby Smith was on had to watch a major portion of this game.

The leading scorers for Robbinsdale Cooper were Rashad Deandre Vaughn with 30 points, Eric Brown scored 16.

The leading scorers for DeLaSalle were Luke Scott with 13 points, Reid Travis with 12 points and Shawn Fitzgibbons with 11 points.

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