PACT CHARTER SCHOOL TOOK ON CHRIST HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH (CHOF) IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

PACT Charter School traveled to the Salvation Army the home of Christ Household of Faith (CHOF) in a boys' basketball game. PACT came into the game with a record of 6-14. CHOF's record was 8-10.

PACT won the tip. CHOF started the game in a half court man-to-man defense.

PACT looked to swing the ball around the three-point line and get into their offense. They passed and cut in their motion offense.

CHOF was able to get easy baskets in transition. CHOF got the ball into the hands of guard Nate Johnston. Johnston was all over the floor. On the offensive end he directed his teammates and let them know where they were supposed to be.

PACT called a timeout with 13:51 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 12 and PACT 2.

Austin Stone for PACT took the ball hard to the basket. He was able to score some key baskets midway through the first half.

Kit Piepkorn for CHOF looked to shoot the ball from wherever he could. Also Kendall Strandlund was able to get his shot going.

CHOF called a timeout with 8:44 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 14 and PACT 12.

CHOF looked to push the ball down the court as they wanted to get easy baskets in transition.

CHOF played mostly man-to-man defense. PACT switched between man-to-man and zone defense.

Piepkorn was able to hit some long three-point shots to keep his team in the game.

Both teams turned the ball over in the first half. Neither team was able to convert on the turnovers.

CHOF picked up at half court. They didn't use the full court press much in the first half.

At halftime the score was tied at 26.

Danny Mooers took some nice shots for PACT. He was not afraid to shoot it from anywhere on the court.

The score went back and forth throughout the second half. It was a close contest.

PACT stayed in the zone defense in the second half. They wanted to keep the floor spread and not have CHOF get any easy open shots at the basket.

PACT called a timeout with 14:54 left in regulation. The score was tied at 28.

CHOF looked to trap the ball and were able to get steals from the traps.

PACT called another timeout with 13:54 left in regulation. The score was tied at 31.

Both teams dove on the floor for loose balls and they both went after rebounds on both ends of the floor.

Drew Zieroth for PACT stepped up and knocked down some three-point shots to keep his team in the game.

CHOF called a timeout with 11:06 left in regulation. The score was PACT 40 and CHOF 35.

CHOF went to a full court press. The full court press bothered the PACT guards as they had difficulty bringing the ball down the court.

Both teams picked up the pace of the game for a while as they both pushed the ball down the court and looked to score baskets in transition.

There were several ties and lead changes in the second half.

Tyler Strandlund was a force on the low block. He would get the ball on the low block and would take it strong to the basket.

CHOF called a timeout with 5:53 left in regulation. The score was tied at 49.

PACT was in their zone defense and CHOF passed the ball around the three-point line and that made PACT come out of the zone and go man-to-man defense with about 3:30 left in regulation.

PACT called a timeout with 2:00 left in regulation. The score was CHOF 55 and PACT 52.

Tyler Standlund had a one handed slam dunk with just over a minute to go. That gave his team an emotional boost.

The game came down to the wire. In a hard fought game that the score went back and forth CHOF came away with the 65-54 victory over PACT Charter School.

The leading scorers for PACT were Drew Zieroth with 24 points, Austin Stone with 10 points, Danny Mooers with 8 points and Austin Coons with 6 points.

The leading scorers for CHOF were Kendall Standlund and Tyler Strandlund each with 21 points, and Darian Warneke with 9 points.

I was joined by the Twin Cities Hoop Czar. Check out his thoughts of the PACT Charter School vs. CHOF boys' basketball game.