TARTAN HIGH SCHOOL 12 TEAM BOYS’ BASKETBALL SCRIMMAGE NOTES

Tartan high school held a 12-team scrimmage at the High Performance Academy in Eagan on Nov. 23. Everyone played a 20 minute running clock game type of scrimmage with officials.

 

DELASALLE vs. BUFFALO

 

In the first scrimmage DeLaSalle took on Buffalo.  Buffalo started out in man-to-man on the defensive end. DeLaSalle took their time on the offensive end.

 

Buffalo switched between man-to-man and zone defense. They wanted to confuse the DeLaSalle offense.

 

PRIOR LAKE VS. BUFFALO

 

In the second scrimmage Prior Lake went up against Buffalo. Prior Lake started in a man-to-man defense. Buffalo wanted to get out and score baskets in transition.

 

Buffalo switched up between zone and man-to-man defense.

 

Prior Lake’s Keaton Greene brought the ball down the floor and was able to get his team set up in an offensive rhythm. He knew where his teammates were supposed to be on the floor.

 

Buffalo did a good job of rebounding the ball on both ends of the court. They also did a good job of pushing the ball down the floor and getting open looks at the basket. No scoring was kept.

 

PRIOR LAKE VS. DeLaSALLE

 

Prior Lake went up against DeLaSalle in the third scrimmage. DeLaSalle looked to get the ball out of the net and push the ball down the floor as they wanted to make layups in transition.

 

Jarvis Johnson for DeLaSalle came up with some steals and was able to make lay-ups. DeLaSalle played tough man-to-man defense. They didn’t let Prior Lake make any easy shots.

 

Prior Lake’s Tevin Grant made some nice mid-range jump shots. If he thought that he could hit a 15-foot jumper he was not afraid to shoot it.

 

Goanar Mar for DeLaSalle got the ball on the low block and was able to get easy layups. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots where he could make his shots.

 

OSSEO VS. JOHN MARSHALL

 

Osseo went up against Rochester John Marshall.  Osseo played man-to-man defense, and they made it hard for John Marshall to hit open jump shots.  

 

John Marshall swung the ball around the three-point line as they took time off the clock.

 

On the defensive end Osseo was able to create turnovers.

 

Both teams played hard. Osseo looked like they knew what they were doing on both ends of the floor.

 

John Marshall was quick on their feet and was able to slow down the Osseo offense.

 

BRAHAM VS. PRIOR LAKE

 

Braham and Prior Lake went up against each other. Braham was not afraid to shoot the deep three-point shot. Prior Lake did a good job of getting a hand in the shooter’s face and making it hard for Braham to hit shots.

 

Both teams scrambled to the ball on both ends of the floor.

 

Prior Lake was able to get fast break baskets.

 

COOPER VS. PRIOR LAKE

 

Cooper started out in man-to-man defense. They forced Prior Lake to think about the shots that they were shooting. They didn’t let Prior Lake take uncontested shots.

 

Both teams were able to get the ball out of the basket and were able to score baskets in transition.

 

Cooper did a good job of pushing the ball down the floor as they looked to get baskets in transition.

 

Prior Lake was able to swing the ball around the three-point line as they were able to run their offensive sets.  They set a lot of picks for each other and they did a good job of talking on both sides of the ball.

 

TARTAN VS. PRIOR LAKE

 

In the final scrimmage of the day Prior Lake went up against Tartan. Prior Lake communicated well on both ends of the floor.

 

Tartan went to a full court press. They made it difficult for Prior Lake to get the ball down the floor.

 

Prior Lake looked well on the defensive end. They knew who they were guarding as they were able to slow them down on the defensive end.

 

Overall thoughts

 

I thought that this scrimmage was very well run. It gave different teams a chance to go up against some different competition. It also gave me a chance to see teams that I wouldn’t see on a given night.