On Feb. 21 Lakeville North went up against Prior Lake in a boys basketball game. Prior Lake’s Jon Sobaski got the ball off the tip and scored a layup for the first basket.
Prior Lake looked to push the ball down the floor.
On the offensive end Prior Lake looked to take time off the clock as they looked to swing the ball around the three-point line.
Lakeville North looked to get the ball into the hands of J.P. Macura and Connor Flack. Macura wasn’t afraid to shoot the deep three-point shot.
Prior Lake’s Nick Vanek was all over the floor on the offensive end. He was not afraid to drive to the basket if he thought he had an open shot.
There were several ties and lead changes throughout the first half. Neither team went on a run.
Flack came up with defensive rebounds. He was able to get the ball into the hands of Macura and Alex Reiland who were able to set up the offense and run plays.
Prior Lake’s Austin Heidecker came up with some big defensive stops. He was able to get steals and then get the ball into the ball into the hands of Sobaski.
Prior Lake called a timeout with 8:07 left in the first half. The score was Lakeville North 24, Prior Lake 16.
Prior Lake continued to move the ball well down the floor. They were able to get everyone involved in the offense.
Macura kept on hitting his shots throughout the first half. It didn’t matter if he was shooting three-pointers or two-pointers he was on fire.
Prior Lake’s Kevin McKiernan was able to drain three-point shots late.
Lakeville North called a timeout with 2:35 left in the first half. The score was Lakeville North 32, Prior Lake 25.
At halftime the score was Lakeville North 38, Prior Lake 29.
Macura scored 26 points in the first half.
Macura found his mid-range touch at the start of the second half. He was not afraid to shoot the ball.
Lakeville North started out the second half in a zone defense. They looked to try to force Prior Lake to shoot three-point shots.
Prior Lakes’ Jason Faul and Heidecker all shot three-point shots well in the second half. Prior Lake came out on fire to start the second half. They were down two with 15:00 left in regulation.
Prior Lake called a timeout with 14:33 left in regulation. The score was Lakeville North 42, Prior Lake 38.
Sobaski continued to drain three-point shots. Lakeville North couldn’t slow him down.
There were several ties and lead changes throughout the second half. Neither team went on a run.
Prior Lake looked to score baskets in transition. If they were not able to score baskets in transition they would bring the ball out to the top of the key and they would run their set plays. Sobaski did a good job of letting his teammates know what plays that he wanted ran.
Both teams went to a full court press. They wanted to make it difficult for the other point guard to bring the ball down the court.
Faul found his mid-range touch late in regulation. He kept on calling for the ball as he was able to knock down jumpers.
Macura and Flack kept Lakeville North in the game as they had good performances in the game.
The game came down to the wire. Neither team gave up easy shots down the stretch.
Vanek came up with some big shots late in regulation.
Macura was fouled with 16.1 seconds left in regulation and he shot three free throws. The game was tied at 69. Macura missed the free throws. Sobaski fouled Calven Pesola and he missed his first free throw and then Prior Lake called a timeout with 4.3 seconds left with the score tied. Pesola made his second free throw.
Lakeville North had a 70-69 lead with 4.3 seconds to go when Lakeville North called a timeout.
Prior Lake had the ball with 4.3 seconds to go and Faul shot a three-point shot but it didn’t go in as time expired.
Lakeville North came away with the 70-69 victory over Prior Lake.
The leading scorers for Prior Lake were Sobaski with 20 points, Faul with 18 points, and Bair with 12 points.
Lakeville North was lead in scoring by Macura with 42 points and Flack with 12 points.
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