MANKATO EAST WENT UP AGAINST MINNEAPOLIS DELASALLE IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

On March 12 Mankato East went up against Minneapolis DeLaSalle in a boys’ state semifinal basketball game at the Target Center.

DeLaSalle looked to push the ball down the floor and looked for ways to score layups in transition.

It took a while for both teams to get into a shooting rhythm.

There was a media timeout with 14:18 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 6, Mankato East 2.

DeLaSalle did a good job of swinging the ball around the 3-point line as they were able to get everyone involved in the offense.

DeLaSalle’s Jarvis Johnson came up with mid-range jump shots, layups and slam dunks in the first half on the offensive end. On defense Johnson did a good job of slowing down the guy he was guarding.

There was a media timeout with 10:54 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 10, Mankato East 4.

DeLaSalle was able to attack the Mankato East defense. They did a good job of slowing down Mankato.

DeLaSalle’s Sacar Anim came up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the first half.

At halftime the score was DeLaSalle 37, Mankato East 22.

As the second half got underway DeLaSalle continued to push the ball down the floor and make layups in transition.

The defensive pressure that DeLaSalle put on Mankato East made it hard for them to make shots.

DeLaSalle was too much for Mankato East. Mankato East had a difficult time hitting their shots throughout the game.

Anim was all over the floor. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots where he could shoot it.

DeLaSalle came away with the 74-40 victory over Mankato East.

The leading scores for Mankato East were Gorg Alhag and C.J. Ayers each with 8 points.

The leading scorers for DeLaSalle was Anim with 27 points.

After the game I was able to speak to DeLaSalle’s head coach Dave Thorson, and Anim about the game.