RUSHFORD-PETERSON WENT UP AGAINST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN IN THE STATE CLASS A SEMIFINALS

On March 13 Rushford-Peterson and Central Minnesota Christian (CMC) played  in the Class A state boys' basketball state semifinals.  The game was played at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis.

Rushford started out in a zone defense. They looked to control the tempo of the game early.

CMC started in a zone defense. Rushford picked up there defense at the half court line.

There was a media timeout with 15 minutes left in the first half. The score was Rushford 4, CMC 2.

Both teams took a lot of time off the clock as they swung the ball around the 3-point line.

Rushford did a good job of attacking the zone. They came up with steals on defense. Rushford was able to come up with layups off the steals.

Rushford’s Matt Culhane came up with rebounds and layups in the paint. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots where he could shoot it.

CMC had a difficult time shooting the ball in the first half. They were not able to get their shots to drop.

There was a media timeout with 10:50 left in the first half. The score was Rushford 8, CMC 2.

Both teams struggled to shoot the ball midway through the first half. Rushford did a good job of attacking the basket. They were able to get into the lane and past the CMC defenders.

Rushford’s Noah Carlson attacked the basket and came up with layups. He was able to make free throws.

The Rushford’s zone defense caused CMC problems throughout the first half. CMC was not able to get good looks at the basket.

There was a media timeout with 6:47 left in the first half. The score was Rushford 17, CMC 4.

Rushford did a good job of getting the ball down the floor. They did a good job of getting everyone involved in the offense.

Rushford continued to get the ball into the hands of Culhane. He came up with layups from the paint.

Culhane also came up with huge rebounds for his team.

There was a media timeout with 3:43 left in the first half. The score was Rushford 22, CMC 9.

CMC’s Austin Bulthuis and Matthew Van Eps scored off of mid-range jump shots and layups in the first half. There teammates got the ball to them where they felt comfortable shooting the ball.

Rushford’s Charlie Krambeer came up with deep 3-point shots.

Rushford called a timeout with 48.5 seconds left in the first half. The score was Rushford 28, CMC 13.

Rushford looked to take a lot of time off the clock after the timeout. CMC went to a man-to-man defense.

At halftime the score was Rushford 28, CMC 15.

As the second half got underway Rushford continued to move the ball well down the floor.

There was a media timeout with 14:55 left in regulation. The score was Rushford 35, CMC 19.

Rushford started out the second half in a zone defense. They really made it difficult for CMC to come up with baskets.

Rushford took a lot of time off the clock as they swung the ball around the 3-point line.

There was a media timeout with 10:53 left in regulation. The score was Rushford 42, CMC 25.

Rushford continued to come up with mid-range jump shots and layups throughout the second half.

CMC struggled to shoot throughout the second half.

I thought that CMC didn’t back down from the Rushford’s defense. They attacked the defense. CMC had a difficult time scoring throughout the game.

Rushford came away with the 62-39 Victory over CMC.

The leading scorer for CMC was Bulthuis with 19 points.

The leading scorers for Rushford were Carlson with 16 points, Paulson with 13 points and Krambeer with 11 points.

After the game I was able to talk to Rushford’s head coach Thomas Vix and Noah Carlson and Culhane about the game.