PATRICK HENRY WENT UP AGAINST WASHBURN IN A CITY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

On Jan. 29, Minneapolis Patrick Henry and Minneapolis Washburn squared off in a boys’ basketball game.

Both teams got off to a sluggish start offensively. It took awhile for each team to get into a shooting rhythm.

Washburn called a timeout with 16:47 left in the first half. The score was Henry 2, Washburn 0.

Both teams dove on the floor after loose balls.

Henry called a timeout with 15:07 left in the first half. The score was Henry 4, Washburn 0.

Washburn struggled shooting the ball in the first half as they were not able to make shots that they put up.

Henry spread the ball around and was able to get everyone involved in the offense. They did a good job of finding each other on the floor.

Washburn’s Payton Golden took the ball hard to the basket, as he looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups.

Washburn called a timeout with 12:41 left in the first half. The score was Henry 14, Washburn 4.

Washburn’s Charles Cook-Gordon kept the ball moving down the floor. Cook-Gordon wasn’t afraid to shoot the ball if he thought that he had an open look at the basket.

Washburn got their offense going with just under 11 Minutes to go. They came up with steals on the defensive end and turned them into layups on the offensive end.

Henry’s Yusuf Abdullah took the ball hard to the basket and came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball in spots where he could shoot it.

Henry’s Glentrell Carter wasn’t afraid to take deep 3-point shots. If Carter thought that he could make a shot, he would up it up.

Washburn’s Isaac Lotz came up with 3-point shots. Washburn did a good job of communicating with each other on both ends of the floor.

Henry played with different defenses as they looked confuse Washburn.

The game was very physical on both ends of the floor. There were a lot of jump balls in the first half.

Clark-Gordon continued to come up with key baskets late in the first half.

At halftime the score was Henry 36, Washburn 30.

As the second half got underway, both teams continued to attack the basket.

The score went back and forth early in the second half.

Henry’s Will Laabs came up with layups in traffic. He wasn’t afraid to draw the foul while he was driving to the basket.

Golden stepped up and knocked down 3-point baskets on the offensive end. On the defensive end he was able to slow down the guy he was guarding.

Washburn’s offense got going early in the second half. They were able to turn Henry over and keep scoring baskets.

Henry called a timeout with 11:34 left to go in regulation. The score was Washburn 54, Henry 47.

Henry kept on attacking the basket and coming up with layups.

Henty didn’t back down from the Washburn defensive pressure.

Washburn called a timeout with 7:56 left in regulation. The score was Washburn 57, Henry 53.

Cook-Gordon and Adams continued to come up with huge baskets for Washburn in the second half.

Henry called a timeout with 5:52 left in regulation. The score was Washburn 65, Henry 55.

Both teams battled throughout the game.

After a slow start by both teams and Washburn’s inability to shoot the ball early in the first half, they turned it around in the second half.

Henry got their offense going midway through the first half but in the second half, Henry couldn’t get their shots to drop.

Washburn came away with the 73-60 victory over Henry.

The leading scorers for Henry were Rollins with 14 points and Johnson with 10 points.

The leading scorers for Washburn were Cook-Gordon with 25 points and Adams with 23 points.