MINNEHAHA ACADEMY TOOK ON BLAKE IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

On Jan. 29, Minnehaha Academy and Blake went up against each other in a boys’ basketball game. Going into the game Minnehaha had a record of 12-2 and Blake had a record of 12-3. 

Blake looked to control the tempo of the game early. They swung the ball around the 3-point like looking for their shots. 

Blake’s Robert Lee Grace IV took the ball strong to the basket. He looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups. If Grace didn’t think that he had a good shot, he passed it to over of his teammates. 

Minnehaha Academy started the game in a zone defense. That made Blake pass the ball around the 3-point line and get into their offense. 

Minnehaha Academy’s Jalen Suggs and Kaden Johnson also came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. Suggs was able to come off screens and get to the basket. 

Blake called a timeout with 14:02 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 8, Blake 5.

Minnehaha’s Hercy Miller came off the bench and looked to score mid-range jump shots and layups. 

Blake’s Theo Liu came off screens and looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups. He was also able to get his teammates involved in the offense by calling for the ball and passing to the open man. 

Minnehaha went to a man-to-man defense and made it difficult for Blake to bring the ball down the floor. 

Grace took the ball strong to the basket as he looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups. 

Suggs came up with steals and slam dunks. He used his quickness to get past the defense. 

Blake called a timeout with 9:34 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 18, Blake 9.

Minnehaha was able to come up with steals and fast-break layups on the offensive end. 

Minnehaha’s Chet Holmgren came up with rebounds on both ends of the floor. On the offensive end, he came up with layups and slam dunks. 

Blake continued to look for their shots midway through the first half. The defensive pressure that Minnehaha applied made it difficult for Blake to get open looks at the basket. 

Minnehaha looked to trap the ball and force Blake to turn the ball over. 

Minnehaha was getting frustrated by some of the calls that were going against them. They didn’t lose their cool, however. 

Minnehaha called a timeout with 4:32 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 25, Blake 13. 

Blake kept on attacking the basket late in the first half. They struggled late in the half. Blake swung the ball around the 3-point line and did a lot of passing and cutting trying to fake out Minnehaha on defense. 

Blake called a timeout with 2:48 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 31, Blake 13.

Blake looked to push the ball down the floor and score baskets in transition late in the first half. But struggled to make their shots late in the half. 

Blake was able to get their shots to drop late in the first half. Blake’s Gabe Ganz came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. 

Blake called a timeout with 41.1 seconds left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 38, Blake 21.

Blake looked to take deep 3’s late in the half. Minnehaha had the last shot of the half and Suggs made a deep 3. 

At halftime, the score was Minnehaha 41, Blake 21. 

Minnehaha’s Suggs and Holmgren came up with baskets. Suggs was able to make mid-range jump shots and layups and Holmgren came up with layups in the paint.

Grace looked to get his shot going in the second half. Blake was able to move the ball early in the half. Blake was deliberate in their moves on the floor on the offensive end. Grace looked for layups. 

Minnehaha’s Donovan Smith came up with deep 3-point shots to keep his team in the game. Suggs also took the basket strong to the basket as well. 

Blake didn’t rush their shots as they looked to get everyone involved in the offense. 

Minnehaha’s Terry Lockett came off the bench and looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups off screens. 

Minnehaha kept on attacking the basket and coming up with shots in the second half. 

Blake called a timeout with 10:35 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 63, Blake 31.

Minnehaha’s Prince Aligbe came up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the second half. Minnehaha took their starters out with just under 8:00 left in regulation.

Minnehaha was too much for Blake. Blake struggled shooting the ball throughout the game. Even though they struggled shooting the ball they kept on shooting the ball. 

Minnehaha came away with the 77-42 victory over Blake. 

The leading scorers for Blake were Jasper Liu with 15 points and Grace with 9 points.

The leading scorers for Minnehaha were Suggs with 19 points, Holmgren with 13 points and Smith with 11 points.