RICHFIELD HOSTED SOUTH ST. PAUL IN BOYS’ BASKETBALL

The Richfield boys’ basketball team hosted the South St. Paul Packers in boys’ basketball. South St. Paul came out and started the game in man-to-man defense.

Richfield was able to jump out to an early 6-0 lead to begin the game. Richfield mostly used a motion offense in the first half. They did a lot of passing and cutting.

South St. Paul had difficulty defending Richfield in the first half. They tried multiple different defenses to no avail in the first half.

Richfield looked to run the floor early on in the game. They were able to score easy points in transition.

Richfield was able to spread the ball around in the first half. No one person was scoring for Richfield.

Midway through the first half South St. Paul was able to go on a little run. Richfield was able to quiet their run.

At half time the score was Richfield 35 and South St. Paul 21.

As the second half got underway Richfield was able to score some quick baskets. South St. Paul came out flat to begin the second half.

South St. Paul was never able to catch up to Richfield throughout the second half. South St. Paul used multiple different defenses to try to offset Richfield, but Richfield was just able to find the basket.

South St. Paul did have their chances when they were able to go on runs in the second half. They were able to cut the lead to 10 at 47-57 with 4:55 left to go in regulation.

That would be as close as South St. Paul would come to Richfield. Richfield came away with the 70-52 victory over South St. Paul.

Lorenzo Evans lead Richfield in scoring with 19 points.

SOUTH ST PAUL TRAVELED TO RICHFIELD FOR A BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL CONTEST

The Richfield boys’ basketball team took on the South St Paul Packers.

Richfield looked to push the ball up the court in the early goings. They were able to blow by the defenders in the early goings.

It was tough for South St Paul to get their shots. Richfield was able to hit their shots from the beginning of the game. South St Paul didn’t get frustrated though they kept playing tough throughout the first half.

Lorenzo Evans for Richfield made some nice passes as he was able to get the ball to his open players and they were able to score inside.

For Richfield Wibi MacDonald did a good job of finding the open shot. He was able to knock down a couple of nice three point shots in the first half.

At half time the score was Richfield 39 and South St Paul 20.

Richfield put on the full court press to begin the second half. They really wanted to apply the pressure early on in the second half.

They were not able to do that though as South St Paul was able to go a run to begin the second half.

Richfield kept on feeding the ball to Wibi MacDonald as he was right on target throughout the game. MacDonald kept on dropping shots.

South St Paul didn’t give up. They kept on battling throughout the second half. But Wibi MacDonald and Richfield were just too much for South St Paul to handle.

Richfield played mostly man to man defense throughout the game. They did press for most of the game and that did create some problems for South St Paul as they were not able to control the ball.

Richfield was able to come away with the 76-59 victory over South St Paul.

Wibi MacDonald finished with 28 points for Richfield. He was 8-10 from the 3 point line.