One of the premier match-ups of the 2012-2013 Minnesota high school basketball season as the states most talented program faces one of the Nations top players in 2014 class Rashard Vaughn.
Cooper win the tip-off and get the first score of the game
Cooper holds the lead 10-8 lead with 13:30 left in the first half
Jake is hot 2/3 from deep and Rashard is not 0-4 Hopkins up 13-10 with 12:00 left in the first half
Hopkins is on a 13-0 run up 18-10 with 10:30 left in the first half
Rashard Vaughn gets going with 3 consecutive makes, Hopkins leads 31-16 with 7:00 left in the first half
Rashard Vaughn leading Cooper back making 7/11 of his last shots, Lavar McCullough with the last shot
Hopkins up at halftime 40-35
Darrious Denson gets the first score of the half for Cooper down 40-37
Billy Kellogg with a big 3 to tie th game up at 45 with 15:00 left in the second half
Cooper calls a T.O. down 50-48 with 12:03 left in the second half
Hopkins will be shooting in the bonus as Cooper picks up their 7th foul with 11:32 left in second half
Hopkins takes a T.O. up 54-50 with 9:22 left in the second half
Rashard Vaughn with back to back makes from deep, Cooper down 70-54 with 5:20 left in the game
Hopkins is holding the lead up 74-64 with 3:00 left in the game
Kamali Chambers with a big and 1 drive to seal the game 77-64 with 2:00 left in the game
Hopkins gets the win over Cooper 85-70
Game Review
Hopkins Hopkins played their game turning defense to offenses and making a ton of makes from deep. Hopkins had a solid team game being able to stretch the floor and share the ball with 4 players in double figures led by Jake Write 20pts 5 makes from deep. Phillip Stribling 17pts played a good game grabbing boards and getting the ball up court. Kamali Chambers 13pts and Nick Johnson 11pts with solid games on both sides of the ball. Jamal Davis did not have a good night from the floor with only 3pts. Amir Coffey 7pts had a solid game with his play-making and ball movement.
Cooper Cooper had chances to get back in the game, but could not get the defensive stops to close the gap. Rashard Vaughn 36pts had a good game giving his team a chance down the stretch. Lavar McCullough 12pts with up and down game but still had the most impact next to Vaughn. Cooper often has really good chances of beating some of the teams on their schedule, but need to have complete games to beat well coached and talented team.Role players need to focus on defense and finishing games.