Highland Park(16-9) vs Johnson (16-7)
We are in for a show this game will determine what school will represent the St.Paul City Conference in the Twin Cities Championship game. A game Johnson has played in every year since it started in the 2009-2010 season, Johnson's undefeated season. Johnson is on a run winning the last 9 of the last 10 games.This is a rematch of a game Jonson won 86-67 earlier this season.
Johnson win the tip off
Johnson jumps out to a 9-1 lead with 14:00 left in the first half
Highland Park calls T.O. down 17-4 with 11:40 left in the first half
Jalen Mobley is hot as Johnson pushes out the lead 17-5 with 10:00 left in the first half
Highland Park is on a 11-3 run led by Dion Bradley, down 22-15 with 6:00 left in the first half
Johnson calls T.O. up 22-20 with 4:36 left in the first half
Dion Bradley takes the lead for HighLand Park 24-22 with 3:35 left in the first half
Johnson turns up and goes on a 9-1 run too end the half
Johnson up at halftime 31-25
Highland Park starts the second half on fire and go on a 16-9 run to tie the game up at 40 up
Both these team are battling at the exchange the lead and tie it back up at 50 with 8:00 left in the second half
Johnson calls T.O. down 55-54 with 6:42 left in the second half
Highland Park with the lead 63-62 with 4:00 left in the second half
Quashingm Smith with big drive to tie it up at 66
Broth teams go scoreless the last 3:20 of the second half, this game is going to overtime 66 up
Johnson win the O.T. tip-off, Justin Langeslay hits a 3
Highland Park calls T.O. down 71-66 with 1:34
Dion Bradley gets to the free throw line makes 1/2, 71-67 with 1:00 left in O.T.
Johnson gets the O.T win 74-67
Game Review This game was a battle as each team answered the opposing run with their own. With seniors seeing the high school basketball career coming towards the energy in the building is high. Highland Park played their A game and Dion Bradley gave them a chance.Johnson wins the game with 8-1 run getting stops at the end.This best part about this game is we could forward to a possible rematch in the 3A section 4.
Johnson Johnson played a solid game and played their style of play what was most important part of their victory. The roll Johnson is on is normal at this team of year as the make their their run to the state tournament. Jonson waited for the right time to run their full court trap and it work getting extra possession and turning up their defense. Jalen Mobley 26pts was on his A game giving Johnson timely scoring and defense. Quashingm Smith-Pugh 15pts with a solid performance leading his team to the win.
Highland Park Highland Park played a competitive game an was playing to win. This was as a team even that Dion Bradley scored almost half Highland Parks points. Isaiah Brower 11pts made big shots down the stretch in the second half but was 3/12 from deep. Aaron Moore 13pts was very effective in his playing time. Highland Park just had no gas left for the overtime as they only scored 1 point. Highland played a good game and should look forward to sections. Dion Bradley 25pts 11reb did all he could filling it up and kept his team in the game to the end.
