#1 De La Salle (29-1) vs #15 Austin (30-0)
One on the most anticipated games of the season as the states best team all year faces the the time that has not lose all season. Both teams come in ready to fight for the chance to go home the 2013 State Champion. This games features at match up of one the nations top players in the 2014 class Reid Travis and one the states top post players Joe Aase.
De La Salle wins the tip-off
De La Salle up 5-0 with 16:00 left in the first half
teis it up at 7 with 13:00 left in the first half
Austin and De La Salle tied at 11 with 10:00 left in the first half
De La Salle goes on a 7-2 run, up 18-13 with 8:00 left in the first half
Reid Travis is eating with 9pts, De La Salle up 20-17 with 6:00 left in the first half
De La Salle up 24-17 with 4:00 left in the first half
De La Salle leads at halftime 28-17
Luke Scott hits a 3 to start the second half, De La Salle up 31-19
De La Salle starts the second half on a 8-2 run up 36-19 with 14:00 left in the second half
De La Salle up 38-23 with 10:00 left in the second half
De La Salle up 40-30 with 6:29 left in the second half
Austin is letting this game out of reach, down 42-30 with 4:00 left in the game
De La Salle closing the game out, up 44-31 with 2:00 left in the game
De La Salle gets the victory 50-33
Game Review There could only be one victor as Austin falls short of a perfect season. De La Salle over powered Austin with points off turnovers. De La Salle made big defensive stops to hold Austin back and keep the lead to get this Championship win. De La Salle was able to hold 27.3% shooting and 16 points in the second half. De La Salle lead from the halfway point in the first half to the end of the game never giving the lead up.
De La Salle De La Salle brought their A game and had back to back Championships in mind. De La Salle shut down Joe Aase holing him to 1/10 shooting and 2 points. Reid Travis 17pts 12reb was a dominate force in this game and held one of the states top players to his worst game of the season. Jarvis Jonson leading his team to another win and Chamionship. Luke Scott 10pts had a rough night shooting 2/12 from deep. Sacar Amin 5pts 2reb,James Lawson 2pts 6reb, Geno Crandall 5pts 4reb 3ast and Trey Shepherd 5pts all with solid contributions to get this Championship.
Austin Austin had a great season and made a good run to the State finals. Austin had advantages in this game that never came into play on the court. Tom Asse 14pts 6reb 3blk played a good game and Zach Wessels had a solid game. Joe Aase 2pts 5reb came up short in this game and 0/5 from deep really gave his team no chance with his poor performance. Austin had not played this caliber of team all season and had no answers.
