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Offensive ablaze in win versus Harding |
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By Steve Morris
The North Branch boys basketball team put the pieces to their
basketball puzzle together as they beat St. Paul Harding, 73-48 Jan. 24
Senior Jake Chambers led the team in scoring with 18 points on seven of
11 from the floor, while John Lindstrom added 17 points.
The boys jumped ahead early and never looked back as they didn’t give up the lead all game.
“We had been having trouble with teams that were quicker than we were
but we handled their pressure much better and actually made them pay
for pressuring us by getting some easy baskets. Rather than sit back,
like we had been doing, we forced the action and that strategy was very
successful,” head coach Bill Baumann said.
As has been the case all season, North Branch’s bench helped carry the team. North Branch’s bench scored a combined 21 points.
“Now we have to continue to be the aggressors on offense and I think we will be a able to get some easy shots,” Baumann said.
Jake Chambers 7-11 3-8 18; John Lindstrom 5-6 4-4 17; Ryan Norman
2-4 2-2 7; Kyle Grote 1-4 4-4 7; Eric Sampson 1-1 5-10 7; Bryce Hunter
2-3 2-4 6; Kirk Dahle 2-4 0-0 4; Mike Dahl 2-4 0-0 4; Dan Ginal 1-1 0-0
3; Dan Schoess 0-0 0-0 0; Victor Oeyesile 0-0 0-0 0; Deon Farr 0-1 0-0
0; Alex Sundly 0-0 0-0 0; Aaron Good 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 23-39 20-32 73.
3-point goals-North ßranch 7-14 (John Lindstrom 3-3; Ryan Norman 1-2;
Kyle Grote 1-2; Dan Ginal 1-1; Jake Chambers 1-3; Deon Farr 0-1; Kirk
Dahle 0-2), St. Paul Harding 4-21 (SPH 4-21) . Fouled out--North
ßranch-None, St. Paul Harding-None. Rebounds-North ßranch 39 (Jake
Chambers 10), St. Paul Harding 24 (SPH 17). Assists-North ßranch 17
(Jake Chambers 7), St. Paul Harding 0. Total Fouls-North ßranch 11, St.
Paul Harding.
Spring Lake Park
Scoring 34 points in a game just won’t get it done in the North Suburban Conference.
The Vikings learned the hard way as they fell to the Spring
Lake Park Panthers 62-34, on Jan. 22. (It was the Vikings lowest
scoring game of the season.)
North Branch (8-7) was led by Kyle Grote who was the lone shinning star on offense, as he finished with 13 points.
The rest of the team stalled on offense. Chambers finished with five
points, while Lindstrom and Ryan Norman combined for just four points.
The Panthers, (9-6) controlled the tempo most of the game as they
forced the Vikings into countless turnovers and earned 21 second-chance
points.
Baumann remained unapologetic about his team’s lackluster performance.
“We didn’t do much of anything right in this game. We played two halves
like we played the first half against Chisago Lakes. We struggled
shooting and then we didn’t take care of the ball very well,” he said.
Kyle Grote 4-6 2-2 13; Jake Chambers 1-8 3-7 5; Eric Sampson 2-3 1-4
5; Dan Ginal 1-3 0-0 3; Ryan Norman 0-3 2-2 2; John Lindstrom 1-1 0-0
2; Alex Sundly 0-0 2-2 2; Mike Dahl 1-5 0-0 2; Dan Schoess 0-0 0-0 0;
Victor Oeyesile 0-0 0-0 0; Deon Farr 0-0 0-2 0; Kirk Dahle 0-1 0-0 0;
Bryce Hunter 0-3 0-2 0; Aaron Good 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 10-33 10-21 34.
3-point goals-Spring Lake Park 7-16 (SLP 7-16), North ßranch 4-13 (Kyle
Grote 3-4; Dan Ginal 1-3; Ryan Norman 0-1; Kirk Dahle 0-1; Jake
Chambers 0-2; Bryce Hunter 0-1; Mike Dahl 0-1). Fouled out--Spring Lake
Park-None, North ßranch-None. Rebounds-Spring Lake Park 38 (SLP 33),
North ßranch 25 (Jake Chambers 5). Assists-Spring Lake Park 0, North
ßranch 8 (Jake Chambers 4) . Total Fouls-Spring Lake Park 19, North
ßranch .
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