Prologue
Its another trip up Central Ave but not quite as far this time as #2AAA Princeton visits Columbia Heights. Heights is a Pepsi shop so that's always a good idea. Plus the pizza isn't bad but the grease intake might be a bit much even by my standards. Princeton also with the short sleeve hoodie warmups that I just cannot comprehend. Hopefully the Princeton taping turned out as their Hudl iPad took 2 quick nosedives off the tripod at the start of the game. St. John's, Hamline and possibly Augsburg looking on.
Song of the Day: Rod Stewart - Motown Song
Number of Teams I've Seen: 68 (44 games, 23 days, 18 buildings, 6 online)
Beverage Ticker: 289.8 ounces (3230 Calories)
A great start for Heights as Amir Davis hits from deep and goes to the nice pivot and jumper in the lane for a 7-0 Hylanders lead less than 2 and a half into the game. Calvin Peterson with 2 bombs as Princeton comes right back with a 10-2 run of their own. Davis breaks that with another triple and he has 10 of the 1st 12. Kaich Ogul with his 3rd bunny for the Hylanders just inside the 9 minute mark. Davis adds 2 free throws at 5:47 to tie the game at 18.
But its all Tigers the rest of the half. Peterson another 3 ball along with one from frosh Haydn Stay. Post Jon Stimmler adds 2 buckets and 2 free throws as part of that 15-2 run. Jarvis Wright ends the half with 2 free throws. 33-22 Princeton at the break. Columbia Heights with only 1 field goal in almost the last 9 minutes of the half. That took the game from tied to down 11.
Columbia Heights changes it up with a couple of their top freshmen starting the 2nd half. Princeton comes out on a 10-0 run. Sloppy turnovers the explanation for that run. Total run for the Tigers is 25-4 over almost 13 minutes crossing halftime and only 1 Heights FG. One of those freshmen, Spencer Alvarez leads a run back with 2 hoops and a nice assist to a cutter. The quick 9-2 spurt cuts the lead to 14 before a Princeton bucket and MoKiller timeout. 49-33 Tigers with 10:19 left.
Princeton responds out of the time out as they tack on 8 of the next 10 for a 10-2 run to push the lead back over 20. Ogul converts a pretty pick and roll to cut the lead to 18 with 6 minutes left. But Stimmler scores 2 straight buckets to kill the momentum and start a 14-2 run that blows the game wide open. Princeton wins 80-49.
Post Game
For Columbia Heights, senior guard Amir Davis leads the way with 18 points. But only 1 FG after the spurt in the 1st 5 minutes. Kaich Ogul active inside as a cleanup man. He finishes with 12 points. Quiet night for Jarvis Wright with only the 2 free throws to end the 1st half. Heights offense almost looked in slow motion with half speed cuts. Add in no dribble reverse option when they were running their 4 man shuffle and trying to be patient was still difficult. Plus a bunch of really sloppy turnovers and that will kill you against a really good team. Heights falls to 2-3 overall. They'll play next week in the Rochester Rotary tournament before opening Tri-Metro play on Jan 7th against old Metro Alliance foe Brooklyn Center.
Second ranked Princeton remains undefeated at 6-0 with the closest margin being 14 points. Jon Stimmler with 18 points inside for the Tigers. Calvin Peterson knocks down 4 3s on his way to 14 points. 6 players score 8 or more points. Good movement on offense and they have enough shooters to knock down shots in addition to having a guy like Stimmler to throw it to inside. The Tigers will play next week in the Granite City Classic in St. Cloud.![]()
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Its another trip up Central Ave but not quite as far this time as #2AAA Princeton visits Columbia Heights. Heights is a Pepsi shop so that's always a good idea. Plus the pizza isn't bad but the grease intake might be a bit much even by my standards. Princeton also with the short sleeve hoodie warmups that I just cannot comprehend. Hopefully the Princeton taping turned out as their Hudl iPad took 2 quick nosedives off the tripod at the start of the game. St. John's, Hamline and possibly Augsburg looking on.
Song of the Day: Rod Stewart - Motown Song
Number of Teams I've Seen: 68 (44 games, 23 days, 18 buildings, 6 online)
Beverage Ticker: 289.8 ounces (3230 Calories)
- A&W Root Beer: 12 ounces (170 calories)
- Dr. Pepper: 12 ounces (150 calories)
- Fruit Punch Gatorade: 68.9 ounces (480 calories)
- Pepsi: 148 ounces (1850 calories)
- Sprite: 48.9 ounces (580 calories)
- Hot Dogs: 7
- Pizza: 2
- Walking Tacos: 2
- Extras
- Lays Chips (160 calories)
- French Onion Sun Chips (210 Calories)
- 3 Snickers (750 calories)
A great start for Heights as Amir Davis hits from deep and goes to the nice pivot and jumper in the lane for a 7-0 Hylanders lead less than 2 and a half into the game. Calvin Peterson with 2 bombs as Princeton comes right back with a 10-2 run of their own. Davis breaks that with another triple and he has 10 of the 1st 12. Kaich Ogul with his 3rd bunny for the Hylanders just inside the 9 minute mark. Davis adds 2 free throws at 5:47 to tie the game at 18.
But its all Tigers the rest of the half. Peterson another 3 ball along with one from frosh Haydn Stay. Post Jon Stimmler adds 2 buckets and 2 free throws as part of that 15-2 run. Jarvis Wright ends the half with 2 free throws. 33-22 Princeton at the break. Columbia Heights with only 1 field goal in almost the last 9 minutes of the half. That took the game from tied to down 11.
Columbia Heights changes it up with a couple of their top freshmen starting the 2nd half. Princeton comes out on a 10-0 run. Sloppy turnovers the explanation for that run. Total run for the Tigers is 25-4 over almost 13 minutes crossing halftime and only 1 Heights FG. One of those freshmen, Spencer Alvarez leads a run back with 2 hoops and a nice assist to a cutter. The quick 9-2 spurt cuts the lead to 14 before a Princeton bucket and MoKiller timeout. 49-33 Tigers with 10:19 left.
Princeton responds out of the time out as they tack on 8 of the next 10 for a 10-2 run to push the lead back over 20. Ogul converts a pretty pick and roll to cut the lead to 18 with 6 minutes left. But Stimmler scores 2 straight buckets to kill the momentum and start a 14-2 run that blows the game wide open. Princeton wins 80-49.
Post Game
For Columbia Heights, senior guard Amir Davis leads the way with 18 points. But only 1 FG after the spurt in the 1st 5 minutes. Kaich Ogul active inside as a cleanup man. He finishes with 12 points. Quiet night for Jarvis Wright with only the 2 free throws to end the 1st half. Heights offense almost looked in slow motion with half speed cuts. Add in no dribble reverse option when they were running their 4 man shuffle and trying to be patient was still difficult. Plus a bunch of really sloppy turnovers and that will kill you against a really good team. Heights falls to 2-3 overall. They'll play next week in the Rochester Rotary tournament before opening Tri-Metro play on Jan 7th against old Metro Alliance foe Brooklyn Center.
Second ranked Princeton remains undefeated at 6-0 with the closest margin being 14 points. Jon Stimmler with 18 points inside for the Tigers. Calvin Peterson knocks down 4 3s on his way to 14 points. 6 players score 8 or more points. Good movement on offense and they have enough shooters to knock down shots in addition to having a guy like Stimmler to throw it to inside. The Tigers will play next week in the Granite City Classic in St. Cloud.