DGF Dribbles Past Pelican Rapids
February 8, 2008
Glyndon, MN- Facing the pressing defense of the Vikings, the DGF boys basketball team decided to use their ball handling skills to dribble around the opponents. The decision paid off as the Rebels went on to defeat the Vikings 67-46.
“We have a couple of guys that can really handle the ball,” Rebels first year coach Jason Sunde said, “and what an asset that is in a situation when you have the lead in a game.”
The Rebels did all that dribbling and only gave up four second-half turnovers. The Vikings ran a full court press, trying to trap players and force turnovers with only a few minutes left on the clock.
“If we can get a lead at the end of the game like that, we’re very difficult to guard, we’re difficult to trap,” Sunde said.
“It was a good defensive performance by us right there,” Sunde said.
The Rebels played some fierce defense, allowing Pelican Rapids no field goals for over eight minutes in the second half.
“We did a heck of a job of containing those guys and then holding every one else down to what we thought they could do against us,” he said. “That was just a team defensive effort. That was impressive by our guys to be able to do that.”
The Rebels started out the game well, hitting several outside shot including several 3-pointers. This forced the Vikings to change their game plan of running a zone defense.
“We were kind of just hoping we could knock down a couple outside shots to get them out of (the zone), and we did that,” Sunde said.
Four of the first five baskets were three pointers. Johnathon Molina had two of the first five baskets and led all scores with 23.
“That was kind of our goal, to shoot the ball well, get them out of their zone,” Sunde said.
PELICAN RAPIDS: Krueger 2 0-0 4, Haugen 4 6-8 14, Storrusten 4 1-2 9, Shulstad 3 4-4 10, Satterlie 1 0-2 2, Huseby 1 0-0 2, Sorum 1 0-0 2, Skow-Anderson 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 11-16 46.
D-G-F: Molina 7 7-8 23, Bergee 5 3-4 15, Johnk 2 2-4 6, Bolin 1 0-0 2, Clark 1 0-0 3, Mathison 3 0-0 7, Johnson 3 2-2 8, Roelofs 1 1-2 3. Totals 23 15-20 67.
Half: Pelican Rapids 27, D-G-F 33.
3-point goals: Molina 2, Bergee 2, Clark, Mathison.
Total fouls: Pelican Rapids 19, D-G-F 18. Fouled out: Storrusten.
Rebounds: Pelican Rapids 23 (Storrusten 5), D-G-F 30 (Molina 8).
Assists Pelican Rapids 2 (Storrusten, Huseby), D-G-F 14 (Molina 6).
Steals: Pelican Rapids 5 (Skow-Anderson 2), DG-F 6 (Molina 3).
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