MN AAU DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

MN AAU DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 6-8

Bloomington Jefferson High School
Bloomington, MN

Steve Bailey 13pts, 6 boards and 3 assists. Jack Ghizoni 12 pts. Jordan Reibling 12 pts. Brent Walker also scored in double digits chipping in 10 points with 3 assists. Josh Pella with 12 rebounds and 8 points, just missing another double double.

Xplosion 83 - Fury North 91

Jordan Reibling was high scorer with 22, 18 (6 of 9) from beyond the arc. Steve Bailey with 13 pts and 6 assists. Anthony Webber 12 pts, 14 rebounds and 5 blocked shots, another double double for the big. Josh Pella pulled down 10 rebounds and had 3 blocks to go with 9 pts.

Xplosion 49 - Comets Elite 55

Game Review By TC Hoops Czar

#4 MN Comets Elite vs #5 MN Xplosion. These teams split 2 games earlier in the summer so this should be quite interesting.

Fun up and down game, but no pressing from the Xplosion to my surprise. Xplosion gets out to a 15-4 lead after 1 quarter.

The Comets close to 18-16 but Xplosion gets 8 of the last 9 to lead 26-17 at the break.

35-28 Xplosion halfway thru quarter #3 when the Comets go on a 11-0 run thanks to 9 straight points from Luke Januschka (St. Cloud Cathedral). 39-37 Comets at the end of the 3rd quarter.

Jack Ghizoni (Burnsville) hits 2 FTs for Xplosion with 3 minutes left to make it 46-45 Comets. The teams trade a couple of buckets in the next 2 minutes. With 42 seconds left, Cody Meyer makes the 1st FT but misses the 2nd and gets his own rebound. The Comets get 2 layups after this and they go on to win 55-49.

Jack Ghizoni with 14 for Xplosion. Luke Januschka with 14 for the Comets.

Other Stats: Steve Bailey contributed 8 and Michael Rovansek had 6. Josh Pella with 6 blocks, 6 rebounds. Jack Ghizoni had 7 rebounds to go with his 14 points.

Xplosion 63 - MSB Roadrunners 60

Game Review By TC Hoops Czar

MN Xplosion vs MSB in the always dicey 5 vs 12 matchup.

More of the same tight officiating in the 2nd session as we had 9 FTs attempted before the 1st made FG. Xplosion trying to press but getting nothing and making nothing. An 8-0 MSB run gives them a 15-7 lead after the 1st quarter.

In the 2nd quarter the full court man press starts to have some results but its not until the Xplosion get 4 late 3s that they take a 33-31 at halftime.

MSB not going away though as they start the 2nd half on a 10-2 run to take a 41-35 lead. But they get sloppy later in the quarter as they give up an offensive rebound on a FT which leads to a triple and Andrew Kuledge gets a steal and a layup to tie it at 48. A late MSB 3 makes it 51-50 Roadrunners after 3 quarters.

The Xplosion get a 8-0 run over the 1st 2:49 of the 4th to lead 58-51 and it looks over. Especially when they go 2-3 zone and the Roadrunners are getting no movement and hoisting up hurried 3s. But David Stanley (Roseville) hits a 3 for MSB after a scramble and its 59-58 Xplosion with 2:15 to go and the Xplosion turn it over. MSB gets nothing out of it and with 1:18 left the Xplosion have the ball and call time. They call a great iso off the inbound for Josh Pella which he converts for a 61-58 Xplosion lead with 1:10 to play. The teams trade 2 FTs each and with 15.9 to go MSB has the ball down 3 in the frontcourt. They run America's Play for Stanley but they don't execute and Stanley has nothing. Cory Stiles throws up a prayer at the horn that is no good and the Xplosion survive 63-60.

The Xplosion are deep, they hustle and have tons of people who can knock down 3s. Dangerous team. Jordan Reibling led them with 12 pts. David Stanley with 22 and a nice game to lead MSB. Cory Stiles (Eastview) with 8 pts and 12 rebounds in a very productive outing. He's athletic and showed an ability to handle the ball a bit in addition to his rebounding.

Other Stats: Josh Pella finished with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Jordan Reibling had 5 steals to go with his 12 points. Four players contributed with 7 points each. Dillon Hager, Jack Ghizoni, Andrew Kuledge and Anthony Webber.

Next up for Xplosion is the Star of the North '08 tournament in St. Paul, MN

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