Wayzata wins its third state championship in five years with an 80-55 victory over Cretin-Derham Hall. The Trojans played the perfect game to defeat the bigger Raiders.
Wayzata wins its third state championship in five years with an 80-55 victory over Cretin-Derham Hall. The Trojans played the perfect game to defeat the bigger Raiders.
It's a 20-point lead for Wayzata, 66-46, with 6:29 left. Christian Wiggins has been on top of his game tonight and leads the Trojans with 18 points. He's aggressively looking for his shot and it's paying off. Cretin-Derham Hall better figure out a way to stop Wayzata's varied offense soon or this one's over.
Fouls starting to become a concern for Wayzata's interior players. 6-6 Wyatt McBeth has four fouls and 6-5 Tommy Shunmugavelu has three. And Tommy Ahneman is starting to heat up. He has six points after halftime. Wayzata leads 52-40 with 11:46 left in the second half.
Play of the game so far: Wayzata's Wyatt McBeth drives the baseline and throws down a tomahawk dunk over Tommy Ahneman.
Wayzata's Tommy Shunmugavelu hasn't received much attention in this tournament so far, but the 6-5 forward with the 6-9 wingspan and 3.7 GPA has been invaluable to Wayzata tonight. He's been able to bang with the 6-11 Tommy Ahneman and make him work for everything he's gotten.
The Trojans are playing their style, moving and cutting and finding the open man, They're 6-for-14 from three-point range. Nolan Anderson leads Wayzata with 12 points. Wide-body 6-5 junior forward Tommy Shunmugavelu is doing a nice job on Cretin-Derham Hall's Tommy Ahneman, who has just five points and four rebounds.
Wayzata builds its biggest lead of the night, 31-22, on a Nolan Anderson three-pointer with 2:09 left in the half.
With 5:57 left in the first half, Wayzata holds a 21-19 lead over Cretin-Derham Hall. Raiders big man Tommy Ahneman hasn't scored. Who could have predicted that?
Monteff Dixon having a night. The Cretin-Derham Hall senior forward is establishing himself inside and has 10 points so far. Tommy Ahneman has not scored yet. Wayzata leads 17-13 with 7:50 left in the first half.
Boisterous crowd tonight. They're ready for some championship-level hoopin'. Lower bowl here at Williams Arena is mostly full. Second level about half full. Wayzata leads 11-4 with 13 minutes to go in the first half