Osseo Boys Too Fast For Moorhead
Jan 09, 2016 07:42PM ● Published by Doug Erlien
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Osseo Senior High School boys basketball coach Tim Theisen grinned when asked about his team’s defensive performance against Moorhead. The Orioles
defeated the Spuds 99-53 Saturday, Jan. 9. “I haven’t had a team defend like this for a long time,” Theisen said.
Overlooked, maybe. But his fifth ranked Orioles are hanging their hats on tough
nosed defense and transition basketball and are undefeated at 13-0.
Six Osseo players scored double digit points led by Damario Armstrong’s 19. The
Orioles played a near flawless first half leading 67-28 at the break.
Defensively, they forced 22 Spuds turnovers in the first half turning those
into 16 points.
“First half, that’s some of the best transition basketball I think I’ve seen,” Theisen said. “When you go into a halftime and you’re up 37 it’s kind of tough
to keep that motivation. We ended up winning the second half.”
The second half provided more of the same as the Orioles played suffocating full
court defense and forced Moorhead into turnovers outscoring the Spuds 32-25.
Thursday night, the Orioles took care of No. 4 Champlin Park 77-64.
Friday, Jan. 15 - Theisen and his team take aim at No. 3 Maple Grove. “It’s always fun when the communities get together,” Theisen said. “The gym
will be packed, it will be loud. These kids grow up together and once they part
ways, there’s that natural rivalry. We have two teams in this community that
are two of the top five teams in the state. That says a lot about the way these
kids have been brought up in the area.”
Box Score:
Osseo: Quincy Williams 2; John Bezdicek 4; Allan Anderson 13; Kyle Williams 7;
Damario Armstrong 19; Mar Mar Hughes 12; Zack Theisen 14 Dontae Jones 11; Kameron
Bettie 13; Nash Jensen 4
Moorhead: Logan Garcia 2; Alend Alemadi 5; Matt Bye 12; Ethan Hoff 2; Noah
Melton 11; Zech Klindt 9; Nate Stitch 1; Leif Engen 11