CP 69 - Osseo 62 (Section Semi-Final)

After a very competitive 1st half that saw the Rebels fall behind 23-17 with 5 minutes to go, they battle back to be only down 1 point at the half, 29-28.

The Rebels (23-5) start the 2nd half with one of their patent runs to take charge of the game. The Orioles (22-6) go on a run of their own too close to 36-34 with 13 minutes to go. The Rebels go on to lead the entire 2nd half and never let the Orioles get closer than 3 points as they gradually put the game away behind 22 second half points from Kyle Zimmermann.

Josh Pella who was huge around the basket, finished with a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Jasper Duberry was the teams 2nd leading scorer with 14 points as he had a great floor game and was key handling the Orioles late game full court pressure as they tried to get back into the game.
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The Rebels who snapped the Orioles 40 game home winning streak back on January 9th and defeated them again on February 23rd (without Zimmermann) get their 3rd victory of the year over the Orioles (the Orioles now lead the overall game series 25-8).
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The Rebels (#2 seed) are now in the section championship game for only the second time in the schools 12 year history. They will play the Cooper Hawks (#1 seed) on Friday at 7pm.

The Box:

Davis 6
Duberry 14
Hager 12
Pella 13
Zimmerman 24

Osseo: Graff 6, Rowland 7, Anderson 9, McMorris 15, Bailey 6, Sonnenfeld 10, Theisen 9.