The Anoka-Ramsey Community College Men's Basketball team won their second straight game on Friday night, defeating Bismarck State College 80-72.
A back-and-forth affair in the first half, the Golden Rams put together a couple of second half runs to pull away from the Mystics. After the first 20 minutes, the Golden Rams held a 38-36 lead on the strength of 11 forced turnovers and a 9-2 edge in offensive rebounds resulting in 11 more shot attempts than Bismarck.
The second half started slowly for Anoka-Ramsey as Bismarck took a 54-49 lead. An increased defensive effort, especially guarding the three-point line, helped keep Bismarck in check while Trey Scott took over the offense for the Golden Rams. Scott scored 25 of his game-high 35 points in the second half on an array of threes, pull up jumpers and drives to the basket.
The Golden Rams held Bismarck to 36.7% shooting in the second half, 40.7% for the game while forcing 20 turnovers. Anoka-Ramsey only shot 41.6% from the field but hauled in 18 offensive rebounds to offset the poor shooting.
Scott finished the game 14-22 from the field including 5-9 from the three-point line. Richard Harmon led the Golden Rams rebounding effort with a career high 10 to go along with seven points. Matt Fridberg tallied nine points and seven rebounds.
Anoka-Ramsey improves to 7-3 on the season and will have a rematch with Vermilion Community College on Saturday, December 18th at 6:00pm in the final game of the Anoka-Ramsey Classic. The Golden Rams lost to Vermilion 78-77 on December 10th.
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