The Anoka-Ramsey Community College Men's Basketball team advanced to the MCAC and Region 13 Championship game with a 72-63 victory over top seed Central Lakes on Saturday afternoon.
The Golden Rams built a ten point lead 30-20 about 12 minutes into the first half before Central Lakes closed the half on a 14-8 run as Anoka-Ramsey went into the break ahead 38-34.
The half was essentially even as far as statistics were concerned with Anoka-Ramsey shooting 44.8% to Central Lakes' 44.4%. The teams were even in rebounds at 15 apiece and turnovers with six on each side. Central Lakes held a free-throw edge by one make, however Anoka-Ramsey knocked down six three-point field goals to the Raiders' three.
Trey Scott led the Golden Rams with 15 first half points as Central Lakes' Marcus Ayala countered with 14.
The Golden Rams scored the first seven points of the second half to take a 45-34 lead which they extended to as many as 15 in the half.
However, Central Lakes would not go away quietly as they managed to pull within seven on a couple occasions late in the game.
Defense and timely rebounding once again played a huge role for the Golden Rams as they outrebounded the Raiders 35-14 in the second half while holding Central Lakes to 37.5% shooting for the period.
With under a minute to play, Anoka-Ramsey missed the front-end of a bonus free throw situation three times, however each time they came away with an offensive rebound before Jonathan Conner hit 1 of 2 and Trey Scott made two following a technical foul on the Raiders to preserve the victory.
The Golden Rams were led by Trey Scott's 26 points on 8 of 15 shooting and 8 of 12 free throws. Scott also hauled in a career-high 15 rebounds in the game.
Dan Konz chipped in with 12 points and six rebounds. Ben Hill and Richard Harmon each had nine points in the victory.
Anoka-Ramsey advances to Sunday's MCAC Championship game versus Rochester Community and Technical College at 2:00pm on the campus of Anoka-Ramsey.
The winner will also represent Region 13 in the NJCAA Division III National Tournament March 10-12 at Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, NY.
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