The Anoka-Ramsey Community College Men’s Basketball split their first two games of the season this past weekend, losing 76-63 to Ellsworth Community College, and defeating NIACC 87-84.
Ellsworth Game
In their first game action of the season, the Golden Rams got off to a fast start, taking a ten point lead early in the first half behind the shooting of Lemuel Doe and Antone Darrington, who each knocked down 3's in the first few minutes of the game.
Ellsworth countered with a run midway through the half and Anoka-Ramsey went into the break with a 38-32 lead. Doe led all scorers with 15 points in the half, hitting 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.
A slow start to the second half allowed Ellsworth to take the lead for good as Anoka-Ramsey couldn’t get the offense going. Anoka-Ramsey scored only three points in the first eight minutes of the second half and finished the half shooting only 9 of 23 (39 percent).
The deficit grew to as much as 16 before a late Golden Ram run cut it down to ten with just over a minute left. But Ellsworth was able to hold on for the win.
Free throw shooting and turnovers proved to be the biggest difference in the game as Anoka-Ramsey shot just 9 of 24 from the line and turned it over 26 times.
Doe led the Golden Rams with 17 points and eight rebounds. Darrington (12 points) and David Hicks (10 points) rounded out the double-figure scorers. Henry Breedlove finished the game with ten rebounds.
NIACC Game
Determined to leave Mason City with one victory, the Golden Rams did just that by holding off NIACC 87-84 on Saturday night.
Much like the previous game, this was a tale of two halves; except it worked in the Golden Rams favor this time. The hot shooting NIACC Trojans were 7 of 11 from the three point line in the first half and led 47-42 at the break.
In the second half, NIACC continued their hot perimeter shooting, finishing the game 11 of 21 from the three point line, however Anoka-Ramsey was able to hold them to just 39.5 percent overall from the field thanks to nine blocked shots. NIACC also only made 13 of their 26 free throw attempts.
Anoka-Ramsey was able to shoot 50 percent from the field in the second half and made just enough free throws (9 of 16 in the second half) to hold off a late NIACC rally.
Anoka-Ramsey finished the game shooting 42.9 percent including 9 of 25 from the three point line. They also recorded a season-high 18 assists and outrebounded NIACC 53-44.
Lemuel Doe led the Golden Rams with 27 points on 8 of 17 shooting and 6 of 10 from the three point line. Doe also had five assists and four rebounds. Antone Darrington recorded seven assists and only one turnover. David Hicks and Chris Harmon had 13 points apiece with Harmon pulling in nine rebounds.
Corey Barrett and J.J. Butler led the Golden Rams in rebounds with 13 and 12 respectively.
Lucas Barraud came off the bench to provide eight points.
Up Next
Anoka-Ramsey takes their 1-1 record on the road again this weekend, traveling to La Crosse, WI to take on Western Technical College on Saturday, November 19th at 3:00pm.
Their first home game will be a rematch with NIACC on Monday, November 21st at 8:00pm.
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