The Anoka-Ramsey Men’s Basketball team overcame a slow start with a big second half to defeat Minnesota West 88-75 on Wednesday night. It was the Golden Rams’ seventh straight victory after losing three straight early in the conference season.
Behind the hot shooting of guard Luke Roddy, Minnesota West jumped out to a ten point lead in the first half before Anoka-Ramsey went on a 10-0 run to tie the score late in the half.
Anoka-Ramsey briefly led by one point but a last second layup by Minnesota West allowed the Bluejays to go into the halftime break with a 36-35 lead.
Behind four three-pointers from Roddy, Minnesota West shot 56.5 percent in the first half, and held Anoka-Ramsey to just 44.8 percent.
Lemuel Doe and Chris Harmon paced the Golden Rams in the first have with 13 and 11 point respectively.
The second half showed a renewed effort on the defensive end from the Golden Rams as they quickly opened up a lead. Gradually that lead increased to as much as 19 points with about four minutes remaining but Minnesota West wouldn’t go away quietly.
Behind more hot shooting from Roddy (who finished with eight made threes), the Bluejays connected on a few threes, got some timely turnovers and knocked down free throws to cut the Golden Ram lead to single digits with under a minute remaining.
But the Golden Rams held on with made free throws from Antone Darrington, Harmon, and Doe to seal the victory.
Anoka-Ramsey held Minnesota West to just 33.3 percent shooting in the second half as the Bluejays finished at 42.4 percent.
The Golden Rams shot 53.1 percent in the second half to finish at 49.2 percent for the game.
Anoka-Ramsey also held a 40-33 edge in rebounds.
Doe led the Golden Rams with a career-high 30 points on 10-11 shooting including 6-7 from the three point line and 4-4 from the free throw line. Doe also added three rebounds and four assists.
Harmon finished with 18 points on 7-11 shooting and seven rebounds.
J.J. Butler rounded out the double-figure scorers with 12 points and eight rebounds while Darrington finished with eight points.
The Golden Rams are now 18-6 on the season, 7-3 in MCAC Southern Division play with just two Southern Division games remaining. They’ll travel to Rochester Community and Technical College on Saturday, February 18 for a 3:00pm game.
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