The Anoka-Ramsey Community College Men's Basketball team completed a sweep of MCAC Northern Division opponents Northland Community and Technical College, and Itasca Community College.
On Friday night, the Golden Rams defeated Northland 91-66 after building a 55-25 halftime lead.
Anoka-Ramsey held Northland to just 31% shooting in the first half while connecting on 55.6% of their own field goals to gain the 30-point lead.
The Golden Rams were able to maintain their lead throughout the second half, eventually taking their largest lead at 75-40 with nine minutes left to play. Northland was unable to get the deficit under 22 the rest of the game.
Anoka-Ramsey shot 48.6% for the game including 11 of 26 from the three-point line, and committed just eight turnovers. Northland shot 41.9% for the game and turned the ball over 15 times.
Joey Weldon lead the Golden Rams with 20 points and 13 rebounds which was his second consecutive 20/10 game.
Trent Pollard finished with 15 points and Joe Lyons had 13 points.
Lemuel Doe scored ten points to go with six assists and Anthony Brama tallied ten points and four assists.
On Saturday afternoon against Itasca, the Golden Rams struggled shooting the basketball in the first half and committed 12 first half turnovers to allow Itasca to keep the game close. Anoka-Ramsey lead 23-16 at the break with the Golden Rams shooting 34.5% and Itasca only connecting on 7 of 36 field goal attempts (19.4%).
The second half saw a much better offensive performance from Anoka-Ramsey as they only had five turnovers and shot 50% from the field. Itasca again struggled to find the basket, shooting just 29.4% to finish 17 of 70 from the field overall (24.3%).
Joey Weldon recorded his sixth double-double in seven games with 15 points and an astounding 26 rebounds, seven on the offensive end.
Lemuel Doe lead the Golden Rams in scoring with 20 points on 11 of 13 shooting from the free throw line to go with three assists and two steals.
Trent Pollard scored 12 points and pulled in five rebounds while dishing out five assists.
Anoka-Ramsey is now 6-1 on the season.
They will travel to Hibbing Community College on Friday, December 13th for an 8:00pm game, then head to Rainy River Community College on Saturday, December 14th for a 3:00pm game.
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