St. Paul Prep Falcons Rout Groves Academy Griffins

Though only six players were in uniform for the St. Paul Prep Falcons, they would use their speed and athleticism that was led by Aaron Gill's 29 points en route to a 102-34 defeat of the Groves Academy Griffins Thursday night in St. Louis Park.

Malcolm Golden would open the scoring for the Falcons :11 into the game.  Gill would put St. Paul Prep on a 5-0 run with four straight points until Malik Bodden put the Griffins on the scoreboard.  The Falcons would would get three pointers from Romell Adams and Roberto Riganti as well as Gill who missed a couple of gigantic dunks.  Groves Academy's outside shooting was like the subzero windchills that plagued the Twin Cities area this week as they fell behind 35-8.  St. Paul Prep displayed outstanding passing as well as three point shooting from Adams and golden and they would extend their lead even further, leading 67-14 at halftime.

The Falcons would widen their lead to start the second half going on a 6-0 run.  Gill gave the small throng a sampling of his athletic ability when he glided through the land=e, changed hands and made a lay up.  St. Paul Prep would go on a 16-0 run as the Griffins would not get their first basket until Max Greseth, who made his first start in place of the injured Martin Schmitz would hit a three pointer with 12:37 to go.  He would be the lone bright spot for Groves Academy as he later hit his second three pointer.  The Griffins would lose Bilcik and Noah Madson to fouls as the game would head into running time and head coach Peter Shutte would give several reserves an opportunity to get some playing time.

Other players in double figures for the Falcons were Adams with 22 points, Riganti with 21 and Golden 20.  Bilcik was the Griffins leading scorer with eight points.

St. Paul Prep improved their record to 3-0 and will travel to Brooklyn Park on Monday, December 19 to face the Prairie Seeds Academy Lycans at 7 PM.  Groves Academy fell to 0-4 and will wrap up their home stand on Tuesday, December 20 with a 5:30 game against Chesterton Academy.