Using the past tense of a song title from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Park Center Pirates carried on Monday night as Braeden Carrington scored 21 points to lead them to an 83-49 rout of the Minnehaha Academy Redhawks in Brooklyn Park.
It took a minute for the first basket which was scored by the Pirates Cody Pennebaker. The Redhawks would take the lead on three straight points from Prince Aligbe. Aligbe, headed for Boston College next season was the bright spot for Minnehaha Academy, scoring nine of the Redhawks first 11 points. He would help cut Park Center's lead to two but the Pirate offense would heat up as Carrington, who will wear maroon and gold next season at Minnesota hit four three pointers. Minnehaha Academy was cold from the field as Park Center went on runs of 5-0 and 7-0 to lead 43-31 at halftime.
Heading into the second half, The Pirates would put the game away early by scoring the first 12 points. Leo Torber would contribute with a couple of three point plays. The Redhawks would end their scoring drought on Leroy Barnes' basket with 14:42 to go but they were still plagued by cold shooting and foul trouble as Mykelti Dilliard-Smith fouled out. Park Center, the top ranked team in Class AAAA would even send the game into running time as head coach James Ware would put in the reserves to get some playing time.
Other Pirates in double figures were Torber with 14 points, followed by Ayouba Berthe with 12 and Pennebaker 10. The Redhawks were led by Aligbe with 22 points, the only Minnehaha Academy player in double figures.
Park Center improved their record to 15-1 and will head to Champlin Park on Wednesday, February 2 to face the Rebels at 7 PM. Minnehaha Academy fell to 5-7 and will also be in action on the 2nd as they head up Highway 7 to take on the Minnetonka Skippers at 7 PM.
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