Granite City Classic (VIDEOS, part II**)

*Late Monday night I finally added a second and third video to this post...they can be seen below.


It was a tale of two halves for Friday's classic match up between Top-Five boys' basketball teams at the Granite City Classic. The B-B-E Jaguars, ranked No. 3 in the latest Minnesota Basketball News rankings, squared off with No. 5-ranked Cass Lake-Bena.

After building a huge 25-6 lead in the opening half, the Jaguars led 32-25 at halftime.

**Here's a video featuring part of that early surge where the Jaguars could do no wrong:


**Added late Monday night...here's a lengthy video from later in the second half of regulation...this video starts with the game tied 47-47 with about 7:30 left:


**Here's the last three minutes of the 2nd half of regulation...not including the last 11 seconds...


In another blog post which I believe I got up late Friday night, you can watch those last 11 seconds of regulation play.

CL-B, which shot poorly in the early stages even though they were taking high-percentage shots, heated up dramatically in the second half. At the end of regulation play, the score was deadlocked at 60-all. CL-B's potential game-winning shot at the regulation buzzer danced around the rim and rolled off.

Final score: Cass Lake-Bena 67, B-B-E 64 in overtime. The Jaguars finish the December schedule with a 3-1 record. They had one game wiped because of the Prep Bowl (NL-S game on 12/8) and then two games postponed due to the weather.

And this weather just keeps dishing out! Currently we are predicted to get 5 to 8 inches of snow during the heart of the day tomorrow, Tuesday...this puts everything planned after school at risk. We'll see how this develops.