look at each other so they don't have that fear of each other that a lot of times happens in the state tournaments and on belmont park they got a look at salem and really like what they saw because belmont really had a tough time keeping up with them they really had a tough time and keeping up with  software named jim jamal come out very quick very good defensively and they're going to come out you they might run some traps around half point and they're going to really test out calmly and cohan in the back corner where you talked about doug donnelly he will most likely be guarding the start of the you gotta keep them guessing you want to keep a distance one thing that penn can do the most players in high school kid he could shoot off the dribble and that's the difference between division one a division two or division three in college and he is so quick he's got a quick crossover movie  p and he will most likely dominate this game inside if you're salem what do you tell your guys about inside game are you going to try to shoot three outside shots or what how do you avoid questions christians is tough he's got all the post tournaments to march on what they're going to go with their five you're not going to see a lot of players come off the bench unless there's foul trouble we got a stablish christianson in the in the pivot costello if he can get going early he's tough and dot com he comes up in the big games every single time as far as mike go hane him and prime up your have not played in front of this kind of crowd before so they can't come out never say got to come out shooting and it's but it's possible that to them are going to be left wide open they've got to come out hit those early shots and then let things go from there but here we go this is arguably the best match up in eastern massachusetts and not the state this year belmont and salem belmont where in their road red uniforms because salem is the number one seed belmont number two seed so you can't argue about a better match up here  react to what goes on is the tempo changes so quickly a team can rattle off six points early on and the team gets down nick it gets out of hand belmore they can get the tapir get it over probably i would say to calmly out on the wing and watch mack come right down the middle of floor head coach for salem paul garrity out giving last minute instructions to phil downes one of the starting forwards referees discuss things discussing things with both coaches and coach paul lyons belmont you see on your screen don't know what's going on here well usually coaches like to get a few words in the refs is always something ask about john knowing you tell you know you want to stab yourself in and just let him know that you're there and you're going to you're going to be in control of things and you're going to be questioning them in on their toes keeps them going where the crowd is anticipating this ball game we have a huge crowd on hand here in dorchester for this game on the campus of you mass boston a great facility that i'm for basketball court is outstanding the rims are pretty soft it's good for shooters the floor is excellent and wood floors great for leaping to looks like what they're debating about is i don't think they like the basketball both coaches are thinking it's a little too bouncy so they go to get the alternative alternate ball on the scores table i think i don't know if the ball is really going to matter but it's going to get a handle any ball yeah i think so boy he is a top basketball player in the marauders five nothing deficit staring him in the face stablish but at the same time you got my costello has got to be able to use his trouble penetration to hold open up that three point shot right now he's just looking inside and trying to find a place near to get that three off it's not going to happen that way he's go down seven to nothing and they haven't gone on the board yet we played about a minute and a half and runners need to get a basket here but they turn it over and it's out of bounds and theirs and they have some quick athletes on this team and te dribble he shoots the ball they miss rogers look to push it up up ahead to christianson they swing it around that ball movement marauders looking to costello for three and he can  care of the basketball well one thing is they have a play which is a little bit of a pop play which is documentary right up and go right into matt off the post they've got to get him going calmly know where to go and he almost turns it over again costello he got fouled but buries the  foul on penn that's his first com wide open where they bring in a linebacker to guard christianson six to seven with costello almost had that go out of bounds he look at the distance of these passes doug i mean they're making fifteen twenty four passes they're going to shorten the distance costello for costello nice passed a law pierre beautiful now he's going to the basket now he's becoming the triple threat which is going to open up a three point shot fifteen eleven which is by four routers need to take advantage of opportunities when salem turns it over they got translate it into point fifteen to thirteen which is by two and adam have we found a little weakness with salem they don't get back on defense so one of the things they seem to do often says their front line players right now are in there just to set screens and go for the boards they got three guys out on the perimeter landing room only basically and a great atmosphere for high school basketball this is the division two north finals the winner goes to the boston garden and we were talking before the game usually you can say that the winner of this game has got a great chance to play for the state championship well anything can happen you know i mean i know that some everybody says you know the coaches say it all the players say it but it's really true especially in the states are met with nerves and one player can rise up what's going to be interesting right now is to watch what penn does because yeah it seems to me that every time one of his teammates misses he goes to the basket by himself and right now he may try to go by himself that may be a pattern you might want to pick up on you can lead off him after a basket and then guard him a little heavy you and slack off especially in these kind of situations where there's kind of the basketball as downs check back into the game recovered from his injury and the marauders now will once again go stated their man defense conley is guarding penn tell ders second team foul costello and christensen each half hour and down to be at the line for two interesting or both teams stay and it's a man to man up picking up the defense full court or anything i think they're still trying to feel each other out and seeing if any kind of pressure is going to be effective earlier in the game you stick your man to man strategy and you really see who's nervous you see see if somebody should know not quite there maybe you can attack them defensively and right now no one's no one showing weakness both teams playing pretty well salem getting here ball closer they can't give up the ball out there and they did give it up out there on turnover costello trying to appeal the ref that was tipped but cocaine and you mentioned it those twenty yard passes just don't don't cut it it's a big court and hands full nineteen to fifteen salem by four keep going michael costello polls up around the defense perry says he can kill these guys we were talking about this before the game he had a great game it wakefield and he's got the ability to shoot at three and would open up that drive my tail wide open a nice strong rebound viol la pierre up here with a good board and he doesn't ice job to get the ball out of the hands of defend christian which is fronting him for not allowing it passes in teams have made a mistake all seven season long by playing behind him and waiting for the double team you've got at least contested because once he gets you on his back he can feel you out make a great move one of the pick up ten on the left side of the court as doug connelly around the screen and goes into the paint dishes it by himself he's great he can score forty points but both teams are going to school more than forty in this game and that's going to go i mean three for three from the free throw line belmont's first lead of the game comes at six fifty seven left twenty five twenty three and this is it right here the writers have got to come up with a stop they going to call those screens up top there and there's an airball on penn i think someone coach lines in the staff and a bunch of very happy right now at the way they're playing pen to me he's going to get his point you're not going to be able to stop  will take the air ball at him you notice though salem subbing people in every one or two minutes you've got a constant revolving door this team is deep belmont you'll see guys with those were shirts on the whole first half i think you're right but they're not running you know i mean they're way back into the game the pen out of this game if they plan on going on here absolutely right i mean you might have a deep bench but you've got to keep your all star your all all state guy in there taken him out of the game is a big time risk and he you know he has used the time oh yes they've been playing pretty well now the couple you know early on costello wasn't quite into the game he made a couple turnovers he was looking to get it going only but as soon as he gets a go in and he gets a few shots look what's open asserting himself absolutely right marauders look in the first opening minute of this game looking like they were going to be in for a tough tough night trailing by seven points early on but they fought back they stayed within their game they played some good defense and  they transitioned very well coming back from a made baskets back on defense and they have a four point lead now you're right the one thing that they can improve upon i'm sure coaches are going to say it in a huddle salem's what is the basic training role they're going to run someone out there is going to bring the ball up we're going to set a screen out of the top bikini's going to make us move whoever's man sets that screen you've got to come out there and just put a hand face first second give the guy who's garden about one second to recover and then you defend the screen and roll otherwise he's going to just drive right to the basket and what he did last time when he drove it hit the wide open guy for a layup and it's been filled down as he said so screens up high he's a big guy and he says so screens well he gets his his rear end right up there and you got fight through those though if you're a belmont and still those a different look out a little one three one it's like they look to trap in the corner the market pick this apart from the outside for three misses the shot but christensen gets a rebound rotters almost and they do turn a christiansen's wide open for fifteen left to go in this first half a la pierre turns it back over bad bryan just a little a little slower he's got to get that ball up a little quicker because these guys are much quicker than what is used in the middle soft short passes costello up takes the three kicks it back out calmly i'll take the three and he's not even close we got to get back here up ahead to come up right around conley no problem and doug having a tough time adam we haven't seen a dunk struggle this much and you know this if you had a real deep bench you could take him out at this point talk to him but you can't afford that unless he's infallible he's not going anywhere but on the floor i tell you they haven't seen a one three one in a long time melrose usually comes out with it within the league it shows it to almost all the teams in league play the man to man occasionally got a two three zone and it's given the problems right now because they're making these long passes and when you throw these flotus up there in the corner or you're going to draw the defense get mad open but if you stay out you know thirty feet from the basket you not going to get anything we have three fifteen left to go in the first half belmont by three la pierre's jumpers missed tip to end and rebounded nicely b tyler phillips don't want him touching the ball too much against this type of pressure well i mean he's got to touch it with something in mind not just get rid of it costello was out there not calling them both ways the rest of got a combo sways they dish off ten to rodriguez nerves and you got two minutes ago in a first half you got to shake these nerves off and play some hoops twenty nine twenty nine close in around two minutes brodeur's had a nice run going on with a five point lead ten into the payne misses the shot and christensen doesn't want to pick up that third come up will take the free man it goes out  with the basket ball right now they got to get it close conley will take the three pointer and that helps get his shot on track thirty two to twenty nine and then we'll come right back at you christiansen in the middle a he's got a layoff don't want to pick up is a slippery ball again yeah taylor lets it rather come out let's go out of his hands again belmont has a chance here they're going to take some time off the clock get a good shot make salem come out and play and good movement costello around the screen of christensen misses the shot and belmont getting to get back thirty seconds left in the first half they got to turn the back then game no one of the bonus or letting him play rogers have been the recipient of a little picky calls though watch costello eight seconds left connally smashes through the lane misses the shot his put back not good one second left and we're thirty two thirty two we've got sixty more minutes left we'll be back with the second half after th they've got to stop them all he's he's a threat go into the basket so i mean they've got to take a step off him see if he can hit three or not and then off beds of lee i think doug come he's got to get it going and i think him along with costello against this have got to be a little bit more attacking looking to the basket instead of just trying to find spots on the perimeter to find a three i agree of i think the writers are playing great transitional basketball getting back on defense but i mean think about what they have to do the other guy whoever's man to send the screen get out there helping them recover and use the first thing you said about boxing out we got the big team out there we got the guys it should board but we can't give up the second or third chance baskets those are the ones that are hurting us salem basketball the start the second sixteen minutes both teams with their same starting lineups puts going to pen number eleven has three fouls for the marauders christianson with two fouls so pennell have to be careful but i can't see him picking up too many even if you're helping no one pendragon to the basket you're still going to find that guy put a body on downs won't even attempt thought of taking that shot pen in the corner no one around him the set screens so they can get out to come on come on dances his w put it down for a sale fell asleep on that play you don't leave the big guy why don't we need inside that's what they did and he's not going to lay that one up again no more missed lay got to get some more cutters going through a lane you can't just have four guys out on the perimeter map by himself easy to defend that way come up all nice which direction he misses the shot and that's just ridiculous no foul there la p r gets thrown to the ground emphasis on calling the intent you know i mean even if you make contact you gotta show you gotta show the intention or you know trying to hurt him so i mean all those guys got going for the ball but downs big big player so when he said so screens up to big kid get back into the paint right now this is where he's dangerous quick move dances shakes bakes hits the rim on that shot three point zero but he is quick coming off that dribble at him he's got that little crossover move half court make a nice twenty four passes that's not going to help out matt forty four forty one belmont by three and there's downs getting out the pick up that now it's going to step up just for a split second to step up for one second off that screen to show th costello's guarded nicely by rodriguez there you go one dribble penetration in a kick out using the goal michael and costello's tan check the open court by rodriguez and look you know you see the difference to you see the difference either we're in this game or we can knock this to know we are better ball club and sailor i totally agree with you and you know the king is not just as good as he said the first half go to ten let him have his thirty or forty points because i'm not going to say already have more than and so when they're starting five in the game i would be surprised unless there's a big run to see coach lines use that timeout tilts down the stretch in a close game that's another one of those restaurants you know that's right remind everybody that this is you know a close game and we're in it know five or six in a row so they miss him both rodriguez does and that's interesting to note down the stretch and donnelly definitely when you need to hopefully not need to fall but once again christensen oh great save there la pierre gets it floppy or a little bit closer the basket not out in the you know corner trying to throw in a law passed to match we played almost eight minutes in the second half and it hasn't been as crisp we played as the first half and you know before you know it eight minutes of come have gone by  look at him drop him in now beautiful christianson get some both to go forty six forty three belmont with again with oh that three point lead and they have a chance you can kind of feel it right here the  feet on the ground not to i think he's looking to set up the off and when he dribbles and he jumps up and here does a little skit move he's going by himself and everybody should recognize that la pierre picks up that foul and padded the line for a couple of the costello down the other time down wide open i like to see him take that shot i'd like to see him drive to the basket but yeah he was he had it wide open i would like to see him do something other than just sit there and try to lift not inside he's got to be a weapon he us by one we have to have a great finish six thirty five left use the trouble might get him a little closer to rodgers now being careful with their passes costello goes around he gives it back up is being guarded nicely there by condon and it will stay belmont ball as they try to loop it inside so it was the first time we saw a cutter go through with cole haan after the past making the cut through guys you know we like to think that the best was going to be a team game and if you're seen one guy trouble not by yourself not involving anyone else in taking nach shot the other players don't feel in ball they haven't touched the rock in next thing you know it's one shot of it drops great if it doesn't we're getting and that's what's happening and that's why i mean i think that bill much you are taking the lead here all right we got five fifteen left conley still staying on pennies and so the whole game done a pretty good job against  look at him stay on the floor not like you know there's no move if he gets a little skit move going he's going strong there's that screen by downs but christianson stepped up see come out of threat right now he will go to the basket ok marauders now in that don't don't look in his eyes to keep your arch eyes on his middle but there's a little move they dish it off you see come up with a nice move in the paint and he's fouled outside on the floor it's like my costello i'm with the the three zero five left to go in a two point lead dances shakes and bakes his shot missed big rebound by christensen and he almost lost control now they got to think about the clock a little bit belmont never really runs top point guard to state street smith rates him as one of the top point guards in the country to mack christiansen rated preseason on you know all all boston team so i mean the kid is tough no doubt about it and conley had just played an absolute outstanding ball game defending him because really i don't mean points in his night but it doesn't cry a lot more than i think this is why i don't listen i don't know why they only put one guy into the lane there i mean i've seen i saw a team do that earlier this year i just don't get it i mean so much effective on the free throw by matt he's only miss one it's a very it's got a smile on his face he's playing a superb game anybody watching this has no question this kid is one of the top players in the state there's no argument here marauders in front by two but it's not difficult because they've got the three point threat coming down so defensively i'm not sure what garrett he's going to tell this place is he going to say screw it go down and go to the basket strong it depends on where the belmont scores here what is was called for a timeout the rescue here at the place is loud you don't take any chances you can still do the right thing he was double teamed on the sideline even though the pass was open to christians he was yelling timeout it appeared that it was a set time out and they wanted it at that at that point wow adam gets away with a little walk rotters can't turn it over here they are going to be facing that tough tough pressure by salem they've got to get a little bit closer to the basket or drifting out towards half court here or there they don't want to get trapped by the line and they're  fine that way because they don't have the timeouts left costello's going to have to shine here and he gets foul not what you want to do if you're the witches over the limit costello's go to the line he has taken a shot and won you know at some point you're down to you've got to take chances and different coaches have different philosophies down the stretch but when you want to foul it really depends upon your scouting reports you know and who's making a free throws i don't know if they scouted out this guy is he's a shooter well and see if it's contagious call but that's number seven i think they're headed to the line also they've got to make sure it's the right guy go into the free throw line i think it should should be come on but i would be surprised they stick pen down there might not be seen or some other teams but you know maybe you wait a few seconds you know the loss of these different here i think you got you don't want to waste too much time thirty seconds left thirty seven seconds left on the clock you can stretch this onto a seven  now they have ten seconds left and stores fifty nine fifty nine it's going to be salem ball but they've got to get it in balance out of mr said and they don't have the full court either i mean they've got to do it on the sideline right near their bench have three seconds left either way this one is going to be a pitcher pill to swallow that's right both teams have played an outstanding ball game it's been a great game the writers have a chance here they've got three seconds left they just can't turn it over and get a shot  lose to a good team though the higher seed but belmont played an outstanding basketball game had a great season coach lions want to corner the ballgame it's been a great season but rodgers come up two points short tonight sixty one of the fifty nine like to thank everybody