Bleacher Bits: There's no ‘he' in hoops loss
Friday, Mar 2 2012, 10:59 am
It's long been said that "there's no 'I' in 'team,'' since no single player is strong enough or talented enough to carry his own team. And while there is no letter "I" in Anders Broman's name, there was all kinds of him in a recent high school basketball game in Minnesota.
But his Herculean scoring efforts were still not strong enough to hoist the rest of his teammates onto his back and carry them to victory.
Not even after scoring 71 points.
Broman, a 6-1 junior guard playing for Lakeview Christian Academy, put up his outlandish points total on Feb. 25 in a 114-110 loss to Melrose High. Sure, the game went into overtime — but just one extra period, taking nothing away from the baller's big effort.
"It was a bittersweet game," Broman said in a story on Yahoo! Sports. "I made a couple threes to start the half, so I started feeling it. It felt like everything I shot would go in. I love when those days happen."
Who wouldn't? Broman shot 67 percent for the game, including eight 3-pointers, and scored 47 of his points in the second half to bring his team back from a 16-point deficit. His 71 points also ranks as the second-highest by an individual player in Minnesota history.
Makes you wonder what the kid above him on the list scored.
We at Tri-County Newspapers covered a whole lot of basketball games this season, and in very few of them did an entire team score 71 points. That total would still be respectable if he did it in a four-game span.
Can you imagine having a mammoth night like Broman's and it STILL not being enough for your team to win? I mean I can't think that any of his teammates rode him after the game, and said things like, "C'mon man, you need to pass the ball."
I also can't help wondering what he said to his teammates, maybe something like, "Hey guys, my back is really sore from carrying you, do you think you could help me out a bit?"
It's true there is no "I" in "team," but thankfully for Lakeview Christian Academy, there was an Anders Broman on theirs.
College recruiters can ignore the score and focus on the point total, and I'm sure that in a year or so, Broman will be able to say, "There IS an "I" in college."
CONTACT Craig Purcell at 824-1036 or cpurcell@tcnpress.com
But his Herculean scoring efforts were still not strong enough to hoist the rest of his teammates onto his back and carry them to victory.
Not even after scoring 71 points.
Broman, a 6-1 junior guard playing for Lakeview Christian Academy, put up his outlandish points total on Feb. 25 in a 114-110 loss to Melrose High. Sure, the game went into overtime — but just one extra period, taking nothing away from the baller's big effort.
"It was a bittersweet game," Broman said in a story on Yahoo! Sports. "I made a couple threes to start the half, so I started feeling it. It felt like everything I shot would go in. I love when those days happen."
Who wouldn't? Broman shot 67 percent for the game, including eight 3-pointers, and scored 47 of his points in the second half to bring his team back from a 16-point deficit. His 71 points also ranks as the second-highest by an individual player in Minnesota history.
Makes you wonder what the kid above him on the list scored.
We at Tri-County Newspapers covered a whole lot of basketball games this season, and in very few of them did an entire team score 71 points. That total would still be respectable if he did it in a four-game span.
Can you imagine having a mammoth night like Broman's and it STILL not being enough for your team to win? I mean I can't think that any of his teammates rode him after the game, and said things like, "C'mon man, you need to pass the ball."
I also can't help wondering what he said to his teammates, maybe something like, "Hey guys, my back is really sore from carrying you, do you think you could help me out a bit?"
It's true there is no "I" in "team," but thankfully for Lakeview Christian Academy, there was an Anders Broman on theirs.
College recruiters can ignore the score and focus on the point total, and I'm sure that in a year or so, Broman will be able to say, "There IS an "I" in college."
CONTACT Craig Purcell at 824-1036 or cpurcell@tcnpress.com
