Nothing fancy at Lakeland for the 6A Final Four match up between Miami Norland and Gainesville. The Vikings dominated Gainesville in just about every major stat and used a dominating inside game to punch their ticket the the Championship Game.
All dominated by Miami Norland
Bench Scoring 35 – 12
2nd Chance Pts 15 – 9
Pts Off Turnover 27 – 15
The most glaring stat which was obvious to the human eye was points in the paint. Norland outscored Gainesville 44 – 16 with the final score being 73-50.
Zachary Johnson, Norland F led all scorers with 19 points, 9 of 19 from the field and 1 of 2 from the foul line. He got the crowd going a few times with several explosive dunks from all sides of the rim. The bright spot in the first half for Gainesville was sophomore F Eric Turner who had 11 big points in the first half but cooled off in the second half.
Norland will face the winner of Winter Haven and Pine Forest.