It’ll be Montezuma against North Linn Friday afternoon (3/12) for the Class 1A Boys State Basketball Championship.  For the second time in the State Tournament, the Braves will be facing an undefeated team.  North Linn is the tournament’s top seed with a 27-0 record.  Montezuma senior guard Trey Shearer previews today’s game.

“North Linn is hard to prep for.  They’re a great basketball team, they’re really, really well coached.  So we just have to go in there with the mentality like,  defensively..we’ve got to do what we do.    We’ve got to contain them on the defensive end and offensively…same thing.  We just have to do what Montezuma does: get the basket, hit the open shots, make the extra pass.  It’ll be a great game…I think we’re ready for it.”

Montezuma comes in with a 24-2 record.  You can hear the Montezuma boys play for the State 1A Championship Friday on KBOE-FM.  Our live coverage from Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines starts at 11:45am, with the tipoff at noon.