JOHN MILLEA
For the Burnsville boys' basketball team, the best offense Tuesday night was stout defense. The Blaze, ranked No. 8 in Class 4A, leaned on a full-court press to hold off Rosemount 74-68 in a Lake Conference game at Rosemount.
Burnsville (8-2, 5-1 Lake) began the day sharing first place with Chaska and Eden Prairie. But Rosemount (5-6, 3-4), which had won four in a row, gave the Blaze all it wanted.
The key stretch began with 7 1/2 minutes to play when Burnsville applied the press. Rosemount went scoreless for nearly five minutes as a four-point Irish lead was turned into a six-point margin for Burnsville. The Blaze is a balanced offensive team with four players averaging in double figures, and five players scored during Burnsville's decisive 10-0 run.
Alex Wheeler and Patrick Rogers led Burnsville with 20 points each, and Devon Knopke had 18. Four Irish players reached double figures, led by Toriano Tatum, who had 17 off the bench.
Rosemount's winning streak had been fueled in part by Zach Vraa. In the previous four games he had scored 27, 34, 23 and 31 points. This time, however, Vraa was held to 12 points.
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