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The Moore League is quickly learning a lesson this year\u2014you can’t stop Ryan Anderson\u2026most nights, you can’t really even contain him. <\/span>Anderson was the game’s leading scorer, rebounder, shot-blocker, and was tied for most steals, and you couldn’t call it much more than an average game for Poly’s 6-8 junior, who led his team to a 61-53 win over Millikan.<\/p>\n The Rabbits got off to a hot start, taking a 17-5 lead by the end of the first quarter, thanks largely to a number of Millikan fouls and a 9\/9 free throw start. <\/span>Anderson became an integral part of Poly’s offense because of Millikan’s compacted zone\u2014they had to dump the ball inside to kick back out to their shooters. <\/span>Much of the time Anderson touched the ball, it was for the purpose of kicking the ball out, a function he said after the game he was more than happy to perform.<\/p>\n “If they have any weakness at all,” said Millikan coach Jeff Breuklander, “it’s shooting the ball on the perimeter.” <\/span>It wasn’t until the third quarter that Poly started capitalizing on those opportunities, and for the first half it seemed Millikan might stay in it. <\/span>“Defensively,” said Breuklander, “we had them where we wanted them\u2014offensively, we didn’t handle their pressure well.”<\/p>\n The Rams were forced into a ton of turnovers, and shot just 5\/24 in the first half, normally reliable shooters like Malcolm Whittington held to just 5\/17 from the field by Poly’s length. <\/span>The hot shooting helped Poly open up a 47-33 lead at the end of the third quarter, and while Whittington and Alden Darby’s heroic narrowed it in the fourth, Poly maintained control of the game. <\/span>Mostly, they did so by giving it to Anderson, who finished with 18 points, 14 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 2 steals.<\/p>\n Poly got even better news with the return of Shelton Boykin, who had one point and three rebounds in limited action, his first since breaking his wrist in Texas. 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