Magicians Get Ready For Knights

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The andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/minot-high-schoolandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Minot Highandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; boys andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/basketballandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Basketballandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; team will hit the road on Friday when they travel to andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/grand-forks-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Grand Forksandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; for a non-region matchup with the Knights. The Magicians are 2-1 on the season after back to back wins over andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/dickinson-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Dickinsonandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; and andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/jamestown-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Jamestownandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;. The Magicians expect to run into a Knights team that features plenty of size and will try to slow the game down. Dean Winczewski, MHS boys basketball coach:They're gonna slow it down, they're gonna try and keep the score down, be very physical. They're probably not gonna be as aggressive, they're maybe not as athletic or as long as we are but they're very well coached. Coach Carlson does a great job with his kids they play extremely hard and it will be a tough matchup for us. They got two very talented post players, one's about 6'7 one's about 6'5. Very competive kids. They're guards are athletic. They've struggled scoring a little bit but so have we at times so it's kind of one of those things where we just gotta continue to get better defensively, continue to work on some things and hopefully offense will come. I know I like the fact that our kids are gaining more confidence and starting to believe they can do some things. It's a matter of just letting the ball go and hoping it's gonna go in and trusting it's gonna go in. The Magicians will follow Friday's game with a big game at andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/mandan-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Mandanandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; next Tuesday.  « Less