Out & About: Holy Family/Mayer Lutheran

#3 Posting 1.26.2006

Holy Family 69, Mayer Lutheran 53
Tonight I traveled to the exurbs of the SW Twin Cities to Victoria, home of the Holy Family Fire to watch the battle between the two private schools in the Minnesota River Conference. Mayer Lutheran had a 9-6 record coming in compared to Holy Family's 8-10. Just two weeks ago Mayer Lutheran won 64-62. ML led twice tonight, the last time at 6-4. ML then hit a 7 possession run where they never got a shot off--just turnovers (3 violations, 4 bad passes). HF took advantage of this time to go ahead 12-6. Throughout the night ML tried to get the ball in to their posts Melissa Kloos and Sarah Stahlke. Those two combined for 33 points on the night. HF, on the other hand, relied heavily on the skills of Becca Friestleben who by herself had 33. HF led at one point 21-17, and then again ML hit a dry patch where they went 1/9. HF made a 10-1 run at this point. At the half HF led 33-20.

Coming out of the break, Becca Friestleben of the Fire was on Fire. She hit three 3s to start the half, one from a step and a half behind the line. With that firepower, HF took a 47-22 lead (14-2 run with BF cashing in 11). ML was 1/11 at that point on possessions with the turnover bug biting them on the rear end. Then the tables turned. ML went on a 17-0 run. Again it was the inside game that ML relied on. Kloos, then Stahlke converted three point plays the old fashioned way. What was once a 25 point lead was now 8 47-39. HF was in an 0-10 possession drought with four turnovers terminating their chances. Then, just as ML was looking stronger, HF caught fire again, and this time the hot hand belonged to Josie Campbell. She scored three straight times down the floor, twice off layups when ML was pressing. HF's run at this point was 8-2. ML had a chance to cut the lead to 8 when Kloos scored and was fouled. Kloos missed the free throw, but ML retrieved the rebound, but they missed three times before Becca Friestleben grabbed the ball for HF. At that point it was 57-47 HF. HF closed the game on a 12-6 run to win 69-53.

Height matters: Holy Family 5-8.4; Mayer Lutheran 5-7.4
Department of Defense: both teams man, (HF zone out of bounds); both teams pressed in the second half.
name, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
Holy Family Player Evaluations
Starters
Becca Friestleben 33, 30, 110.0, .467 The most aggressive player on the floor tonight. The main focus on offense. Can drive, and has great range from all angles. Has a decent runner. 33 points is a season high and tied her previous best which also came against Mayer Lutheran last year strangely enough on J25, one day earlier than today (J26). I liked her anticipation. On the jump, ML won the tip, but BF moved right to the ball and cut off the ML player. Grabbed game by the throat. A difference maker. Part of what I call the Whalen generation. RF: sometimes forced things that were not there on offense. Came in at the wrong angle on a couple of drives and had no glass to work with. Ball handling can improve. Likes to put the ball on the floor. Sometimes came down and shot without involving anyone else in the offense (on 3s). Needs to come to the ball when her teammates are struggling.
Allyson Friestleben 9, 8, 112.5, .500 swirling drives, can shoot from the corner. Can also pop a three. RF: not as aggressive as her sister, or as explosive
Josie Campbell 8, 7, 114.3, .571 had the run where she scored off the press. RF: my old mantra of strength
Liz Traxler 6, 9, 66.7, .444 point guard, looked to drive, but not as authoritative as BF. RF: strength, vision
Sarah Aide 8, 8, 100.0, .500 inside presence. RF: not tall enough.
Bench
Lauren Femlee 1, 7, 14.3, .143 second PG
Kelly O'Brien 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Hanna Savaryn 0, 1, 0.0, .000

Mayer Lutheran Player Evaluations
Starters
Sarah Drew 0, 6, 0.0, .000 point guard. RF: needs to be somewhat of a threat. cut back on turnovers/decision making.
Tonya Marcsisak 2, 9, 22.2, .111 RF: strength, decision making/ball handling
Ashley Genske 4, 11, 36.4, .182 RF: is it me or does everyone need to get stronger.
JoAnna Winter 7, 8, 87.5, .500 crashes boards. RF: strength and ball handling.
Melissa Kloos 21, 17, 123.5, .588 posts, focus of offense. good leaper, good hang time. RF: size will limit post HS options.
Bench
Jessica Hilk 3, 6, 50.0, .333 Decent hang time. RF: too small
Sarah Schlottman 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Sarah Stahlke 12, 11, 109.1, .455 has a chance to get better. Big, good frame. RF: speed/footwork/Quickness.
Kelsey Scheele 4, 5, 80.0, .400

Trench player: Becca Friestleben

BY THE NUMBERS
team, points, possessions, pp100, scoring %
Holy Family 69, 77, 89.6, .429
Mayer Lutheran 53, 76, 69.7, .329
HF had some turnover problems, but the scoring % would be higher if they had better patience on offense. ML needs better ball control/decision making.

Bench: Mayer Lutheran 19, Holy Family 5
Post players: Mayer Lutheran 33, HF 8
3s: HF: 15, ML 0

DEFINITIONS
Possessions=the end result is measured. Only four things can happen. Either the player scores or misses a FG or FT, or turns it over. Sally may shoot and miss, but if her team rebounds it does not count as a possession for her. Only the termination of possession matters in this system.
PP100=What a player would average if they had 100 possessions. 1 point for 1 possessions would get a player 100.0. In theory a player could shoot once and hit a three. They would then have a pp100 rating of 300.0. That is why one should look at possessions and not get flamfoozeled by a high pp100 rating. A low pp100 means the player misses too many shots or coughs it up too much.
Floor/scoring %=a player (or team's) scoring possessions divided by total possessions.