Out & About: Murray Co Central/SVRLB

#3 posting 2.26.2006

3A South Quarterfinals
#1 Murray Co Central 66, SVRLB 37

The first game of the day was over quickly as MCC jumped out to a 12-0 lead and never looked back. MCC had a five possession string where six different players scored. One possession Jenny Starken made the first free throw, missed the second, and Danielle Gengler rebounded and was fouled. She made a free throw as well on the same possession. SVRLB was 0/7 to start the game, 0/8 in the middle of the half. MCC caught the same bug as they were 0/6 during SVRLB’s second drought. All in all there were 13 straight possessions by both teams where no one scored. That doesn’t make for great fan viewing. MCC led at half 29-9.

The second half was more of the same. SVRLB started off cold again 0/7. MCC pushed the lead to 36-11. The only thing that kept my attention during this blow out was the play of 8th grade center Emily Bose. She scored five straight times (not possessions mind you) with 10 points. MCC subbed freely and won 66-37.

Height matters: MCC 5-7.2; SVRLB 5-6.6
Department of Defense: MCC man & press full court; SVRLB 2/3 to start

A word on these evaluations. Most all players need to get stronger, and are outsized. I’m going to talk about a few. Both teams ball handling/decision making need improvement.

Player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
Murray County Central Player Evaluations
Starters
Laura Beers 3, 3, 100.0, .333
Jenny Starken 3, 6, 50.0,. .333
Emily Counter 5, 6, 83.3, .333
Janeane Robinson 11, 10, 110.0, .500 scored on drives and transition. RF; size
Rachel Christiansen 6, 10, 60.0, .300 Decent frame, the focus of the defense. Strong rebounder. RF: did not dominate scoring even if it is a structured defense against her. Needs to take no prisoners
Bench
Danielle Gengler 4, 5, 80.0, .600 decent size for HS inside.
Emily Bose 20, 11, 181.8, .909 8th grader. Good size, nice hands, nice touch. Good feet. Slowly working way into lineup. Good potential, will dominate in the future at this level. One to keep an eye on. RF: missed more free throws. I’m sure this will be corrected in four years. SVRLB players lost her, so some points came pretty easily
Michelle Ellefson 6, 4, 150.0, .750
Brooke Manderscheid 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Emmalee Anderson 5, 4, 125.0, .750
Caitlyn Peterson 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Renee Felber 1, 2, 50.0, .500
Erin Spartz 0, 2, 0.0, .000

Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster Player Evaluations
Starters
Kelli Correll 2, 11, 18.2, .091
Molly Eichenberger 5, 8, 62.5, .250
Amanda Evans 13, 15, 86.7, .400
Rachel Wilson 2, 7, 28.6, .286
Kelly Weinandt 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Bench
#24 0, 1, 0.0, .000
#44 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sarah Schmitz 4, 8, 50.0, .250
Gabby Cross 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Amanda Baumgarn 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Krystle Doeden 1, 1, 100.0, 1.000
Elly Schmitz 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Trench player: Emily Bose

BY THE NUMBERS
Team, points, possessions, floor %
MCC 66, 67, 98.5, .478
SVRLB 37, 66, 56.1, .303
Bench: MCC 38, SVRLB 13
Made Free throws MCC 11, SVRLB 10
Obviously the MCC had superior players all the way down the line up. FT did not make difference.

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