Out & About: Truman/LeCenter

#6 posting 2.12.2006

7th place
Truman 66, LeCenter 62

The first two games were round robin with the four teams playing each other once on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. This game was the 7th place game meaning that each team was beat on Monday and Thursday. Again this was a step up in performance by teams and players. Luckily it was also a step up for non fouling.

LeCenter owned the first half; Truman, or should I say Betsy Wendt, owned the second half. LeCenter put together runs of 4, 3, and 3 in the first half. Emilee Traxler was doing the damage inside. Paula Novotny was delivering off her defense. LeCenter had a 15-6 run early in the half. Truman was having it's problems with droughts of 6 and 6. After watching the first two games I was happy to see a team with a functioning offense and offensive skills. LeCenter finished the half with a 9-2 run. LeCenter was at a 97.3 pp100 rating in the first half as they led 36-23.

In the second half LC pushed their lead to 38-23. Then it was Wendt time. Truman went on a six possession run. Wendt opened the scoring with a three, scored on a drive, but missed the free throw, scored in the paint, hit another 3 from the left side, and again scored on a driving lay, with a foul and this time the free throw. So in the 15-2 run she had 13 points. Wendt had 9 in the first half. Now it was a contest. Wendt stole a pass went in for the layup to tie the game a 42. Amanda Heckman of Truman gave them the lead at 44-42. The game was tied at 44 and 46. Wendt broke the tie with a three from the right side 49-46. From there Truman held the lead. The closest LeCenter got was after Paula Novotny cashed in a three from up top to make it 55-54. Truman then went on another 6 possession run, but this time the scoring was spread out. The offense for Truman ratched up to 122.9 in this half.


Height Matters: Truman 5-7.2; LeCenter 5-7
Department of Defense: various zones for each team

Truman Player Evaluations
Starters
Deborah Samba 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Amanda Heckman 12, 13, 92.3, .385 point guard, fast and looks to push. knows where Wendt is. RF: had passing issues in the first half, usually too fast and too high. foul problems
Callie Wiederhoeft 4, 8, 50.0, .500
Betsy Wendt 37, 25, 148.0, .640 wow. took over and dominated. explosive. moves well. scores in all different ways. made four 3s on the day. money player. RF: make the free throws when making conventional 3 point play (missed three in second half)
Danielle Wiederhoeft 6, 8, 75.0, .375
Bench
Jordan Feis 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Krista Ringeisen 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Alexa Bartels 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Ashley Clow 1, 5, 20.0, .200
Sarah Kuhlman 2, 4, 50.0. .250

LeCenter Player Evaluations
Starters
Paula Novotny 13, 11, 118.2, .545 point guard, made two 3s late. decent speed. RF: defense responsibility was on Wendt late in the half
Paula Selly 3, 7, 42.9, .143
Ali Dwyer 18, 20, 90.0, .500 big first half with 14 points. decent shot, active on boards. RF: needed to put together another half like the first.
Sarah Miller 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Emilee Traxler 16, 14, 114.3, .571 inside presence. aggressive. RF: fouls, size post HS
Bench
Jayne Closser 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Molly Paulsen 8, 13, 61.5, .308
Molly Blaschko 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Trench Player: Was there a doubt? Betsy Wendt

BY THE NUMBERS
Truman 66, 72, 91.7, .431
LeCenter 62, 72, 86.1, .403
Bench: LeCenter 8, Truman 2
Made Free Throws: LeCenter 10, Truman 6

Next up the 5th place game