Out & About: St. Paul Central/Woodbury

#6 posting 3.5.2006

St. Paul Central 58, Woodbury 47

Central faced Woodbury in the sections and came away a winner. They had previously lost to Woodbury in section play.

SPC was out early with a 5-1 lead. They scored on their first two possessions, but that didn't last very long as Woodbury tied it up at five. Woodbury grabbed it's first lead at 10-9 on Kallmann's banked 3. Angel Robinson answered right back with an unbanked 3 from the left side. Another 3, this time by Abby Gust of SPC built the lead up to 15-10. Woodbury then went on a 7-0 run as Kallmann made an old fashioned three to put the Royals back in the lead 17-15. SPC put together a four possession string and 9-2 run to take a 30-23 lead. Four different players provided help in that run. Woodbury closed with four points to make it 30-27 at half. It was little noted at the time but Zoraa Quoie's high school career ended in the first half. She was playing on an injured leg and was not herself.

It was Woodbury's turn to score on their first two possessions with Hintz scoring on both possessions and both times she did it with strong drives to the glass. This was the last time Woodbury would lead at 31-30. Buford gave the lead back to SPC for good after Robinson found her on a back cut against the zone 34-32. Not much later SPC put together a five possession string and a 10-2 run to make the score 46-36. Gust had five of those points, and Buford added three. After that point the lead never dropped below 10 as the game slipped into maintainance mode.

Height Matters: Woodbury 5-9.4, St. Paul Central 5-9.2
Department of defense: St. Paul Central 2/3 with some pressing

Player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
St. Paul Central Player Evaluations
Starters
Angel Robinson 16, 16, 100.0, .500 motor that runs the SPC team. sees the floor. knows where her buddy Buford is at all times. has range, can penetrate. RF: at times needs to control body on drives and produce softer touch.
Cyronna West 4, 6, 66.7, .333 small, quick. RF: small
Kiara Buford 15, 16, 93.8, .500 nice flow, rangy, knows where basket is. gets open, upside high. RF: had too many turnovers for my blood in the second half when icing game.
Megan Howard 6, 8, 75.0, .375 strong inside body. boards. tough kid. better offensive skills of the two posts RF: fouls/control
Cate Schafer 2, 3, 66.7, .333 another big body inside. RF: fouls fast and furious
Bench
Abby Gust 15, 12, 125.0, .500 3 point specialist. scores off the pass. RF: needs to work on defense to get into the starting line up

Woodbury Player Evaluations
Starters
Zoraa Quoie 2, 5, 40.0, .200 explosive athlete. lickity split speed. RF: was hurt and it does no good evaluate. She jumps center usually and today did not.
Jessica Thone 3, 8, 37.5, .125 RF: passing/decisions. consistent shot
Kylie Kallman 16, 10, 160.0, .900 aggressive, jumped out tonight with activity. not afraid to get hit and go to the line. RF: had a pretty good night, it would be nitpicky
Caitie Christoffel 2, 6, 33.3, .167 RF: Strenght, not a ball handler. looks down on dribble.
Sarah White 4, 6, 66.7, .333 RF: shooting consistency
Bench
Sarah Hintz 14, 11, 127.3, .636 strong, tough, aggressive, asserts herself in the game. makes good things happen. RF: doesn't start. size for position.
Sammy Ness 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sarah Pechmann 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Carrie Wardell 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Adie Boeckmann 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Trench: Robinson

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Paul Central 58, 61, 95.1, .459
Woodbury 47, 59, 79.7, .407
Bench: Woodbury 20, St. Paul Central 15
made free throws Woodbury 12, SPC 10

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