Hawaiian and Lynx Numbers

#1 posting 5.17.2006

POINT PARADE
D1
Jazzmin Awa-Williams, Konawaena 26 vs Kalaheo 60-38
D2
Jodi Kamemoto, Hawaii Baptist 22 vs Castle 41-44
Careena Onosai, Word of Life 22 vs Kapaa 52-49

DOUBLE VISION
HAWAII
D2
Careena Onosai, Word of Life 34 (22 p, 12 r) vs Kapa'a 52-49
Capri Holiona, Aiea 30 (14 p, 16 r) vs Molokai 56-38

HAWAIIAN STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
All stories are from the Honolulu Advertiser, unless noted
D1
Kahuku beat Mililani 50-40
Konawaena dropped Kalaheo 60-38
Moanalua had a second half comeback to survive 41-37 against Maui
Kamehameha trounced Radford 48-28.
If you didn't get a plane ticket to Honolulu, don't worry. You can listen to the games on your internet. Digital Sports and Starcomm sports puts you there.
D2
Word of Life edged Kapa'a 52-49
Aiea had no problems with Molokai 56-38. Story in Star Bulletin
St. Francis beat Hawaii Prep 52-36
Castle beat Hawaii Baptist 44-41
The OIA conference had four wins yesterday, two apiece in each division. The ILH had a 3-1 record, the best over both divisions.
Here is a deep content page for the OIA leagues

HOW GOOD IS HAWAII BASKETBALL?
This is from the first round game between D1 teams Monaluna and Maui
BY THE NUMBERS
team, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
Monaluna 41, 70, 58.6, .286
Maui 37, 68, 54.4, .294
As you can see pretty absymal numbers. Neither team could get above even 60 pp100. The average for MN HS ball is 83.1 pp100, and .404 on floor %. This is not for the best in the state, but run of the mill ordinary teams. Both these teams would not make the MN tournament. MN AAU numbers have been running lower with 73.0 pp100 and .355 averages.

NUMBERS EXPLAINED

Let us look at what the pros do:
Minnesota vs Seattle 5/13/2006
MN STARTERS
Jacobs 13, 13, 100.0, .385
Ohlde 15, 10, 150.0, .900
Hayden 7, 7, 100.0, .571
Mann 13, 8, 162.5, .625
Augustus 26, 19, 136.8, .632
BENCH
Williams 8, 9, 88.9, .444
Thornburn 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Lewis 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Abrismova 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Outstanding #s with Jacobs floor % the only ???. Her pp100 #s are high due to the 3s that she made on the day. All starters above the 100 points for 100 possession standard. Augustus has already made a difference and has made the teammates better, some due to the fact the defense needs to focus on her movements, freeing up shots for the others. Bench #s pretty thin

SEATTLE STARTERS
Sue Bird 11, 11, 100.0, .455
Betty Lennox 11, 17, 64.7, .294
Lauren Jackson 14, 11, 127.3, .545
Izane Castro-Marques 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Wendy Palmer 15, 10, 150.0, .800
BENCH
Barbara Turner 7, 6, 116.7, .667
Simone Edwards 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Shaunzinski Gortman 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Tiffani Johnson 9, 8, 112.5, .500
Lennox and Castro don't get to the magic 100 mark. Only Jackson and Palmer climb above .500

BY THE NUMBERS
MN 84, 75, 112.0, .520
Seattle 75, 76, 98.7, .474
These are professionals but you can see the difference.

AAU NEWS
MN
Here is the MN State AAU brackets. The tournament will be held at Forest Lake on the 20th and 21st. (Saturday and Sunday)19s, 16s, 15s, 14s Guess where I will be on Saturday and Sunday?
AAU ROSTERS

COACHING NEWS
WI
Wisconsin Dells has refused to accept the resignation of girls basketball coach Jeff Buss. Why? Buss would like to resign to get away from the constant "parental headaches." There is more from the Wisconsin Dells News

COACHING OPENINGS

CONFERENCE NEWS
Valparaiso will be levaing the Midcontinent for the Horizon league beginning in 2007-08. This will set off a chain reaction to fill the spot in the Midcontinent with North Dakota State, South Dakota State and IPFW. Valpo has a number of players from the coverage area on their squad
MI: Betsy Rietema, Grand Rapids Christian
MN: Krystal Taylor, Minneapolis North
MN: Tamra Braun, Prior Lake
WI: Sarah Ott, Chippewa Falls
Article is from the Golden Triangle papers

SIGNINGS
MN/WI
Kady Telschow, Oostburg, WI has signed with Southwest MN State. She averaged 14.5 ppg last year. This is the Sheboygan Press story. Here is the SW MN State press release
SD/IA/MN
Mount Marty has added two players to its roster for next season: Catrina Ellis, Rockwell City-Lytton, IA. She is a 5-11 G. Kristen Swope, of Lakeview HS, MN is another guard. Here is more information from the Yankton Press & Dakotan

Look for a new link that will report on who has verballed/committed. It will include 2007s and later. The 2006s are already out the door.

If you the readers have any features/tools you would like to see, drop me an email.

EMAILS CAN HAUNT
IA
Here is why folks need to pay attention to what they write in their emails as they can come back to bite you on the rear end. This story is from West Des Moines Dowling HS where the athletic director sent out some emails that were not rather flattering. One ripped on the state bound girls basketball team. Here is the details from the Des Moines Register

Next up tomorrow afternoon with more on the Hawaiian state tournament as it is quarterfinal day. Also more on the number games.

HAPPY SYTTENDE MAJ