Out & About: 16s MN Stars/MN Summit Blue

#3 posting 5.20.2006

MN State AAU Tournament 16u Quarterfinals
MN Stars 70, MN Summit Blue 50

The Summit Blue led early 7-1 against the Stars. In fact they pushed it to 13-4. Emily DeWitt, Katie's sister, and daughter of coach Dave (who is also the head coach at Anoka-Ramsey CC) led the way early five points. At that point the Stars became shooting stars as they went on a 20-2 run while the Summit hit the depths with a 0/10 possession string. Angel Robinson scored on a steal and layup to put the Stars in front for good 16-15.

To start the half Abby Gust scored seven straight points for the Summit, but then they had another dip in the road as they had a 0/9 drought. During the same stretch the Stars did not exploit the situation and only scored once. For the whole stretch the Stars did outscore the Summit 18-2. So if we add the two huge dry spells together it is 38-4. Those dry spells were fatal to the Summit's cause. With less than 40 seconds left in the game Mara Hjelle looked as if she hurt her knee. She was carried off the floor.

AAU ROSTERS

NUMBERS EXPLAINED

player, high school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
MN STARS
STARTERS
Kiara Allums, St. Paul Highland Park 7, 11, 63.6, .273 aggressive, quick, likes to drive to the hole. active boarder. RF: does not look like she is having fun.
Becky Anderson, Duluth East 5, 8, 62.5, .375 perimeter
Nicole Christianson, Chetek, WI 4, 6, 66.7, .333 big perimeter player, Good court sense, knows where teammates are.
Amy Kallemeyn, Edgerton 9, 6, 150.0, .667 big player, good hands, RF: needs weight
Heather Smith, Mahtomedi 3, 3, 100.0, .333 point guard
BENCH
Breanna Schneiderman, Concordia Roseville 2, 5, 40.0, .200 RF: needs to get tougher inside and become a force, and not just a body.
Angel Robinson, St. Paul Central 12, 14, 85.6, .429 explosive, aggressive, good anticipation. great body control, including an acrobatic tip in. RF: forced some passes in the paint
Betsy Wendt, Truman 4, 5, 80.0, .400 RF: out of position inside
Catherine Hintz, Hastings 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 interesting player. next big thing. decent hands. RF: game/pace is too fast for her. hasn't played a lot in the past. Didn't get much court time today. an obvious project and will need patient coaching to get the most out of her. will not be an impact player right away.
Kelsey Carlson, Concordia Roseville 3, 2, 150.0, .500
Tessa Wilka, Sioux Falls O'Gorman, SD 11, 4, 275.0, 1.000 takes good shots, tall perimeter player. 3 pt range plus more moves. RF: needs more weight/strength
Katie Coughenour, Wayzata 3, 5, 60.0, .200 3 pt bomber. RF: not much versatility other than the one note.

SUMMIT BLUE
STARTERS
Emily DeWitt, Centennial 11, 9, 122.2, .556 has range and also comes from a strong basketball family. RF: cooled off in the second half.
Abby Gust, St. Paul Central 10, 16, 62.5, .250 3pt shooter. working on ball handling capabilities. getting better at defense. RF: forces game at times
Tanya Dickey, White Bear Lake 3, 5, 60.0, .200 main point guard, also works boards.
Jennifer Oligmueller, Osseo 8, 8, 100.0, .500
Mara Hjelle, Mahtomedi 14, 15, 93.3, .467 had to play almost whole game. good size, good rebounder. RF: injured late in the game
BENCH
Katie Huston, Centennial 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Ann Nordby, ?? 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Claire Burmeister, Hopkins 2, 7, 28.6, .143
Cami Bauer, White Bear Lake 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Tessa Wilka. I don't know if that was just a fluke game or not. I haven't seen her that much since she is from Sioux Falls, but she hit her shots and moved well

BY THE NUMBERS
Points, possessions, pp100, floor %
Stars 70, 71, 98.6, .451
Summit Blue 50, 69, 72.4, .333
The Stars have been the closest to reach the 100 pp100 number, but they had a way to go to get to the .500 floor % mark. The Stars may have gone over both if they had a better start.

Next up: later tonight with the Triple Threat and MN Metro Stars Black 16s semifinals.