Out & About: Metro Stars Black/Metro Stars White 16u

#2 posting 5.9.2006

MN AAU Qualifier 16u
Metro Stars Black 59, Metro Stars White 35

This is a civil civil war game with Black the #1 Metro Stars team and White #2. It also is a civil war of sorts with Hopkins coach Brian Cosgriff coaching the Black while his players Hiebert and Muegge play with the White.

Black got the scoring going with the free throw line for their first five points. Barber for MSW was the first to get a basket, but White started off with six straight non scoring possessions. That was mild compared to the mammoth 16 possession dry spell. They couldn't even score on the technical on the Black bench. They missed both free throws, and then passed the ball into the wrong team. Kalbfell had great anticipation and scored the lay up. Black suffered a 5 possession drought, but they strung four straight scores late in the half with Rittenhouse and Boylan scoring four and five. Black outscored their sisters 16-2. Barber again ended the drought, but the damage was done and Black went to the sidelines with a 29-9 lead. Looking at the free throw line Black outscored White 13-3.

White still had problems scoring in the second half as they started off 0/5. Four of the possessions were turnovers. Going back into the first half they were 1/23. Brrrrr. With the score in a comfortable place not much happened to pull the game one way or another. The free throws were limited in the second half--MSB only made five in the second half. MSW made four 3s in the second half as their options to come back were pretty limited. Scoring demons in the second half for Black included Lyons for 8 and Boylan with 7. Black took the game 59-35.

What do the numbers mean?
http://gbbrecruit.blogspot.com/2006/05/numbers-explained.html

Rosters:
http://gbbrecruit.blogspot.com/2006/05/aau-rosters.html

player, high school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
METRO STARS BLACK
STARTERS
Courtney Boylan, Chaska 14, 9, 155.6, .667 energetic, active, sees floor (when the hair isn't in her eyes), makes good decisions. 3 Range and pull up jumper. RF: passes with feet in the air. Hair should be out of the eyes for a cleaner look
Alyssa Benson, Minnetonka 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Elle Queen, Minnetonka 7, 6, 116.7, .667 playing more on the perimeter than she does in HS. big on the perimeter
Abby Rittenhouse, Burnsville 11, 9, 122.2, .556 force inside
Rachel Booth, DeLaSalle, 2, 5, 40.0, .200 RF: overshadowed in faster, physical game

BENCH
Ana Garcia, Blaine 2, 8, 25.0, .125
Chelsea Lyons, Coon Rapids, 12, 9, 133.3, .667 player that does many things right without overdramitizing. In right spot at the right time.
Jenny Theisen, Champlin Park 5, 5, 100.0, .400 3 pt ranger
Natalie Gigler, Champlin Park 3, 7, 42.9, .286 decent quickness inside
Laura Kalbfell, Lakeville South 2, 8, 25.0, .125 big perimeter presence

METRO STARS WHITE
STARTERS
Jessica Miller, Chaska, 3, 7, 42.9, .286
Jackie Hiebert, Hopkins, 5, 5, 100.0, .600 solid numbers again, but RF: not on the floor that much
Maggie Slawson, Holy Angels, 7, 13, 53.8, .231 RF: a bit out of control, decision making
Lauren Barber, Owatonna, 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Siri Hill, Eastview, 0, 3, 0.0, .000

BENCH
Hanna Muegge, Hopkins, 5, 11, 45.5, .273
Sarah Wiens, Burnsville 6, 8, 75.0, .250
Danielle Dove, Burnsville 3, 9, 33.3, .111 RF: forced passes
Stephanie Loobeek, Armstrong 2, 5, 40.0, .200

TRENCH PLAYER
Courtney Boylan, flying hair and all

BY THE NUMBERS
Metro Stars Black 59, 68, 86.7, .412
Metro Stars White 35, 68, 51.5, .250
MSB has to be happy with their defensive effort. The 1/23 stretch needs to be chalked up to the pressure they applied.
As the case was all afternoon not one team looked smooth on offense. That may be because of lack of practice time and melding together players from a wide and varied backgrounds and systems. It will be interesting to see if in two weeks if any team can crack the 100 pp100 barrier.

Next up: North Tartan and the Lakers about 10 pm