Out & About: MN Stars Antl/North Tartan 15s

#2 posting 5.22.2006
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This game took place on Saturday, May 20 at Forest Lake
MN AAU 15u Quarterfinals
MN Stars Antl 58, North Tartan 53

(The Antl refers to the coach of the MN Stars team: Scott Antl)
In a battle between two evenly matched teams, MSA outlasted NT 58-53. MSA led early 10-2 led by Micha Sater's 5 points, and Rey Robinson who was four for four at the line. NT was in an 0/8 funk with five missed shots, including three misses from behind the arc. NT did go on a 11-3 run to cut the MSA lead to 15-13. Hannah Linz had four points during the stretch. Jesse Althoff had a flurry of points as she scored 7 straight points on three possessions for MSA. She started with a rebound basket, got fouled and made the free throw, again next possession she scored on a put back, the last possession she scored on a feed from Sater as she posted up. Brea Tinney finished the MSA 9-2 run with a steal and lay up. Jaime Birr had her own burst of points with six of NT's points. She scored twice on lay ups. Her second lay up put NT up 28-26. MSA had one last basket by Keely Schuenke to end the half all knotted up 28-28.

Samantha Larsen gave NT the lead 30-28 to start the half, but Rey Robinson dropped the 3 bomb to get MSA the lead right away. There were seven ties in the half, the last coming at 49. Robinson again dropped a trey from the top of the circle to put MSA up 52-49. After Lillemoe missed her 3, Robinson's HS teammate Althoff scored on an out of bounds play to push the lead to 54-49. Brea Tinney added two free throws two possessions later as MSA pulled out to a 56-49 lead. NT still had some fight left as there was 57.1 seconds to go. Katie Pettit drove in for a lay up with 45.5 ticks left, and Linz scored on a second chance basket with 28.3 seconds left to make it 56-53. Both teams failed to convert on their next two possessions, but with 5.5 seconds left Tinney dropped in two more free throws to make it a 58-53 final.

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NUMBERS EXPLAINED

player, high school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
MN STARS ANTL
STARTERS
Rachelle Eckman, Martin County West 0, 7, 0.0, .000 RF: wasn't 100% healthy. she came out a couple of times gasping for air. She was attended to by a couple of women. Eckman was definately having trouble breathing. before that medical incident had too many moves when trying to score.
Jessie Althoff, Becker 13, 7, 185.7, .857 hard to keep off the offensive boards. another tall Becker body, good positioning. Uses baby hook shots.
Rey Robinson, Becker 11, 8, 137.5, .625 Nice shot, good range, nice size.
Amanda Poke, Richfield, 2, 6, 33.3. .167
Brea Tinney, Osceola, WI 12, 11, 109.1, .545 works boards, RF: some issues with pressure
BENCH
Ali Marson, Sommerset, WI 0, 2, 0.0, .000 RF: vision
Keely Schuenke, Burnsville 4, 15, 26.7, .200 Strong move followed by: RF: three straight possessions that bonked out. Picked up offensive foul
Micha Sater, Fridley 7, 7, 100.0, .429 RF: injured during the contest
Kate Thompson, Wayzata 6, 6, 100.0, .333

NORTH TARTAN
STARTERS
Kassie Robinson, Simley, 0, 2, 0.0, .000 good size. RF: sat too much with foul problems
Jaime Birr, Holy Angels 13, 11, 118.2, .636 has more range than I expected.
Jenna Lillemoe, Hopkins 4, 13, .308, .154 wanted the ball at crunch time. RF: needs more consistency, strength and decisions experience with the big time pressure that will come in HS.
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 16, 18, 88.9, .500 leader, lefty, good range, good instincts, a scorer, but RF: needs to be better than 38% at the line. Also needs to take care of the ball better
Megan Erlandson, Concordia 3, 2, 150.0, .500
BENCH
Samantha Larsen, Albany 6, 7, 85.7, .571 was active, got on the floor, got after loose balls. RF: shot consistency
Katie Pettit, Howard Lake-W-W, 4, 8, 50.0, .250 point guard, didn't have fear taking it inside. RF: Very, very small
Christina Fisher, Park-Cottage Grove 4, 5, 80.0, .250 decent size, frame. RF: needs to be more involved and take over the game.
Bridget Boll, Watertown-Mayer 2, 3, 66.7, .333 Found the narrow gap on a drive.

TRENCH PLAYER
Jessie Althoff

BY THE NUMBERS
Team, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MN Stars Antl 58, 69, 84.1, .391
North Tartan 53, 69, 76.8, .406
NT actually had a better floor % game than MSA, but ended up with five less points. Why? 9/21 (43%) shooting is not going to win too many games. MSA was slightly better, but still not great at 14/22 (63.6%).

Next up: later tonight with the NC Heat vs 43 Hoops Lady Elite 15u Quarterfinals