Out & About: South of the River/Rochester Shock 16s

#2 posting 5.14.2006

This game took place on 5.13.2006 at the Minneapolis Midtown Y
16u Division
South of the River 40, Rochester Shock 37

SotR's Brittany Chambers got the game off with a bang with her 3 pointer. SotR pushed the lead to 5-0 on Colleen Doerr's basket. They held the lead until Danielle Frank tied it at 14 for Rochester. Savanna Sawle gave Roch their first lead with a basket and free throw 17-14. At this time SotR was on an 8 possession scoring drought with plenty of missed opportunities. Doerr's rebound basket stopped the dry spell. That was the start of an 8-4 run. Jo Morando returned the lead to SotR and they ended the half up 24-21.

Rochester took the lead with Sawle's basket at 28-26 as they finished a 7-2 run. SotR answered with their own 7-0 run to retake the lead at 33-28. But like a Jeckyll and Hyde they reverted back to hiding from the basket as they went on a 6 possession drought. During that stretch Roch scored six points to take the lead 34-33 on Alise Holst's two free throws. Catherine Nass missed on a 3, but Jensen also missed on Rochester's next possession. Nass, going back to the block where she has better success, scored off a pass from Doerr and the next time SotR had the ball Chambers drilled her second three to pad the lead at 38-35. Frank cashed in one free throw and Chambers added two free throws for SotR for their final points. Splittstoesser finished the scoring for Roch before the time ran out.

Once upon a time I coached Katie Doerr in AAU back in 1997. Our team won the State for the age level that year and she eventually attended MSU Moorhead to play collegiately and had a good career there. Her youngest sister Colleen was playing for SotR. It was the first time we had seen each other in a couple year. Back '97 I had read a poem before the start of practice, and Katie asked for a copy which I gave her. It is now up on the wall of her workplace. It was good to catch up again with all the goings on.
Now back to the numbers--

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

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

player, high school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
SOUTH OF THE RIVER
STARTERS
Brittany Chambers, Jordan 14, 14, 100.0, .429 aggressive, scoring point guard. has speed. RF: size matters, shot selection/timing
Colleen Doerr, LeSueur-Henderson 10, 9, 111.1, .556 has good bloodlines as sisters (Katie, Jackie) were successful in HS and at MSU Moorhead. Not only took good shots, but was instrumental with crucial assists at the end of the game. Also not afraid to get a rebound. RF: needs to finish the free throw portion on the three point plays.
Ashley Swanbeck, Shakopee 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Leah Dietel, Jordan 5, 7, 71.4, .286, big body, RF: want more boards
Amanda Dietel, Jordan 0, 3, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Catherine Nass, Rochester Century 5, 8, 62.5, .375 RF: needs to know range. needs to get as quick as she can
Megan Corradi, Chisago Lakes 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Dwyer, LeCenter 0, 1, 0.0, .000
#35, ???, 2, 2, 100.0, .500
#50 ???, 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

ROCHESTER SHOCK
STARTERS
Leigh Splittstoesser, Stewartville 4, 9, 44.4, .222
Paisley Larson, Kingsland 7, 6, 116.7, .500 good stroke, RF: needs to look to be more aggressive on offense
Kayla Jensen, Kingsland 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Savannah Sawle, Rushford-Peterson 11, 10, 110.0, .500 big body, moves well, active on glass. RF:
Emily Greiner, Kingsland 2, 3, 66.7, .333
BENCH
Alise Holst, Plainview 6, 8, 75.0, .375
Danielle Frank, Caledonia 3, 7, 42.9, .286 RF: needs strength

TRENCH PLAYER
Colleen Doerr

BY THE NUMBERS
South of the River 40, 49, 81.6, .388
Rochester Shock 37, 48, 77.1, .375
The difference was the 3ball by SotR. They cashed in five times. Neither team went to the line that much---a sign of lack of aggressive action to the basket.

MN STATE AAU BRACKETS
Here is the MN State AAU brackets. The tournament will be held at Forest Lake next weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
19s, 16s, 15s, 14s
Top seeds
19: Metro Stars
16: North Tartan
15: NC Heat
14: Lakeville North

Next up tomorrow with another soap box via Thorpe