Out & About: Storm/Mpls Lakers 16u AAU

#2 posting 5.7.2006

MN 16u Qualifier Pool A
Storm 50, Mpls Lakers 37

First the Lakers were hampered without out two talents--Talisha Barlow out with a thumb injury, and Kiearah Strickland out with a possible ACL injury. I was not there for the first points, but the Lakers led early 4-0. The Storm grabbed the lead for good with an old fashioned three point play by Bauernfeind to make it 15-12. Bauernfeind scored nine points during the climb to the lead. The Storm closed out the first half with a 16-6 run. Krista Kaput scored on three straight possessions for the Storm including the last points coming on a three. The Lakers on the other hand, had a rough time finding the bottom of the net as they were 0/10 late in the first half on their possession run until Jenny Ostrom stopped the dry spell.

The Lakers actually had a 12-2 run stretched over the two periods. Ostrom and Aune each had two 3s on consecutive possessions to cut the score to 28-26 Storm. At that point the Storm strung together six straight possessions to re-establish themselves at 39-30. Loren Schuetzle scored six straight for the Storm as they pushed their lead to 43-30. The Lakers suffered two other droughts, one of seven and one of nine. In fact they ended the game 1/14. The Storm was not hot either as they finished 1/9.

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, hs, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
STORM
STARTERS
Maggie Bauernfeind, Rosemount 13, 7, 185.7, .714 big point guard, arms and legs, decent speed. RF: strength
Loryn Schuetzle, Pierre, SD 10, 14, 71.4, .357
Sierra Moeller, Pierre, SD 3, 6, 50.0, .333 RF injured, didn't play HS ball in 05-06
Michelle Hugelen, Rosemount 2, 6, 33.3, .167 has size RF: waiting for offense to develop
Julia Rickert, Duluth East 6, 7, 85.7, .429 has started to lose some weight. RF: needs to be able to go hard for longer stretches. vertical
BENCH
Cassie Hovland, Apple Valley 5, 11, 45.5, .182
Brittany Hover, Clayton, WI 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Krista Kaput, Hill-Murray 7, 9, 77.8, .333 had that one streak in the first half. RF consistency

LAKERS
STARTERS
AunDreah Aune, Mpls Roosevelt 7, 12, 58.3, .250 RF: shows emotional displeasure. Easy to frustrate with physical play.
Melanie Wigen, Blm Kenndy 1, 13, 7.7, .072 RF: head down on dribble. forces things
Chelsia Hooker, Park Center 8, 10, 80.0, .400
Kim Grant, 2, 5, 40.0, .200 wide body
Jenny Ostrom, St. Anthony 13, 16, 81.3, .375 wide body with some instincts. Has 3 pt range. RF: foot speed. vertical
BENCH
Chaundera Riley, Mpls North 2, 4, 50.0, .250

TRENCH PLAYER
Maggie Bauernfeind, Rosemount--Hot early, steady throughout. No wasted motions, Size, speed, winning every time I see her.

BY THE NUMBERS
Storm 50, 64, 78.1, .344
Lakers 37, 64, 57.8, .266

Great defense? I don't think so. That is not to say both teams played hard, intense, and wanted to win. Both teams did that. Both teams never quit. But offensively, and this was to be true all through the day, teams were at a disadvantage. The teams don't practice as often as HS teams. They don't know each other that well on the court yet. Some never will. Both of these teams were under the HS averages in the number crunching of what I saw all season.

I am going to bed now. It has been a loooonggggg day. I will report on all the games in due time. The turn-around on these games is 5 minute warm ups. Not much time for me to digest the numbers much less digest my food. I did shoot up my insulin without problems--I started that on Wednesday and it was the first time in public.

I want to thank all my readers who have been feeding me news, tips and information.

Next up: Tomorrow with more news, more game results/anaylsis, and, of course, Thorpe and his Soap Box.