Midtown Y Results, Lynx vs Houston pt 1

#2 posting 6.11.2006
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Today I was at the Mpls Midtown YWCA for a local AAU Tournament. My hope was to see some teams I haven't seen yet. I did that, but the tournament was marred by forfeits at the 14/15 level. Also the staff at the Y could use a customer relations refresher course. They did not make my job easier. Obviously it is hard to compare to the Lynx who are great at treating the folks in the media. There you are valued and taken care of. Thanks Lynx for making the experience worthwhile and a pleasure.

I will highlight in red when I will run the stories.
MIDTOWN YWCA AAU RESULTS
HS Blue
Metro Stars 15s 55, High Impact 40
Metro Stars 15s 78, Queens of the Court 20
Metro Stars 15s 67, Total Package 15s 63 Thursday 6.15.2006
High Impact 19s 45, Queens of the Court 29
High Impact 19s 52, Total Package 15s 46
Total Package 15s 49, Queens of the Court 24
The Metro Stars 15s, the 6th seed in the 15 state AAU tournament, took some revenge against the Total Package team that beat them in the quarterfinals then 60-52.

HS Red
Metro Stars 14s 43, Southern MN Magic 41
Metro Stars 14s 71, Quest 55 Tuesday 6.13.2006
Metro Stars 14s 44, Lady Komets 29
Southern MN Magic 49, Lady Komets 16
Southern MN Magic 53, Quest 49 Wednesday 6.14.2006
Quest 42, Lady Komets 18
The Metro Stars were two for two with the 14s taking care of some 16s in this division.

14/15 Division
43 Hoops Lady Elite 60, Midtown Lady Monarchs 34
43 Hoops Lady Elite 52, Bluejackets 14 Monday 6.12.2006
Midtown Lady Monarchs 71, Bluejackets 54
43 Hoops Lady Elite should have played up one or two divisions. They were not challenged in this tournament.

AAU ROSTERS

AAU Tournament Next Weekend
MN
Bloomington Jefferson is the site for next week's event. Here is the HS Blue schedule This level has six pools of three each. Teams from Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas are in this division.
Robbinsdale Cooper hosts the next level HS Red
Jefferson has the 17/19 division
Jefferson also has the 15 Blues
Cooper has the 15Reds
Cooper also has the 14s

A LOOK AT THE LYNX (part 1--defense)
Here are the numbers from the game tonight with Houston, where the Lynx took a measure of revenge, turning the tables on the Comets 75-62. This was a good win against a solid playoff contender.

NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, high school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 5, 8, 62.5, .250
Simone Augustus 11, 15, 73.3, .400
Timika Williams 7, 8, 87.5, .375
Krista Mann 6, 7, 85.7, .429
Nicole Ohlde 10, 12.5, 80.0, .360
BENCH
Adrian Williams 6, 7, 85.7, .429
Svetlana Abrosimova 3, 7.5, 40.0, .200
Meghan Duffy 8, 9, 88.9, .444
Shona Thorburn 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Vanessa Hayden 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Tynesha Lewis 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Notice that all MN Starters held opponents to under .500 floor %.

HOUSTON
Dawn Staley 2, 4, 50.0, . 250
Dominique Canty 7, 13, 53.8, .308
Tina Thompson 14, 15, 93.3, .467
Roneeka Hodges 21, 15, 140.0, .667 she had the unfortunate task of guarding Augustus
Michelle Snow 16, 15, 106.7, .533
BENCH
Tamecka Dixon 7, 7, 100.0, .429
Sancho Lyttle 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Anastasia Kostaki 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Tari Phillips no possessions
The Houston guards were top notch, but their bench was thin defensively.

BY THE NUMBERS
MN 62, 77, 80.5, .390
Houston 75, 76, 98.7, .487

If we take away the late sub portion of the game for MN, the defensive numbers drop to 73.2, .352. The best the Lynx had done before was a pp100 of 91.0 and a floor % of .448. MN held Houston scoreless for the first 7 possessions of the 4th quarter to cement the victory. They also held Houston to an 0/7 drought in the second quarter. The Lynx used the windex to clean the boards to the tune of 28 defensive on the night. Houston had 28 total for the game. MN had 36. MN also forced 13 turnovers to Houston's 11. Now the Lynx must maintain the defensive seran wrap intensity for the rest of the season, on the road and at home, if they intend to play after August 13.

Next up: tomorrow morning with Thorpe on a Soap Box, general news of the day, and a Look at the Lynx part II offensive style.