Adidas Mid American Tourney Begins

#1 posting 7.21.2006
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TOURNAMENTS
ADIDAS MID AMERICAN
MN
This tournament begins today at Bloomington Jefferson. I will be there on Saturday and Sunday. Here is the website.
COLLEGE
More of an excursion than a tournament, the Big 10 squad won their first game in Denmark 80-59 over Copenhagen Select.
AAU
13U
North Tartan lost to Maryland Flames 42-37 in the semifinals of the 13 tournament. 13 AAU website.
15U
The 15u tournament gets under way today. Teams from the area include: All Iowa Attack, MI Heat; MN NC Heat; MN Total Package; and WI Dykstra Engineering. 15 AAU site.
SD
Two teams from out in the western part of SD recently played in tournaments. The B-Ball divas won four games to reach the championship but they lost to NM Lady Cats of Gallup, New Mexico. The Black Hills Round up finished 1-4 in the Miss Basketball Showcase in Kearney, Nebraska. Here is more on both teams from the Rapid City Journal.

AAU ROSTERS

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
Creighton has named two new assistant coaches: Steve Huber and Jenny Burns. Huber was an assistant at Central Missouri State. Burns played HS ball at Minnetonka and is a Creighton graduate. Here is more from the Creighton press release.
HI
Hawai'i Baptist is looking for a head coach.
IA
Mark Kurtz has been hired to coach at Central DeWitt. He had been the coach at Maquoketa
MI
Sarah Doyle has been named new coach at Bangor John Glenn. She is an alum graduating in 1997. Here is more from the Bay City Times.

COACHING OPENINGS

HS TRANSFERS

VERBALS

CALENDAR

ALL STAR WRAP
ND
Here is what Jossy Bergan, Valley City thought of the All Star Experience and her future at North Dakota. Article is from the Valley City Times.

POLICE BLOTTER
HI
Former Lanai assistant Dale Kaupa's case will go to trial in the fall. He was accused of giving alcohol to his players on a trip. Here is more from the Honolulu Star Bulletin.

A LOOK AT THE LYNX
vs Houston

NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %

MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 5, 5, 100.0, .400
Seimone Augustus 15, 19, 78.9, .421
Kristen Mann 3, 7, 42.9, .143
Tamika Williams 6, 5, 120.0, .600
Nicole Ohlde 5, 7, 71.4, .429
BENCH
Vanessa Hayden 5, 10, 50.0, .300
Svetlana Abrosimova 12, 15, 80.0, .400
Shona Thorburn 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Chandi Jones 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Adrian Williams 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Megan Duffy 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Team 0, 1, 0.0, .000

HOUSTON
STARTERS
Dawn Staley 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Tamecka Dixon 7, 11, 63.6, .273
Sheryl Swoopes 27, 20, 135.0, .600
Mistie Williams 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Michelle Snow 13, 18, 72.2, .389
BENCH
Roneeka Hodges 13, 6, 216.7, .833
Sancho Lyttle 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
Anastasia Kostaki 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Tari Phillips 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 2, 2, 100.0, .500
team 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Sheryl Swoopes

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 55, 76, 72.4, .355
Houston 78, 76, 102.6, .474

Houston trailed after one quarter, but that was it as they slammed the door on the Lynx. Houston actually led 6-0, before MN awoke. MN then scored the next seven points to make the game fairly competitive. They led after one 22-19. Seimone Augustus dominated with 12 1st quarter points. Unfortunately she only scored three more the rest of the way.
With the Lynx up 26-21, Houston went on a 10-0 run with five straight scoring possessions. What Augustus was to the Lynx in the 1st quarter, Sheryl Swoopes was to Houston in the 2nd. She had 14 including 7 in the outburst that put the Lynx out of the lead for good. MN offensive woes were evident in a 1/10 sequence during the Houston run.
Three times in the second half MN had five possession droughts. In the WNBA that is a recipe for losing. Augustus had her second straight game sub 100 pp100. Is the rookie hitting a wall? Amber Jacobs cooled off some, but didn't have as many possessions. Jacobs was fine. The problem is in the paint with Ohlde, and Hayden not connecting offensively. Mann has 3 points in the last two games. Maybe her back is too messed up for her to be effective. With Houston missing two starters (Canty, Thompson) MN should have been able to squeeze out more than 55 points. It was the worst performance of the year offensively breaking the low set in San Antonio. There they had 73.2 pp100, and .378 floor %. Maybe it is the Texas water.


Next up: I am actually not going to post the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning will be the next call.