LaFrance Verbals, Lynx Offense

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VERBALS
ND
Andrea LaFrance, Bismarck Century has verballed North Dakota. The 5-9 guard averaged 13 ppg last year. Here is more from the Grand Forks Herald.

VERBALS

TRANSFERS

COACHING NEWS
MI
Paul Polfus was named coach of the year by the National High School Coaches Association. You can read more on his accomplishments in the Escanaba Daily Press.
Ed Thick has been named coach at Lapeer East. They finished 10-11 last year. Here is more in the Flint Journal.

COACHING OPENINGS

INJURY UPDATES
MI
Rachel Church, Bullock Creek, injured her ACL in March and has been making steady progress in her recovery. She hopes to return to the lineup in midseason. Michigan plays in the fall, so some time in October. Here is more from the Midland Daily News.

SUMMER TOURNAMENTS
MN
Crookston has been racking up the wins this summer. They were undefeated at North Dakota State's team camp, and they won the Grand Forks Summer League. They will be in Mandan, ND July 13 & 14. More details in the Crookston Times.

AAU 15u D2 NATIONALS
MI
The 15u Flint Lady Warriors lost to Puerto Rico Ponce Select 61-57, but Chanise Turner turned some heads with a 30 point performance for Flint. They beat Team Connecticut 62-59, trounced VT Arlington Mack Attack 67-31, and edged the MA Comets 55-49. They play the MD Lady Shooting Stars today. More in the Flint Journal. more on the D2 15u tournament with the AAU.

AAU ROSTERS

CALENDAR

A LOOK AT THE LYNX: Offense vs Detroit

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

MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Seimone Augustus 26, 20, 130.0, .650 a model of consistency.
Kristen Mann 10, 9, 111.1, .556
Timika Williams 0, 2, 0.0, .000 needs to be somewhat of a threat on offense or teams will continue to ignore her.
Nicole Ohlde 5, 10, 50.0, .300 bounces the ball too much without changing real estate inviting thieves to snatch ball.
BENCH
Svetlana Abrosimova 12, 12, 100.0, .500
Vanessa Hayden 10, 8, 125.0, .625 scored 8 of her points in fourth quarter.
Adrian Williams 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Megan Duffy 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Tynesha Lewis 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Shona Thorburn 3, 1, 300.0, 1.000

DETROIT
STARTERS
Katie Smith 11, 10 110.0, .500
Deanna Nolan 13, 13, 100.0, .462
Swin Cash 19, 17, 111.8, .588
Cheryl Ford 14, 8, 175.0, .875
Ruth Riley 9, 7, 128.6, .571
BENCH
Kara Braxton 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Plenette Pierson 5, 6, 83.3, .500
Kendra Holland-Corn 15, 8, 187.5, .750
Sabrina Palie 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Angelina Williams 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Team 0, 2, 0.0, .000 (24 second violations)

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 80, 82, 97.6, .488
Detroit 92, 82, 112.2, .537

OFFENSE-DEFENSE DIFFERENCE
MN
Jacobs -63.3
Augustus 15.7
Mann -18.9
T Williams -16.7
Ohlde -107.1
BENCH
Abrosimova -60
Hayden 6.8
Duffy -40
A Williams -55.4
Lewis 100
Thorburn 200

DETROIT
Smith 76.7
Nolan -23.5
Cash -10.4
Ford 101.7
Riley 17.5
BENCH
Pierson -2.4
Braxton 0
Holland-Corn 130.4
Batteast -100
Palie -200
Williams -300

You can see Ford and Holland-Corn had outstanding nights.
Again it was the key quarter was the 2nd as Detroit outscored MN 31-13. Swin Cash had a 10 point quarter.
The key points MN needs improvement on are Post play both offense and defense, and the point guard play.
The WNBA grind is rough. The consistency is hard to come by. Augustus delivers day in and day out. Where is the rest of the help?

Next up: later today the semis and finals from the Dakota Showcase.