Out & About: Barnum/Crosby-Ironton

#2 posting 7.20.2006
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this game took place on Saturday, July 14
Gold Division Championship
Rogers Summer showcase
Barnum 43, Crosby-Ironton 37

Crosby-Ironton started off in the lead in this game as Betsy Wehseler knocked down a three in the opening possession. They pushed the lead up to 8-3 when CI cooled off and Barnum heated up. CI went into a seven possession drought which Barnum took advantage of on a 11-0 run. 9 of those points came at the hands of Colleen McKay inside. CI missed six scoring chances and only had one turnover in the string. It was a 1/12 possession string for CI and Barnum pulled out ahead 16-9. Barnum wasn't ripping it up towards the end of the half only going 2/9 on their offensive work. Barnum led 19-11 at half with only two players scoring: McKay with 11, and Myhre with 6 (both from behind the arc.)

The second half with scoring on four of the first five possessions. After that initial flury in still remained a 9 point game infavor of Barnum 24-15. Barnum then slumbered on offense six straight times while CI had a 9-0 run all by post Annie Adams. Barnum regained the lead on the next possession by a small perimeter player's 3, three possessions later Myhre dropped one in on the left side for a 30-24 lead. The closest CI was to get after that was at 41-37 when Adams converted two free throws. Time was on the wane at that point and Barnum walked off the court with a 43-37 win.

Again it should be kept in mind that not every team had numbers or names to go with the numbers. If you know who the #s are drop me an email and I will fix it.

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

BARNUM
STARTERS
Megan Myhre 9, 4, 225.0, .750 big perimeter. hits 3s. RF: want to see a drive game and also get to the line as well.
Colleen McKay 13, 11, 118.2, .636 big inside presence. big frame. strong. RF: needs to be consistent in both halves.
#23 9, 15, 60.0, .333 point guard. anticipates. scored six of her points on the team's last 7 possessions. RF: passing execution late.
#1p? 0, 3, 0.0, .000
#2p? 3, 8, 37.5, .125
BENCH
#21 0, 3, 0.0, .000
#50 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
#13 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

CROSBY-IRONTON
STARTERS
Betsy Wehseler 5, 8, 62.5, .250 3 range. RF: consistency in shot
Farah Steinke 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Megan Zillmer 4, 9, 44.4, .222 RF: spin dribble got her in trouble
Annie Adams 17, 13, 130.7, .615 big inside for CI. quicker on feet than McKay. decent rebounder. came out for a 3 attempt.
Sam Stanfield 5, 9, 55.6, .222 RF: shot consistency
BENCH
Britta Johnson 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Hannah Cragun 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

BY THE NUMBERS
Barnum 43, 47, 91.4, .404
Crosby-Ironton 37, 47, 78.7, .361

Barnum was better at executing their offense in this contest rather than their semifinal win over Browerville. But the general feeling I get is that this is summer ball, teams aren't in winter training modes or synchronization. Shots aren't dropping that probably do during the winter. Other general comments: players need to get stronger, quicker---we have heard that before. Ball handling can improve across the board. Dribbling with vision on the basket is extremely rare. Passes are not crisp and clean. Defense with general positioning is still to high and defenders still look into eyes of their player getting easily faked.

Next up: the championship game at the MN Top 100 Expo & their awards.