Out & About: Lakeville North SL Championship

#3 posting 7.11.2006
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EASTVIEW WINS LN SL CHAMPIONSHIP
The one-two first half punch of DaNae Moore and Brittnye McSparron put Eastview in the driver's seat with a 33-8 half time lead over host school Lakeville North. The pair had 24 points in the first half. Eastview won the championship 42-32. Eastview reached the finals with a win over Lakeville South in the semifinals. Lakeville North beat Burnsville 42-23 in the other semis.

Hopkins won the consolation division as Eagan forfeited due to lack of players. They only had four when the game started, and they walked after half time.

I will get both games in here with the semifinals with Lakeville North and Burnsville followed by the finals with LN and Eastview.

Semifinals
LAKEVILLE NORTH 42, BURNSVILLE 23
Trying to get to Lakeville North from Brooklyn Park during rush hour takes longer than an hour I discovered today. South of 394, 100, 494 and 35W all become parking lots. There were two cars off to the side on 35W stopped by troopers. That is why I was late for the first half of the semis. There was about 9 minutes left when I showed up.

When I arrived LN held a 9-4 lead and they soon added to that margin. They had a 8/9 possession ratio with 7 straight. LN had a 15-3 run with #24 putting up 9 of the points. The only field goal I saw for Burnsville was Danielle Dove's 3, all other scoring was free throws. LN led 26-12 at the half.

The scoring rate slowed down in the second half. LN had a five possession drought early in the half, but Burnsville was only able to slice three points off the deficit. No great offensive streaks ensued in the second half, but both teams had drought issues. Burnsville had a 1/8 stretch early in the half. LN won 42-23

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

LAKEVILLE NORTH
Kelsie Amman 17, 10, 170.0, .700 lefty. likes to put the ball on the floor. also can hit the trey. can score after getting hit.
Casey Radcliffe 0, 2, 0.0, .000 RF: exposed ball on the drive.
Kaiya Sygulla 4, 4, 100.0, .500 uses body to protect the ball, worms her way into the lane. RF: I want her vision on the basket, not five feet in front of her.
Caitlin Peterson, 0, 6, 0.0, .000 RF: stared right into the hands on a pass attempt.
Cassie Rochel 4, 4, 100.0, .500 tall, runs floor, nice touch. RF: doesn't get as many touches as she should. Defenses are quite aware of her already.
Latasha Wittmeyer 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Britanie Olson 2, 5, 40.0, .200
#30 0, 2, 0.0, .000
#13 2, 2, 100.0, .500

BURNSVILLE
Lauren Safranski 3, 8, 37.5, .375
Sarah Wiens 2, 6, 33.3, .167 nice touch, active hands on defense.
Jackie Sorensen 3, 2, 150.0, 1.000
Molly Duehn 2, 6, 33.3, .167
Rachel Moen 1, 4, 25.0, .250 RF: favorite move is spin. Died in the corner.
Danielle Dove 8, 5, 160.0, .600 3 point shooter.
Kandace Bostick 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Kelsey Marcks 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sammie Gardner 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Amy Lindblad 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsie Amman

BY THE NUMBERS (when I was there)
Lakeville North 33, 38, 86.8, .395
Burnsville 19, 37, 51.4, .297

FINALS
EASTVIEW 42, LAKEVILLE NORTH 32

Eastview raced out early with a 33-8 lead at half. DaNae Moore and Brittnye McSperron provided 24 of those points. Eastview opened 5/6 on their first six possessions and had a 12-2 lead. Later in the half they expanded that lead with a 4/5 string. In fact Eastview's pp100 for the half was 126.9 and their floor % was .654. LN had a six possession drought followed by 12 possession Sahara drought to close out the half. They had six turnovers and six missed shots, including free throw opportunities.

LN got the cobwebs off their shots to open the second half with five straight scoring possessions on a 10-5 run. Kaiya Sygulla had six of those 10. But it was hot & cold for LN as they had a four drought right after that offensive flury. Eastview definitely cooled off in the second half. They had one stretch where they were 1/13. The closest LN got to Eastview was right at the end of the game at 42-32.

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

EASTVIEW
STARTERS
DaNae Moore 19, 15, 126.7, .667 runs the floor, transition is her mission, drives in the set offense, works the offensive boards. Ready to make a big splash this year.
Brittnye McSperron 11, 13, 84.6, .385 point guard. 3 pt range, speed quickness. Has ft quirk with left foot. can worm inside. can pen & pitch. RF: exposes ball at times.
Allison Hirsch 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Brittany Rud 7, 7, 100.0, .429 good set shooter.
Cassie Sheppard 2, 4, 50.0, .250
BENCH
#42 1, 1, 100.0, 1.000
#40 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Taylor Allen 0, 2, 0.0. .000
#10 0, 1, 0.0, .000

LAKEVILLE NORTH
Cassie Rochel 6, 4, 150.0, .750 see above analysis. gets on the floor for loose balls.
Kelsie Amman, 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Latasha Wittmeyer 6, 7, 85.7, .429 inside player. RF: size post HS position
Kaiya Sygulla 12, 11, 109.1, .545 likes to spin. can stop & pop. RF: exposes the ball at times.
Casey Radcliffe 0, 4, 0.0, .000 got popped in the nose. came back
BENCH
Britanie Olson 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Shayla Owodunni 4, 8, 50.0, .250 didn't play in first game. lefty. long arms work wonders on the press.
Caitlin Peterson 0, 3, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
DaNae Moore

BY THE NUMBERS
Eastview 42, 46, 91.3, .457
Lakeville North 32, 44, 72.7, .364

next up: tomorrow morning with the general news; then an out & about with Green Bay Notre Dame vs Fargo South in the 3rd place game of the HS Division of the Great Lakes Shooting at Menomonie WI. and tomorrow night another summer league wraps up with the Concordia St. Paul semis and finals.