Out & About: MN Top 100 Expo Championship & All Camp

#3 posting 7.20.2006
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Today was the last day at the MN Top 100 expo in St. Cloud. They had playoff brackets for the eight teams that made up the camp. The team named Minnesota was 0-3 during the pool play, but then got hot during the brackets. The Cinderella found themselves in the championship against Tennessee. We had already seen Tennessee earlier in the week when they lost to an Albert Lea/GFW team. That was to be their only loss in the camp.

Tennessee 67, Minnesota 49

The first quarter (9 minutes) started out with a bang as Aundreah Aune hit a 3 from the right corner for Tennessee. Claire Kopfmann answered right back for Minnesota with her own 3. The game was back and forth with a tie at 12. Tennessee took the lead for good on Megan Eul's driving basket, and free throw. By the end of the quarter Tennessee was up 22-16. One interesting factor was that Minneota hit for four 3s in the quarter.

Tennessee had a convincing second quarter out scoring Minnesota 16-5. Minnesota only made one field goal the entire half. They had that early with Esther Peterson's 3. Minnesota was 1/12 during the last portion of the quarter. Their biggest drought was 6. Tennessee led 38-21 at half. It could be said that the clock struck midnight in the second quarter for the Cinderella Minnesota squad.

Tennessee continued their roll in the 3rd pushing their lead to 27 at the end of the quarter. Minnesota had better luck from the floor this quarter with two field goals, but it was a struggle to find the bottom of the net. Going back into the second quarter Minnesota had a 10 possession drought. They broke it with a three straight scoring possession, but they finished the quarter 1/9.

Minnesota got back into the flow in the 4th with six field goals. In fact they topped Tennessee 19-13. But the middle two quarters put them into too deep a hole.

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

TENNESSEE (white--Rosemount most)
STARTERS
Aundreah Aune, Mpls Roosevelt 3, 10, 30.0, .100 Hit her first shot, but then became the point guard again. RF: favored right hand, exposed the ball
Maggie Bauernfiend, Rosemount 9, 11, 81.8, .364 long lanky, usually point guard, but not this camp.
Jordyn Sears, St. Cloud Tech 5, 6, 83.3, .333 another point guard for HS team. 3 range.
Kiara Strickland, Mpls Roosevelt 8, 10, 80.0, .400 lefty, big perimeter, explosive and can take game to a higher level. RF: must utilize right hand more.
Michelle Hugelen, Rosemount 8, 7, 114.3, .571 starting to assert herself in the paint more and looking to take shots.
BENCH
Terin Eurle, St. Cloud Tech 9, 8, 112.5, .625 masked player. mid range shot
Megan Eul, Rosemount 11, 9, 122.2, .556 does a lot of damage without looking like she can make the damage. RF: could use extra weight/strength.
Melissa Henderson, Osseo 4, 4, 100.0, .500 can go in and out
Brianna Olson, Osseo 10, 8, 125.0, .625 tough kid, willing to get on the floor with gusto, not like some players looking like they are sticking their toe in a pool of freezing water. Has range and is aggressive.

MINNESOTA (blue Minneota most)
STARTERS
Brooke Minnehan, Minneota 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Hayley Hennen, Minneota 1, 8, 12.5, .125
Ashley Walterman, GHEC 7, 14, 50.0, .286 looks like she has been lifting. likes to transition, decent shot from outside. moves like a player. RF: shot was off. Strickland and Bauernfiend defended her on the day.
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 16, 9, 177.8, .667 had great day from 3 point land, RF: but all five were made in the first and fourth quarter. She only scored one point in the middle two quarters.
Esther Peterson, KMS 15, 13, 115.4, .462 the other non-Minneota player. Has range, handles ball, good elevation. decent shot. 3 range. RF: advertised some passes.
BENCH
Caitlyn Anderson, Minneota 0, 5, 0.0, .000 RF: picked up dribble in corner. No vision on dribble.
Alyssa Buysse, Minneota 7, 11, 63.6, .273 made 2 3s in 4th quarter. RF: balance
Erin Josephson, Minneota 1, 3, 33.3, .333
Kristen Roles, Minneota 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 their post player. RF: needs to establish herself inside and take no prisoners.

BY THE NUMBERS
Tennessee (Rosemount) 67, 73, 91.8, .438
Minnesota (Minneota) 49, 70, 70.0, .314

The Tennessee team had 7 AAAA players and 2 AAA players. All the players from Minnesota were class A. Besides this classification difference Tennessee had a slight size advantage. Looking at the rosters what happened was no surprise. Rosemount, Mpls Roosevelt and St. Cloud Tech each had over 20 wins last year. Minnesota made most of their points from behind the arc. They also went to the line and scored more 11-8 than Tennessee, but the key stat was 21 turnovers for Minnesota to 12 for Tennessee.

The Topp 100 Expo names an All Camp Team with an MVP
Brianna Olson, Osseo
Brittany Kokesch, Cedar Mountain
Samantha Boje, Waseca
Hali Hendrickson, Albert Lea
Alycia Dahl, Northern
Jenna Dolence, Moorhead
Jennifer Lopez, DGF
Abby Busch, GFW
Jamie Zelinsky, Park Center
Esther Peterson, KMS also named MVP

Next up: tomorrow morning with the general news of the day.