Out & About: Triple Threat/Dystra Engineering

#2 posting 7.13.2006
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This game took place on Sunday July, 9
Great Lakes Shootout, Menomonie WI
Championship 16-19u Division
MN Triple Threat 39, WI Dykstra Engineering 32

TT won the title with a second half comeback over Dykstra Engineering. TT scored three points on their first possession as Kachine Alexander made her first free throw, but missed the second Amanda Viehauser was there for the put back. After that, TT had a six possession scoring drought. DE took advantage of the down time to build a 6-3 lead. Patrice Thomas tied it with her 3 from the right corner and the game was cat and mouse with four other ties, the last coming at 17. Kayla Tetschlag provided the final score in the first half and DE led 19-17 at half. Tetschlag had 11 at half and it was apparent that the posts for TT could not guard her when she came to the outside. Viehauser and Williams both tried. Eventually the defender was Alexander and Thomas also in the second half.

DE had a very dry start to the second half with a six possession drought. Meanwhile TT was 4/5 on their opening possessions of the half and they enjoyed a 25-19 lead. Thomas had the last four points for TT during the stretch. DE then rattled off five strait scores of their own to close the gap to 30-29. Tetschlag had 8 points during the outburst. It was shaping up to be a battle between the #4s Thomas and Tetschlag. The game was tied at 31 as Nicole Bundy hit a shot for DE. After that DE only managed one more point in the last two minutes. Their last six possessions were for naught. TT scored on three possessions to break open the tie. Thomas scored on a rebound, Buford nailed a trey, and Alexander made a free throw to put the score at 37-32. Thomas later added two free throws on two seperate occassions for the final of 39-32

AAU ROSTERS

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

MN TRIPLE THREAT
STARTERS
Porsha Zimmerman, Mpls Roosevelt 3, 5, 60.0, .400 speedy, point guard. can get up for size. RF: Size
Patrice Thomas, Bloomington Kennedy 13, 17, 76.5, .412 bundle of energy, shot wasn't as on as in the semis, but energy was there. Hustled after loose balls diving into the third row. can jump, goes after rebounds, tough and competitive. RF: needs to maintain energy I saw today.
Kiara Buford, St. Paul Central 9, 6, 150.0, .667 nice touch from the outside. makes big shots in big situations. RF: can use some more strength
Amanda Viehauser, Mpls Washburn 2, 3, 66.7, .333 has tools. RF: needs to deliver and step up consistently.
Kachine Alexander, Benilde-St. Margaret's 4, 3, 133.3, .667 defender, willing to take a charge. quick, smart. RF: I still want to see an outside game
BENCH
Brittany Mayclin, Benilde-St. Margaret's 2, 3, 66.7, .333 had a nice spin move in the lane for a pull up jumper.
LaToya Williams, Benilde-St. Margaret's 4, 3, 133.3, .667 strong and immovable once she establishes position. Likes contact. RF: needs to work on speed
Laura Miller, Mpls Southwest 2, 2, 100.0, .500 decent role player.

WI DYKSTRA ENGINEERING
This is a 19u team and some players are already out of HS.
STARTERS
Nicole Bundy, Ozaukee 5, 10, 50.0, .300 HS Grad
Kady Telschow, Oostburg 0, 4, 0.0, .000 HS Grad off to SW MN State. point guard
Kayla Tetschlag, Sheboygan North 20, 16, 125.0, .688 bonafide player. Can play out or in. Strong legs, good frame. Takes it to the glass. Smooth. Competitor. Carried her team and they looked to her to get the job done. caused massive match up problems with height and speed combination that was lethal.
Kate DuMez, Milw. Lutheran 1, 6, 16.7, .167 HS Grad took a charge. nice hesitation move that froze the defender.
Alicia West, Plymouth 2, 3, 66.7, .333
BENCH
Stacey Winkler, New Holstein 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Amy Selk, Sheboygan South 2, 2, 100.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Kayla Tetschlag

BY THE NUMBERS
Triple Threat 39, 42, 92.9, .476
Dykstra Engineering 32, 42, 76.2, .429
This was the best floor % for TT this summer. They have been remarkably consistent with the 92 mark about the top. Where they have had games in the 60s pp100 has been against powerhouses like North Tartan and Iowa Select I. DE had one player that was the tug boat. The rest are decent players, but they didn't take over the game like Tetschlag. After the tournament a reliable source & I went to the Dairy Queen across the street. Tetschlag was there and she said their tournament season was over. That is too bad because we wanted to see more.

Next up: Later tonight with a recap of the action in Orlando, Kearney, and Chicago