Turk Verbals, Crookston Coaching Dilemma

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VERBALS/SIGININGS
IA
Kristin Turk, Des Moines Lincoln, will be staying close to home as she made a verbal to Drake. She averaged 26.5 ppg last season. Here is the Des Moines Register with the details.
SD
Melissa Baker, Freeman, WA and Northwest CC Wyoming, has signed on to play at Black Hills State. More from the Rapid City Journal.

VERBALS

ALL STAR GAMES
ND
Rebecca Feickert led the Bs to a 74-72 revenge win over the As in Fargo last night. Again it was down to the wire with Feickert making two free throws with 8.8 seconds left. More details from the Fargo Forum.

AAU TOURNAMENT
13U
North Tartan won their quarterfinal game last night over the Dayton Hoopsters 71-65 in overtime. NT now will play in the semis tonight against Maryland Flames. more at the aau site.

AAU ROSTERS

COACHING NEWS
MN
Could Eric Schmidt leave Crookston? That is what the article in the Crookston Times is speculating on. Schmidt is rumored to take an assistant job with the North Dakota football program. Crookston finished second in the AA tournament last year and have most of their team back. They will easily be in the top two. stay tuned.

COACHING OPENINGS

HS TRANSFERS

CALENDAR

SUMMER LEAGUES
MN
Chisago Lakes: North Branch and Somerset, WI are tied in first place with 8-2 records. Cambridge is in third place at 7-3. The Chisago Lakes SL wraps up play on July 31 with a championship game.

ELITE CAMP OPENINGS
MN
The MN Elite camp has a few openings left for the 2006 camp season. The camp has been in operation since 1989 and is well respected in the camp circles. There are 60 college coaches at all levels that regularly attend this exposure camp. The camp is scheduled for July 25-28 at Concordia St. Paul. It is a great opportunity to play against the best and to be seen by the best.

Any interested players with the desire to play college basketball can apply to be accepted to the camp at http://www.mnelite.com/. They can click on "Interested Players" and fill out the information. The camp will then evaluate the information and possibly accept them into the camp.

A LOOK AT THE LYNX
Offense vs Chicago

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

MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 24, 14, 171.4, .714
Seimone Augustus 18, 19, 94.7, .474
Kristen Mann 0, 0, 0.0, .000
Tamika Williams 9, 8, 112.5, .500
Nicole Ohlde 2, 7, 28.6, .143
BENCH
Vanessa Hayden 9, 6, 150.0, .833
Svetlana Abrosimova 18, 15, 120.0, .533
Chandi Jones 6, 4, 150.0, .500
Adrian Williams 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Shona Thorburn 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Team 0, 1, 0.0, .000 24 seconds

CHICAGO
STARTERS
Jia Perkins 10, 12, 83.3, .333
Chelsea Newton 8, 10, 80.0, .400
Amanda Lassiter 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Candice Dupree 14, 18, 77.8, .389
Berndadette Ngoyisa 12, 10, 120.0, .600
BENCH
Deanna Jackson 7, 6, 116.7, .667
Stacey Dales 13, 6, 216.7, .833
Elaine Powell 5, 6, 83.3, .333
Stacey Lovelace 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Coretta Brown 3, 4, 75.0, .250
Liz Shimek 3, 1, 300.0, 1.000
Team 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Amber Jacobs with her Career day

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 90, 81, 111.1, .506
Chicago 82, 83, 98.8, .458

Amber Jacobs had a career offensive day in the Lynx win. Jacobs delivered a crucial basket when the score was 84-80 on a driving lay up. And in a fitting conclusion she added two free throws for the final points of the day.
Augustus had her second sub 100 pp100 day, but not by much. I felt her defense was sharper yesterday (see yesterday's analysis on that).
Mann never had an end possession, and Ohlde was a whisper. She needs to at least hit one free throw.
Chandi Jones made her first game experience a solid one with some long distance bombs. Another weapon in the artillary will help.
Abrosimova, probably the second most consistent player for the Lynx, had a strong showing to match her defensive efforts yesterday.
MN had many four possession streaks yesterday, but their longest was the five possession run at the end of the third quarter. Jacobs really put her mark on the game in the sequence with the final three scores totalling 7 points (4 straight free throws, and a 3).
It made for a happy day for the youth crowd in attendance. The arena looked like a flower garden with all the different colored shirts. The hope is these mini fans enjoyed the experience and will come back. The hope is Jacobs, a gritty player, can maintain this higher level of play consistently. The inside game (Ohlde) needs to sharpen up.

SCOUT UPDATE
The little dog is fine and is sleeping under my feet right now. there doesn't seem to be any visible effects of the incident. Big brother Sparky wags his tail when they are out together. Thanks for all that sent kind words and hopes for the dog.

And thanks to all who help giving me information.
Next up: later today with out & about Barnum/Crosby-Ironton and the final day at the Top 100 expo at St. Cloud.