Sunday, August 06, 2006

Look at the Lynx: Offense working Overtime

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A Look at the Lynx: Offense vs Houston (a day late)

MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 9, 10, 90.0, .400
Seimone Augustus 16, 19, 84.2, .421
Kristen Mann 16, 11, 145.5, .455
Tamika Williams 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Nicole Ohlde 25, 20, 125.0, .650
BENCH
Vanessa Hayden 3, 6, 50.0, .333
Shona Thorburn 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Adrian Williams 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Svetlana Abrosimova 0, 5, 0.0, .000
Team 0, 1, 0.0, .000

HOUSTON
STARTERS
Dawn Staley 11, 11, 100.0, .455
Doneeka Hodges 13, 12, 108.3, .417
Sheryl Swoopes 22, 16, 137.5, .688
Mistie Williams 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Michelle Snow 21, 24, 87.5, .458
BENCH
Sancho Lyttle 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 6, 9, 66.7, .333
Anastasia Kostaki 2, 3, 66.7, .333

TRENCH PLAYER
Sheryl Swoopes

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 73, 81, 90.1, .420
Houston 77, 80, 96.3, .463

Here are some jottings
Augustus: Houston has had her number the last two times they have played. In game #3 this year against the Comets she had a pp100 # of 78.9. She has the lowest pp100 vs Houston.
Mann: hot/cold; Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hyde was Dr. Jeckyl tonight. Here are her last four games points: 10-0-19-1-16
Ohlde: career high 25. looking for that performance day in and day out.
Bench: Yikes--only 3 points

Houston
Hodges: ripped it up for 11 in the first quarter and was never heard from again until two free throw in overtime.
Snow: carried the Comets with 13 straight points to start the 4th quarter.
Swoopes: 5 for 5 in the overtime. Big time player making big time shots.

Next up: tonight with the results from the Sweet 16 finals