Out & About: Kennedy/Burnsville

#2 posting 10.7.2006
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MN FALL LEAGUE
RED DIVISION
Bloomington Kennedy 51, Burnsville 41

Kennedy grabbed an early lead, withstood a Burnsville rally, and then put distance between themselves in a 51-41 win over Burnsville. With the win Kennedy was alone in first place in the Red Division.

Kennedy scored on their first four possessions and were up 8-2. Steinbauer opened the Kennedy scoring with a 3 and added two free throws in the initial outburst. Kennedy pushed that lead to 18-5 as Brittany Zins and Steinbauer were a two person wrecking crew. Zins had 8, and Steinbauer 7 at this point. During the run Burnsville post Abby Rittenhouse had to leave the floor with an injury. She later returned. Burnsville was mired in a seven possession drought during the JFK run up. Kennedy's largest first half lead was 26-12 after Shaquila Boler's baseline drive basket. Kennedy maintained a healthy lead throughout the first half culminating in a Steinbauer 3 as the first half buzzer sounded. JFK was up 33-21 at half.

Burnsville started the second half with a 15-4 run to close the gap to 37-36. Rittenhouse got on track after being held scoreless in the first half with six points in the run. JFK had a five possession drought during the run. Burnsville had a chance to take the lead after holding Kennedy scoreless on the next possession, but a violation gave the ball back to Kennedy. Steinbauer made sure that there would be some distance between the two teams as she canned two free throws. Steinbauer was 13/13 on the day at the line. She would have been 14/14 but in the first half someone had a lane violation negating the shot. Steinbauer scored again and JFK led 41-36. Burnsville was stuck in a six possession drought at the wrong time, and four of the possessions ended in turnovers. Sheridan Reiner drilled a trey to make the score 44-36 and Steinbauer added another basket to stretch the lead back to a comfortable 10. It remained close to that the rest of the way as Kennedy knocked off the last undefeated Red team 51-41.

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

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
STARTERS
Tara Steinbauer 25, 21, 119.0, .571 big post with 3 range, can also drive. played and dominated like a D1 player should. deadly at the line. intimidating presence inside.
Brittany Zins 10, 8, 125.0, .625 hard hat, lunch bucket player that mixes it up inside, gets boards, gets loose balls, and makes good decisions. a scrappy player. RF: size post hs for position
Shaquilla Boler 7, 6, 116.7, .500 young point guard with good decisions making skills, and calm presence. has 3 range. good driver. quickness and speed.
Alexis Holt 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Mesha Kerney 2, 9, 22.2, .111 runs the floor RF: turnovers passing, carrying the ball (the refs favorite call today)
BENCH
Kelly Boelter 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Danielle Bradley 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Sheridan Reiner 3, 3, 100.0, .333 canned the back breaking 3.

BURNSVILLE
STARTERS
Abby Rittenhouse 8, 11, 72.7, .364 lefty post. RF: rough start, faded from Steinbauer
Lauren Safranski 1, 8, 12.5, .125 forced into point guard duty due to ankle injury to Moen. RF: not a true point. short on distance shots. too high defensively guarding the ball.
Molly Duehn 11, 11, 100.0, .455 scored in the paint. scored and one. good focus. RF: could be stronger.
Sarah Wiens 13, 8, 162.5, .625 lefty 3 point shooter (3 in first half). works to get shot. good size on perimeter.
Danielle Dove 3, 4, 75.0, .250 strong perimeter. alert, aware, a leader. zip on pass.
BENCH
Kelsey Marcks 3, 7, 42.9, .143
Shavorn Sang 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Jackie Sorenson 2, 2, 100.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Tara Steinbauer

BY THE NUMBERS
Bloomington Kennedy 51, 54, 94.4, .444
Burnsville 41, 53, 77.4, .340
Burnsville's slow start didn't hold them back as they kept scrambling back. Lack of a true point guard hampered their offense. JFK was rudderless when Boler sat down. A physical game.

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