Out & About: Chaska/Rosemount

#8 posting 12.7.2006
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CHASKA hawks 59, ROSEMOUNT irish 55

Chaska turned a 7 point deficit with 7:45 to go into a 59-55 win at home over Rosemount in another game in the Lake Conference tour. Courtney Boylan had 19 points to lead Chaska to victory.

Chaska went with the 3 ball early as they hit two 3s in their first two possessions with Carly Blackowiak striking first, and then Boylan drilling from the top of the key. A put back by Jessie Miller gave Chaska an 8-0 lead with 15:43 to go. Rosemount then went on a 10-0 with a 5/6 scoring sequence. Michelle Hugelen got things rolling with two field goals. Chaska followed with seven unanswered points to lead 17-10. Both teams traded five possession droughts. Chaska maintained the lead the rest of the half and led 25-21 at the break.

Rosemount came out of halftime with a 10-0 run with a 5 of 6 scoring sequence to grab a 31-26 lead, the last six of which were scored by Maggie Bauernfeind, four of which were the result of turnovers and lay ups. The Irish built the lead up to 41-34 after a Karna Bostrom steal and lay up. That is when Chaska started its comeback. Courtney Boylan was fouled on a drive and scored the first free throw. Chaska scoring sequence was 8/9 with the last six in a row and what was a seven point deficit became a 52-45 lead on an 18-4 run. A key part of that run happened when Bauernfeind was sitting for Rosemount. Courtney Boylan's hands were involved with six points from her own hand, plus four assists that led to 10 more points. The only two points in the run that didn't have her mark was a pair of free throws by Briana Tisch after she was fouled on a put back attempt of her own miss which was delivered by Boylan. Rosemount closed to 55-53 with 1:48 to go. Bauernfiend forced a travel by Boylan, but they never got a shot on that possession. Boylan made the steal. Neither team scored on their next possessions. Boylan added two free throws with slightly under a minute to go. She added another to make it a five point game with 42.3 to go. Karna Bostrom scored from the left corner to make it 58-55 with 22.8 to go. Miller added an all important free throw to make it a two possession game with 22.8 to go. Bauernfiend missed her 3 attempt and Kendra Heitkamp got the rebound, but stepped out of bounds to hand the ball back. Boylan tried to run the baseline to avoid Hugelen when it was not permitted. But the time left stood at 4.5 seconds left, and Chaska let Rosemount shoot their 3 with out fouling.

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

CHASKA
STARTERS
Carly Blackowiak, 17, 16, 106.3, .500 athlete, quick. drained a pair of 3s. rebounds. RF: out of control a tad on drives. shot a bit unorthodox.
Courtney Boylan, 19, 19, 100.0, .474 tough street fighter. competitor, battler. has a bit of shake and bake. good body control. decent leaping abililty. came up with the ball when needed late. vocal. a leader. is in command. good vision, can get folks the ball. RF: could pick up charging fouls, needs to better at the line as was only 5/10 in the second half. has a tendancy to come down and shoot 3 too without others touching ball at times.
Jessie Miller 9, 12, 75.0, .417 another atlete on the perimeter. long limbs. RF: need to be ready to catch the ball.
Melissa Smith 0, 3, 0.0, .000 RF: needs to be on balance when shooting.
Briana Tisch, 6, 6, 100.0, .500 big young post. had a key block late in the contest. RF: brought ball down, exposed. needs to work to get open, seal, demand the ball. needs to be much more of a force on rebounding.
BENCH
Kelsey Kalkman, 8, 6, 133.3, .500 drained two 3s. more of a shooter. RF: foot speed.
Tiffany Van Haaften 0, 2, 0.0, .000 RF: needs to lay a body on the block out.
Taylor Brown 0, 2, 0.0, .000

ROSEMOUNT
STARTERS
Maggie Bauernfeind, 13, 11, 118.2, .545 point guard. composed. good vision. can shoot. moves the ball. long limbs, runs the floor in transition. can finish with both hands. has pull up jumper. RF: looked as if she were a little under the weather.
Joslyn Plumer 2, 4, 50.0, .250 RF: hand check fouls. played too tight defensively.
Karna Bostrom 13, 15, 86.7, .400 11 points in the second half. RF: matador defense. beat on the drive, no knees bent, too high. needs to be more consistent in both halves.
Kendra Heitkamp, 7, 11, 63,6, .364 inside player. RF: size, needs to be more aware.
Michelle Hugelen, 14, 14, 100.0, .500 much more offensive minded this season. looking for shot and connecting. knew the holes on the zone offense. RF: needs to be more physical, block out more. plays behind. defensively. offensively too low on the block. distant at times.
BENCH
Brianna Connor 2, 4, 50.0, .500 aggressive, athletic RF: to aggressive, fouled out
Kelsey Weisensel, 4, 6, 66.7, .333 RF:
Bethany Miller 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Laura Budinger 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Courtney Boylan

DEFENSIVE NUMBERS
(d rebounds, steals, blocks, forced turnovers that resulted in possession for team)
CHASKA
Courtney Boylan 9
Carly Blackowiak 8
Brianna Tisch 4
Melissa Smith 4
Jessie Miller 3
Kelsey Kalkman 1
Taylor Brown 1
ROSEMOUNT
Michelle Hugelen 7
Maggie Bauernfeind 6
Kendra Heitkmap 5
Brianna Connor 5
Karna Bostrom 3
Joslyn Plumer 2
Kelsey Weinsensl 2
Bethany Miller 1

BY THE NUMBERS
Chaska 59, 66, 89.4, .424
Rosemount 55, 67, 82.1, .403
made 3s: Chaska 6, Rosemount 1
made free throws: Chaska 13, Rosemount 12
Bench: Chaska 8, Rosemount 6

Chaska used a multitude of defenses; Rosemount stuck with man. Both needed work. Chaska allowed too many second shots on the night. Rosemount didn't have their knees bent, were too high and were beat on ball fakes and drives early in the first half. Offensively both teams were more efficient in the second half. Both teams needed their point guards in to run efficiently. Chaska ran their offense primarily on the perimeter. Rosemount looked to go inside.

One interesting factor in the game was the foul situation. In the first half Chaska out fouled Rosemount at one point 8-2. It was flopped in the second half with 9-3 Rosemount in the lead in a category that is not good to lead in.

Rosemount was without the services of Megan Eul. She is wearing a boot and won't be back until after the first of the year.

next up: tomorrow morning