Out & About: Concordia Bloomington/Cannon Valley Lutheran

#5 posting 12.30.2006
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CONCORDIA BLOOMINGTON lancers 49,
CANNON VALLEY LUTHERAN titans 37

This was a 10 am game this morning in Bloomington featuring two class A private schools, one old school with a new name---Minneapolis Lutheran to Bloomington Lutheran to Concordia Bloomington, and a newer school Cannon Valley Lutheran. The big attraction-- a 6-3 freshman for CVL Megan Quiram.

Both teams had problems handling the ball early but CVL never got a shot off in their first three possessions and didn't score until their 15th. Quiram didn't get to smell the ball, much less touch it. 10 of those first 14 possessions ended up as turnovers. When they did get shots off it didn't come through Quiram. CB wasn't as dry, but they did have a drought of 7 early on. CB led by four early on a couple of times, but CVL battled back and led 15-14 on Kyeria Schmidtke's second free throw with 1:57 to go in the half. CVL didn't score the rest of the half and CB scored twice more including a steal and transition lay up by Madeline Ehrich at the buzzer to go up 18-15.

CB added two consecutive scoring possessions to start the second half to go up 21-15. CVL had another drought, this time 6 possessions. Then, for a brief spurt, both teams found their groove with seven scores in nine possessions. Not much changed as far as spread CB led 27-23. CVL scored on four consecutive possessions with Quiram scoring on a traditional post up, and rebound. CB had five consecutive scores in this stretch and pushed their lead up to 33-23. Weber and Ehrich each had four in the spurt. It never really got closer than that. In fact CB's widest margin was 14. CB took the game 49-37.

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

CONCORDIA BLOOMINGTON
STARTERS
Stephanie Hasert 2, 7, 28.6, .143
Sarah Kloster 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Tucker Hughes 9, 14, 64.3, .357 RF: went down with an injury, it looked like an ankle, in the second half.
Brittany Weber 22, 21, 104.8, .524 nice elevation on jump shot, aggressive defensively had 9 steals. has pull up jumper. handles point. RF: early ball handling/footwork issues.
Madeline Ehrich 14, 15, 93.3, .467 their post player. also has good jump shot form, aggressive. lefty. picked up game in second half after adjusting to Quiram, started attacking more in second half. RF: size post hs, Quiram limited her.. somewhat
BENCH
Kelsey Judge 0, 13, 0.0, .000
Victoria Artishon 0, 0, 0.0, .000

CANNON VALLEY LUTHERAN
STARTERS
Trisha Boese 5, 21, 23.8, .095 point guard. did pick up a charge. RF: ball handling, vision and feeding Quiram all need improvement. throws passes that are too long. Also charged herself
Michelle Dahle 4, 15, 26.7, .133 RF: needs footwork-pivot work
Kyeria Schmidtke 5, 10, 50.0, .300 athletic, RF: needs more experience and off season work
Britany Schulz 1, 5, 20.0, .200
Megan Quiram 14, 11, 127.3, .636 plays the high post on offense, but very rarely touches the ball. 8 of her points were on second chances. has good hands, potential strong frame. was explosive to the boards. RF: team played 2/3 zone. footwork may need work. has bad habit of trying to block every shot ever taken. head fake and she will jump. exposes ball. needs to work on Free throws.
BENCH
Ashley Judd 4, 6, 66.7, .333 another lanky big player. RF: needs to gain strength
Hilary Howson 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Harmony Hays 2, 2, 100.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Brittany Weber

BY THE NUMBERS
Concordia BLM 49, 75, 65.3, .333
Cannon Valley Lutheran 37, 75, 49.3, .253
Made 3s: none
Made FTs: CVL 9, CB 7
Bench: CVL 8, CB 0

Big contrast from the contests yesterday. Both teams are not as polished with the ball, but CB does have better perimeter shooters, and ball handlers. It would be a good idea for CVL that on every half court possession if Quiram touched the ball. She doesn't necessarily have to shoot, but it should touch her once. Also the low post might be better suited for her.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
CONCORDIA BLOOMINGTON
Brittany Weber 11
Madeline Ehrich 7
Tucker Hughes 5
Sarah Kloster 5
Kelsey Judge 3
Stephanie Hasert 3
Victoria Artishon 1
Totals: 35

CANNON VALLEY LUTHERAN
Michelle Dahle 10
Megan Quiram 8
Trisha Boese 6
Ashley Judd 6
Kyeria Schmidtke 5
Hilary Howson 2
totals: 37

Former MN Viking offensive lineman Milt Sunde coaches Concordia Bloomington.

I will be updating those games from the week past tomorrow in brief.
Tomorrow it will be the week that was #6 with a review of the action this last week, and upcoming games to watch.

Next up: tomorrow morning with the parade of states. plus the Week that was #6 with player and team of the week.