Out & About: Hill-Murray/Marshall

#8 posting 12.16.2006
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HILL-MURRAY pioneers 59, MARSHALL tigers 50

In a worthy game to finish the week Hill-Murray beat Marshall in an intense game with good action by both teams.

HM stroked their first three possessions to grab an 8-2 lead. Krista Kaput started with a 3 from the right wing, flollowed by an oldfashioned three point play by a Kristin Vasko drive and free throw and then Kaput on her own drive. One way or another HM had 6 3 point plays in the first half. Marshall was led by its dynamic duo of Macie Michelson and Anna Full. In fact those two had all Marshall's points at half with 11 each. With those two doing the damage Marshall had periods a dry spell of 8. Marshall did get as close as 23-19, but HM struck with a Jen Annoni 3 from the left side of the top of the key to go back up 26-19. HM led 30-22 at the break.

Marshall connected on their first three possessions to open the second half. Marshall also had a 9-2 run and cut the HM lead to 32-31. Chrissy Holm cut down the lane to give HM some breathing room at 34-31. Two more free throws by Marshall's Anna Full cut the margin back to one. Both teams traded nonscoring possessions when Krista Kaput nailed a trey from the left side of the top of the key to make it HM 37-33. HM pushed it out to 47-38 after Holm scored on an out of bounds play. Then HM went into an 8 possession drought. Full and Michelson cut that margin down to 47-44. Then Marshall's chances took a big hit with 2:45 to go when Michelson picked up foul #5. HM closed with a 12-4 run. Kaput scored on a free throw, but missed the second. There for the offensive rebound was Taylor Cross, who spent a majority of the game on the bench due to foul issues. Jen Annoni added two free throws on the same possession. HM closed by scoring on 6/7 possession all at the line.

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

player evals to follow. I am exhausted and going to crash.

HILL-MURRAY
STARTERS
Jen Annoni 9, 12, 75.0, .333 guard, made good choices on offense, strong, intense. can hit runners.
Krista Kaput 16, 11, 145.5, .636 point guard, made good decisions, was strong with the ball, has deep 3 range. can drive RF: picked up charging foul.
Kristin Vasko 5, 4, 125.0, .500 looks to drive. can score getting hit. RF: needs to finish on the layup.
Lauren Hanzalik 0, 1, 0.0, .000 RF: too many fouls
Taylor Cross 4, 5, 80.0, .400 rebounding machine. came in late in the game and cleaned up boards when needed. RF: spent too much time sitting down with fouls.
BENCH
Rochelle Cichy 7, 7, 100.0, .429 quick perimeter. good athlete, defended Michelson. banked in a couple of 3s. intense. RF: forced pass at times.
Amy Kuper 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Chrissy Holm 14, 18, 77.8, .333 rangy, corner shooter. quick release. went after defensive rebounds. RF: shoots too quickly at times taking first open 3 instead of making defense sweat it out and making sure offense is in position for weakside boards. . stared down passes.
Coco Booker 2, 2, 100,0, .500 wide body, got boards, RF: foot speed

MARSHALL
STARTERS
Macie Michelson 17, 17, 100.0, .471 look up intensity in the dictionary and her picture is there. plays all out. can take a charge. eyes are zeroed in a prey on defense ready to pounce on mistakes. bursts of energy. doesn't take any plays off. extremely competitive, decent body control, can hit pull up jumper. . RF: shows emotions which is ok when things are going well, but when things turn sour probably needs to inspire/encourage teammates more. needs to avoid the reach fouls. needs to be on the floor.
Amanda Larson 3, 6, 50.0, .333 athlete, scored late at the line. RF: needs to take load off Michelson/Full, needs to be threat, or visible on offense.
Anna Full 28, 20, 140,0, .700 has stepped up game this year. moves well without the ball. can post and seal, but also can face and will face post HS. stepped up when Michelson sat. hit pull up jumpers., went to the glass, went to the line big time with 12 made free throws on the night. RF: not under the radar any more.
Katie Mulder 0, 4, 0.0, .000 moves without the ball. RF: needs to cash in at the line. quickness
Jessica Onken 2, 6, 33.3, .167 post player. RF: needs to step up and rise to the challenge. almost deer in headlight reaction to having ball. Needs to get into flow. picked up fouls because of footwork. needs to use glass and get right angle when posting.
BENCH
Shay Birath 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Alyssa Christianson 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Emily Tate 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Emily Wambeke 0, 4, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Krista Kaput

BY THE NUMBERS
Hill-Murray 59, 61, 96.7, .426
Marshall 50, 62, 80.6, .403
made 3s: HM 7, Marshall 1
made FT: Marshall 17, HM 16
Bench: HM 25, Marshall 0
A good intense game to finish the week. These two teams went hard. The difference is HM had more weapons at their disposal, and a deeper bench. They also had the bombers. Marshall attacks the basket hard. HM overplayed on defense forcing back cuts. Marshall was in 2/3 and 1/3/1 at various stages. Also Marshall needs to have their other players hit a shot. Only one player made one field goal other than the dynamic duo of Michelson/Full. Other teams will avoid guarding the others and focus on those two more and more.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
defensive rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, blocked shots leading to offensive possessions
HILL-MURRAY
Chrissy Holm 6
Taylor Cross 5
Jen Annoni 4
Krista Kaput 3
Rochelle Cichy 3
Kristin Vasko 3
Coco Booker 2
Amy Kuper 1
MARSHALL
Macie Michelson, 11
Amanda Larson 3
Anna Full 3
Katie Mulder 3
Alyssa Christianson 2
Jessica Onken 2

next up: tomorrow morning; also tomorrow the week that was #4 with a look at the first quarter of the season.