Out & About: Hinckley-Finlayson/Foley

#7 posting 12.16.2006
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HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON jaguars 50,
FOLEY falcons 37

This is the first of two out & abouts for Saturday. This game took place about 1 pm as part of a boys/girls double header. Besides starting at 1 pm the other attraction was 6-6 soph Amber Dvorak of HF.

Dvorak started off scoring the first six points for HF on their first four possessions. HF led 9-2 as Foley had trouble hitting from the outside against the 2/3 zone. But after hitting 9, HF did not score for 19 possessions or 8:15. 13 of those possessions were turnovers, Foley's press had something to do with it. But Foley didn't really exploit the situation. Their dry spells were 11, and 8 during portions of the HF drought. Foley did take a lead at 12-11 with two free throws by Alyssa Stewart, but they didn't score their last 9 possessions. Meanwhile HF finished with a 7-0 run with Lisa Lymburner connecting with five. HF led 18-12 at half.

Foley closed to 22-20 with Alyssa Stewart's coast to coast lay up after a rebound. HF pushed the lead to 29-22. Dvorak had 8 of the 11 HF points at this point, six from put backs on missed shots by her teammates. It basically stayed at that margin until 2:56 left when Foley closed to 39-35. HF executed at the end and scored on six of their last 8 possessions. On one possession Amanda Bergstad scored on a steal and lay up, was fouled, but missed her free throw. Dvorak was their to clean it up and scored the put back to push the lead back to 45-35 with 2:28 left. So four points in one possession halted any Foley comeback.

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

I will comeback for the player evals later.

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON
STARTERS
Amanda Bergstad 10, 11, 90.9, .455 point guard. dribbled left, shot right. RF: vision, needs to stay away from lines. needs to feed Dvorak, and improve passing angles.
Lisa Lymburner 10, 20, 50.0, .300 interesting player. athletic, nice long limbs, up top in their 2/3 zone. distraction to pass around. feeds Dvoark nicely, with lob or angle. good hang time. RF: ball handling/dribbling skills need improving. Looks down. needs to come back to the ball when teammates are in trouble, or have killed their dribble.
Samantha Linfors, 2, 8, 25.0, .125 fairly aggressive. RF: needs to finish drives. and improve ball handling. Also ate the ball trying to get it in.
Dawn Schwantke 0, 3, 0.0, .000 big player, RF: needs to improve quickness and shot.
Amber Dvorak 19, 18, 105.6, .556 nice soft touch, has legitimate frame. good hands, keeps ball high on offensive boards. scored four times off missed shots in the second half. Changes shots and even attacks of the other team just by patrolling lane. decent footwork. Can move alright. got on the floor for loose balls. finishes. release for full court pressure. For those of you old enough to remember, is way ahead of Toni Melancon (6-6 Osseo '94). probably quicker than Cole at Mondovi, WI. at least has better feet. RF: needs to gain strength which will improve quickness. needs to use glass all the time at the block angles. needs to demand the ball more.
BENCH
Jessica Johnson 1, 4, 25.0, .250
Katie Pauly 4, 8, 50.0, .375 feisty player. crashes offensive boards. RF: picked up foul either with something she said or some action I didn't see after the whistle blew. needs to learn she can pivot. needs to be aware when open. needs to improve at the line.
Jessica Fischer 4, 10, 40.0, .200 picked up a lot of weak side rebounds at 5-4. tough in right spot. RF: at the ball a couple of times trying to get the ball in play.

FOLEY
STARTERS
Bethany Gapinski 3, 22, 13.6, .091 point guard. a ball of fire. defensively a pest. very active. athletic. RF: footwork/turnovers did her in. traveling when no one was near. needs to transition her mind from defense to offense smoothly.
Brittany Templin 6, 9, 66.7, .333 scored on catch and shoot out of bounds plays. RF: reach fouls.
Alyssa Stewart 13, 19, 68.4, .316 twin sister April did hit a 3. will go coast to coast. RF: fouled out
April Stewart 3, 11, 27.3, .182 Twin sister Alyssa RF: also fouled out
Katie Kotsmith 6, 8, 75.0, .500 inside player overshadowed by Dvorak. RF: size for position
BENCH
Laura Freudenberg 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Briana Schyma 2, 7, 28.6, .143
Jenna Scapanski 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Brianna Herbst 4, 4, 100.0, .500 scored from the high post against the 2/3

TRENCH PLAYER
Amber Dvorak

BY THE NUMBERS
Hinckley-Finlayson 50, 82, 61.0, .341
Foley 37, 80, 46.3, .250
made 3s: Foley 1, HF 0
made FTs: HF 16, Foley 12
Bench: HF 9, Foley 6
Size matters and HF had that. They also had some athletic ability. Foley may have been more aggressive with the press. Defensively HF forced Foley to do things they were uncomfortable doing. Foley's perimeter shooting didn't get the job done. HF started off going inside right away. That worked. They backed off it, and when HF went into their dry patch part of it was when Dvorak was sitting. But neither team's numbers were eye popping.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
defensive rebounds, steals, forced turnovers and blocks leading to offensive possessions.
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON
Amber Dvorak 7 It is hard to measure things that did not happen with her in the line up. how many times Foley avoided attackin because of the risk of a swat.
Jessica Fischer 7
Lisa Lymburner 6
Amanda Bergstad 5
Dawn Schwantke 4
Samantha Linfors 2
Jessica Johnson 1
Katie Pauley 1
FOLEY
Bethany Gapinski 10
Katie Kotsmith 6
Briana Schyma 5
Alyssa Stewart 5
Briana Herbst 4
Brittany Templin 4
April Stewart 1
Laura Freudenberg 1

next up: 1 more out & abouts; also tomorrow the week that was #4 with a look at the first quarter of the season.