Out & About: Bemidji/Rocori

#7 posting 1.13.2007
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BEMIDJI lumberjacks 56, ROCORI spartans 31
I saw this game because, #1 it was close to St. Benedict's where the Cotter/Crookston game was taking place. #2 it was at 1 pm, and the Cotter/Crookston game started at 3:30 giving me a good chance to get to the game. #3. Bemidji doesn't get down in this part of the state too often. I had seen Rocori during the Sartell tournament earlier.

Both teams scored on their first possessions, but then went into offensive hibernation with Bemidji going 8 possessions without finding the bottom of the basket. Bemidji pushed their lead to 12-7 after a rebound basket by Brianna Pfremmer who had half of the Bemidji points. Rocori had a 6-0 run to claim their last lead at 13-12. Rocori then had their 8 possession drought. Bemidji closed out the half with a 14-4 run and led 26-16 at the break.

The second half saw no major movements except for a larger margin for Bemidji. Neither team scored the last 3:24 of the game.

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

BEMIDJI
STARTERS
Meg Claypool 6, 12, 50.0, .250 point guard. RF: needs to lead receivers. passed behind. needs more awareness on offense. needs to keep her elbow tighter to the body on the dribble.
Liz Judkins 12, 10, 120.0, .500 perimeter shooter. shoots off the pass.
Alexis Gauwitz 13, 16, 81.3, .375 feisty, spunky guard. likes to shoot on the move. better when feet are stopped like in a pull up jumper. active defensively. RF; moves faster than needed at times
Ashley Erickson 2, 7, 28.6, .143 active on the defensive boards.
Brianna Pfremmer 17, 16, 106.3, .563 post player. good frame. delivered on out of bounds plays
BENCH
Kelsey Nelson 3, 5, 60.0, .400 back up post. RF: needs experience
Megan Larson 3, 6, 50.0, .167 RF: needs to get better angle to feed the post
Ashley Hirt 0, 3, 0.0, .000 another rebounder.

ROCORI
STARTERS
Stacy Svihel 3, 10, 30.0, .100 youngster. not afraid. RF: needs to finish shot. size/strength
Chandra Schmitz 3, 6, 50.0, .333 point guard RF: relies on spin dribble too much
Melanie Hilsgen 5, 12, 41.7, .250 RF: deep on shot
Quinn Griffin 4, 4, 100.0, .500 RF: shot off the shoulder
Michelle Toren 5, 7, 71.4, .286 strong post, RF; trys to dribble too much
BENCH
Melissa Hansen 5, 10, 50.0, .200 RF: needs follow through
Jessi Gertken 0, 9, 0.0, .000 tall post, long wing span, a force on defense. RF: offense needs polish. Posts up too low on the block.
Ashley Bell 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Sarah Aaseth 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Janelle Schneider 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Kendra Plantenberg 2, 2, 100.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Brianna Pfremmer

BY THE NUMBERS
Bemidji 56, 75, 74.7, .360
Rocori 31, 74, 41.9, .203
made 3s: Bemidji 4, Rocori 1
made fts: Bemidji 6, Rocori 6
Bench: Rocori 11, Bemidji 6
With the number Bemidji is about average. Rocori much less so. Rocori's offensive production was the 4th lowest of the year that I have charted in pp100. It was 3rd lowest in floor %.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
BEMIDJI
Alexis Gauwitz 9
Ashley Erickson 8
Ashley Hirt 8
Brianna Pfremmer 7
Megan Larson 6
Meg Claypool 5
Liz Judkins 3
Kelsey Nelson 3
totals: 49

ROCORI
Jessi Gertken 11
Quinn Griffin 5
Chandra Schmitz 4
Melanie Hilsgen 3
Michelle Toren 3
Stacy Svihel 3
Melissa Hansen 2
Sarah Aaseth 2
Ashley Bell 2
totals: 35

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