Out & About: Bloomington Kennedy/Burnsville

#8 posting 1.5.2007
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BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY eagles 61,
BURNSVILLE blaze 42

In a match up between two Lake Conference and 5AAAA rivals, Kennedy accelerated past first place Burnsville 61-42. Burnsville is 6-2 in conference now with Kennedy at 5-2.

Kennedy set the tone for the game on their first possession with five shots at the basket. Brittany Zins scored the put back. Kennedy pushed that up to 9-0 when Burnsville took their first time out at 14:31. The Blaze burned their third timeout at 16-2 at 12:01. Zins was on a roll with her third 3 from the left corner. That Kennedy lead would grow to 28-12 with another 3 by Zins from the left corner. At that point Danielle Dove took over for Burnsville with her own 3 from the left wing. Dove had scored points 11 & 12 on a pull up jumper earlier. Dove lived up to the blaze name as she was on fire. She scored 11 of Burnsville's last 13 points to finish the half including three 3s. Burnsville ended the half with a 13-2 run on 6/8 possessons to make it Kennedy 30-25.

Burnsville sliced that lead to 32-29 on a basket by Molly Duehn from an out of bounds play with 14:26 to go. But the dam gave way soon enough and Kennedy scored on nine straight possessions on a 20-4 run to lead 55-35. Zins, and Shakila Boler had 6 each in the run, with Tara Steinbauer not far behind with 5. Burnsville had a five possession drought, and 2/12 sequence. The rest of the game didn't vary too far from that margin.

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

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
STARTERS
Tara Steinbauer 13, 14, 92.9, .429 big strong, can handle the ball, shoots well from out side. can hit 3, can score on post ups and off the dribble. good stroke from the elbow. Active on the defensive boards. RF: went down with an injury, but came back in after a trip to the trainer. didn't impact her or Kennedy's game. picked up one charge, and was in danger on another. needs to be aware of lines.
Kesha Brown 1, 4, 25.0, .250 RF: relatively invisible
Brittany Zins 26, 19, 136.8, .579 owns the left corner 3 shot. nice shot. in right spot, runs the floor. RF: after a turnover showed displeasure, and didn't get back on defense as quickly as she could.
Shakila Boler 16, 11, 145.5, .636 poise and composure in running the show as a freshman. good vision, good quick hands, can leap, deflects a lot of balls, active rebounder for a guard. competitive. has range. can hit pull up. RF: errors are ones of commission, not omission.
Alexis Holt 2, 5, 40.0, .200 boarded.
BENCH
Aubrey Davis 0, 4, 0.0, .000 RF: needs experience
Kelly Boelter 1, 3, 33.3, .333 another steady player that knows limitations.
Bailey Lund 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sheridan Reiners 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Danielle Bradley 0, 0, 0.0, .000

BURNSVILLE
STARTERS
Sarah Wiens 3, 7, 42.9, .143 3 shooter. Catch and shoot. RF: got trapped and had to burn a time out. Needs to drive with authority. Kennedy didn't let her get free. picked up offensive foul away from the ball.
Danielle Dove 13, 7, 185.7, .714 had a strong ending to the first half. was feeling it from 3land. RF: didn't score in the second half. Dropped hand on misses.
Rachel Moen 1, 7, 14.3, .000 decent vision. RF: forced shots, especially 3s. needs to improve speed-defensive wraps (none)
Caitlyn Von Bokern 4, 5, 80.0, .400 big and strong. RF: needs to square up.
Abby Rittenhouse 9, 11, 81.8, .364 main force inside. has range. defensive rebounder RF: needs to rocket up through defenders, and not try to finesse as much. Get fouled more.
BENCH
Kelsey Marcks 0, 3, 0.0, .000 RF: not in flow.
Molly Duehn 9, 11, 81.8, .455 quick inside player. RF: needs to keep her hand up on the follow through.
Lauren Safranski 3, 10, 30.0, .200 RF: advertises passes
Sammie Gardner 0, 3, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Shakila Boler , best pp100 and floor % (for those with 10 possessions or more), plus was on top in wraps.

BY THE NUMBERS
Bloomington Kennedy 61, 64, 95.3, .438
Burnsville 42, 64, 65.6, .297
made 3s: Kennedy 7, Burnsville 5
made fts: Burnsville 7, Kennedy 6
Bench: Burnsville 12, Kennedy 1
Kennedy was more physcial and more aggressive on the boards. Kennedy also prevented Burnsville from doing what they wanted to on offense. Kennedy had 9 more wraps (see below) than Burnsville. On offense Kennedy made sure they had quality possessions on the 20-4 run Kennedy averaged 7 touches, Burnsville in the sam stretch averaged 5.25 touches, and that includes 3 transition baskets for Kennedy.
On facet Kennedy needs to work on is the free throw line. They left nine points at the line.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
Shakila Boler 9
Tara Steinbauer 8
Alexis Holt 6
Brittany Zins 4
Kelly Boelter 3
Aubrey Davis 1
Kesha Brown 1
Bailey Lund 1
Danielle Bradley 1
Totals: 34

BURNSVILLE
Abby Rittenhouse 8
Molly Duehn 5
Danielle Dove 4
Sarah Wiens 2
Caitlyn Von Bokern 2
Lauren Safranski 2
Kelsey Marcks 1
Keely Schuenke 1
Totals: 25

Next up: tomorrow morning with the parade of states.