Out & About: Farmington/Cannon Falls

#2 posting 1.2.2007
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FARMINGTON tigers 56, CANNON FALLS bombers 54

Farmington rallied from an 11 point deficit early in the second half to beat Cannon Falls 56-54. CF beat Farmington last week in Albert Lea 67-58. Abby Kenealy scored the last four points for Farmington with a steal and transition lay up when the game was tied at 52. CF's Korie Jackson tied it at 54 with two free throws with 12.8 seconds left. Kenealy later scored the game winner with about six seconds to go on a transition basket off the CF press.

Farmington started off with the early lead with free throws due to their transition game and off rebounds. Kenealy scored six of the first nine points for Farmington. CF eventually broke out with a 26-20 lead. Alex Montgomery finished strong by scoring 12 of CF's last 14 points. Farmington scored after CF's Alison Banks missed a shot. Kenealy grabbed the rebound and April Hayes scored in transition to cut the CF lead to 30-26.

Farmington's Ashley Grabowski scored on the high low from Kenealy to cut the CF lead to 30-28, but then Farmington went on a 1/7 scoring drought while CF built their lead to 41-30. Nicole Anderson had five points, including a 3 in the 11-2 run. Farmington had a mini spurt of three possessions in a 7-0 run capped with a Rachel Hamel trey. CF built the lead back up to nine at 46-37. Farmington had a mini five possession drought. But Farmington is built for quick hits and they had a five possession string and 9-0 run to tie it at 46. The Tigers were 8/10 in their scoring sequence as they took the lead on a long two by Kirstee Rotty. Alex Montgomery tied it up for CF with two free throws. With 1:18 to go CF was in a delay type game when Kenealy anticipated a pass up top and took it down for the lead at 54-52. On CF's next possession Tasha Douglas missed on her shot. Alisha Todd came up with the rebound and Farmington took a time out. Kenealy was fouled, but missed the front end the free throw. Montgomery boarded and Jackson nailed the free throws with 12.8 seconds to go. CF put the press on and Farmington went over the top. Kenealy scored the lay up from Rachel Hamel for the exclamation point on the Farmington comeback.

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

FARMINGTON
STARTERS
Alisha Todd 3, 8, 37.5, .250 active defensively, quick feet. RF: quit going after a ball that appeared that would be over and back and CF swooped in and for the steal. made a blind save...to the wrong team. had some alleys to penetrate to the glass.
Kirstee Rotty 6, 4, 150.0, .750 can hit pull up jumper. made big shot up top (but could have been 3). RF; needs to use left hand on left hand lay up.
Ashley Grabowski 2, 3, 66.7, .333 RF: picked up too many fouls to make a fair assessment.
Abby Kenealy 20, 21, 95.2, .476 lean post, good feet, good speed. made clutch plays at the end. good quick release on rebounding for fast break. RF: forced some passes in during the high low.
Rachel Hamel 9, 8, 112.5, .625 strong base. drew fouls. canned 3 in comeback rally. RF: needs to be lower on defense, long 2, should be aware of 3 line.
BENCH
Andrea Weyandt 7, 10, 70.0, .400 quick interior passer. recognizes open player. active on offensive boards. RF: exposes ball after boarding. follow through needs to stay longer, pulls hand back.
April Hayes 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Lauren McHenry 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Katee Rotty 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Carly Chell 7, 8, 87.5, .500 strong base, can score in traffic. has good moves in post after receiving the ball. RF; size for positon post HS.
Amanda Zylka 0, 1, 0.0, .000

CANNON FALLS
STARTERS
Nicole Anderson 10, 11, 90.9, .455 much better with both hands, good vision, strong passes with pop. creates space for herself. moves sharp without the ball, back cuts. aggressive defensive. competitive. RF: Uses the spin from left to right. picked up reach fouls.
Tasha Douglas 5, 11, 45.5, .273 RF: decisions with the ball. picked up charge, also stared down passes.
Julia Thompson 3, 7, 42.9, .286 RF: needs to use her leg-bend knees, in her shot more,
Korie Jackson 8, 12, 66.7, .333 catch & shoot. working on shooting on the move. RF: needs to be more of a force freeing up for shots. needs to be more assertive on defense.
Alex Montgomery 26, 24, 108.3, .500 strong frame, lefty, post, prefers the left block. makes plays look easy. did score with the right hand in transition. strong rebounder. handles the ball allright for big person. also makes cuts. can score with contact with 3 old style 3 point plays on the night. RF: likes the left turn. sometimes balance could be better on shot.
BENCH
Alison Bankes 2, 2, 100.0, .500 scored from the short corner.
Tessa Thompson 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Abby Kenealy, delivered key points late

BY THE NUMBERS
Farmington 56, 68, 82.4, .441
Cannon Falls 54, 67, 80.6, .403
Made 3s: Farmington 1, Cannon Falls 1
Made FTs: CF 19, Farmington 11
Bench: Farmington 16, CF 2
A couple of trends were turned on their head tonight. #1. usually the team that makes more FTs is the victor. Montgomery herself had 12 made free throws and CF had 19, but still lost. #2 usually the team with the better bench does NOT win, but the tempo and pace of the game requires the bench approach for Farmington. They aggressively and relentlessly push the ball up the court every chance they can. Also the fouls situation demanded a bench. They sometimes go with the wave sub pattern.

As a team Farmington was up high on defense, they are vulnerable to penetration and fakes. On offense they like to use the high/low in the half court. Their interior passing kept CF off balance.
CF worked the left side about 80% of the time. They were beat over the top of their press a couple of times, the last time was fatal.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive rebounds
FARMINGTON
Rachel Hamel 5
Abby Keneally 5
Alisha Todd 5
April Hayes 3
Kirstee Rotty 3
Ashley Grabowski 2
Carly Chell 2
Andrea Weyandt 1
CANNON FALLS
Alex Montgomery 12
Nicole Anderson 7
Tasha Douglas 4
Julia Thompson 3
Korie Jackson 3
Tessa Thompson 2

Next up: tomorrow morning