Out & About: LeSueur-Henderson/Blue Earth

#3 posting 1.8.2007
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LE SUEUR-HENDERSON giants 56,
BLUE EARTH buccaneers 43

LeSueur-Henderson won the battle of 2AA West rivals and handed Blue Earth their second loss on the year 56-43. LSH's record is now 9-3, Blue Earth's is 9-2. Blue Earth still is in first in the 2AA West standings.

LSH had four cracks at scoring in their first possession and eventually connected on Abbie Wilson's put back. Blue Earth scored on their first two possessions to lead 5-2. But BE offensive production was plagued throughout the night with droughts. BE had spells of 6, and 9 in the first half. BE led 15-10 when the nine possession drought struck. LSH, on the other hand, was 5/6 during this stretch, went on a 12-0 run to lead 22-15 to blow the game open. Part of the success of LSH during this stretch was the 2/3 zone and the seven consecutive defensive rebounds by Nicole Neumann. LSH was converting on their second shots for 8 points in the first half. LSH led 24-18 at half.

LSH went on a 14-1 run and expanded their lead in the second half up to 49-31. BE again had drought issues, this time 10 straight nonscoring possessions. No one LSH player dominated the defensive end, but Abbie Wilson had three wraps in that stretch. Doerr led with 8 points in the run. Then it was LSH's turn to go cold, they had a nine possession drought with seven due to turnovers. Blue Earth took advantage of that dry spell to cut the margin to 49-41. It was at 2:31 when Hayley Darrington was intentionally fouled on a break by Doerr. Darrington only made one free throw and BE didn't convert following the out of bounds play, missing a chance at three more points on that possession. That stopped the 10-0 BE run. LSH finished off the game cashing in at the line for their last 7 points.

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

LE SUEUR-HENDERSON
STARTERS
Kate Quiram 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Nicole Neumann 14, 17, 82.4, .471 a guard that played the middle position on the bottom of the 2/3 zone. has nose for the ball had 11 d wraps in the first half with 7 straight defensive rebounds. point guard. RF: likes to use spin dribble. took long two, needs to be aware of the lines.
Casie Blaschko 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Abbie Wilson 6, 10, 60.0, .300 lefty, another rebounder, controlled the d boards in the second half
Cassandra Meffert 6, 4, 150.0, .750 post player, good leaper. another good rebounder. likes to block shots. RF: foul trouble, sat and watched in first half. forced passes
BENCH
Colleen Doerr 21, 21, 100.0, .524 Normally starts, but missed practice on Friday as she was on a trip. Chins the ball strong, uses both hands, keeps follow through up until ball hits the floor. runs the floor. works offensive boards. RF: was a little lax in handling the ball/directing traffic late in the game. Ball needs better protection. Picked up the intentional foul, didn't hurt in this game. Other games may not be as kind.
Elsa Knoblauch 7, 12, 58.3, .333 RF: needs to keep better vision on dribbling. on free throws left foot forward (she is righthanded).
Kristine Leary 0, 0, 0.0, .000. RF: needs to hold follow through.

BLUE EARTH
STARTERS
Hayley Darrington 15, 18, 83.3, .333 catch and shoot player. 3 range, active with steals, good anticipation. RF: picked up fouls due to poor positioning, and slow feet. Follow through pulled back, wasn't held. looked like she was rushing, not in flow. needs to get feet set, or stopped when shooting on the move. a bit out of control on the move. needs to get footwork down.
Katie Erdahl 5, 6, 83.3, .333
Anita Becker 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Meagan Grandgenett 4, 11, 36.4, .182 tough guard.
Amanda Eckhardt 2, 9, 22.2, .111
BENCH
Miranda Shephard 9, 8, 112.5, .625 worked and scored in the paint. on posts, and transition. RF: should have more than one defensive board.
Kali Anderson 4, 13, 30.8, .154 had a nice hesitation dribble.
Erin Warner 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Jackie Klinkner 2, 2, 100.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Colleen Doerr

BY THE NUMBERS
LeSueur-Henderson 56, 71, 81.2, .423
Blue Earth 43, 72, 59.7, .278
made 3s: Blue Earth 3, LSH 1
made fts: LSH 21, Blue Earth 6
Bench: LSH 28, Blue Earth 15
D boards: LSH 32, Blue Earth 12
LSH killed the d boards, and also was after the offensive boards. The droughts caught up with Blue Earth. They didn't look like a team that has 1 9-1 record.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
LSH
Nicole Neumann 15 had 11 wraps in the first half alone.
Abbie Wilson 14
Elsa Knoblauch 7
Cassandra Meffert 5
Colleeen Doerr 3
Kate Quiram 3
totals: 47

BLUE EARTH
Hayley Darrington 10
Meagan Grandgenett 4
Kali Anderson 4
Miranda Shephard 3
Amanda Eckhardt 2
Erin Warner 1
Anita Becker 1
Jackie Klinkner 1
Totals: 26

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