Out & About: Minneapolis/Ridgewater

#7 posting 1.24.2007
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MINNEAPOLIS used to be mauraders 62,
RIDGEWATER warriors 55

Minneapolis continued their winning ways at home on Wednesday in MN CC South conference play. It has been three straight home Wednesday wins for the ex mauraders.

Charmine Cross came to play today for Minneapolis. She started the game with 7 of the first 9 Mpls points. Her first four points were on put backs. Mpls led 9-2 after a Cross 3, the only one Mpls canned all night. Mpls extended that lead to 22-8. Then Ridgewater rolled off five of six scoring possessions and cut the margin to 24-20 after a 12-2 run in about 2:30 of clock time. Kayla Karnes delivered two 3s in the stretch. With the run Ridgewater was back in the contest. Neither team got too far past each other and Mpls led at half 34-29.

Cross, again, was on fire for Mpls to start the half. She scored the first 8 points for Mpls. They needed each and every one as Ridgewater closed the gap to 40-38 on Amy Ballard's runner and one. Mpls went on a 9-2 run to pushe the lead back to 49-40. Ridgewater was stuck in a 1/10 offensive sequence. And like a see saw, Ridgewater had their own 9-2 run as Ridgewater closed to 51-49 with 3:44 to go after Melissa Sterkel made one of two free throws. The one-two punch of Cross and Britany Johnson then went on a 4/5 offensive sequence and 7-0 run. It culminated on a technical foul on Karnes and Cross making one of the free throws. Both teams finished the game without gaining or losing ground.

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

MINNEAPOLIS
STARTERS
Amy Langefeld 6, 4, 150.0, .750 plays her role. steady. takes good shots. RF: needs to keep her feet on the floor on defense.
Tiarah MccCalabe 5, 6, 83.3, .333 lefty, small guard. RF: needs to be ready for the ball
Britany Johnson 13, 20, 65.0, .350 has the flash as the point. Good body control on drives, hangs, has english, can deliver the ball to players. deceptive passes. has no look ability. RF: 3 shot was deep and flat, passes at times too high
Lakita Davis 7, 13, 53.8, .308 lefty inside player. active on the defensive boards. RF: had a right hamstring injury and was trying to stretch it out during the night. That may have been the reason her shot was not dropping. There was a noticeable limp. on ball handling needs to chin the ball, not put the ball above the head.
Charmine Cross, 27, 22, 122.7, .591 post player. very aggressive on the boards. had 11 points on second chance points. played with energy tonight. grabbed the game by the throat. has 3 range, made strong decisions with the ball. anticipated well.
BENCH
Davita Scott 4, 9, 44.4, .222 athletic and quick. RF: needs to limit her shots to the paint

RIDGEWATER
STARTERS
Kayla Karnes 11, 15, 73.3, .267 point guard. and points, communicator and leader. 3 point shooter, and a little deeper than toeing the line. active on defense looking for steal opportunities.
Ashley Olson 5, 15, 33.3, .200 RF: needs to be ready to catch, needs to fake, or not stare down passes.
Melissa Sterkel 7, 8, 87.5, .500 strong rebounder, on the floor making plays, hustle points. got herself in position to be fouled. RF: size post juco
Hilary Groothuis 16, 14, 114.3, .571 post player. strong. probably more of a 4 after JUCO ball. can drive from the high post. RF; it looks like she isn't square on shot from the side. also drifts after shot
Karen Christopher 9, 13, 69.2, .308 active. has 3 range. picked Johnson on the dribble. RF: has a hitch in her shot.
BENCH
Krystle Prodoehl 4, 5, 80.0, .400 another post.
Kristen Hegna 0, 2, 0.0, .000 can feed the post.
Amy Ballard 3, 2, 150.0, .500
Bridget Boehlke 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Charmine Cross

BY THE NUMBERS
Minneapolis 62, 74, 83.8, .419
Ridgewater 55, 74, 74.3, .351
made 3s: Ridgewater 4, Minneapolis 1
made fts: Ridgewater 11, Minneapolis 5
Bench: Ridgewater 7, Minneapolis 4
Mpls and Ridgewater used zones primarily. Ridgewater tried to press full court, but Mpls was able to meet that challenge. Ridgewater was able to get the Mpls defense to shift to the strong side, but the guards didn't drop down and on the weakside block Ridgewater feasted.
This is the 3rd time watching JUCO, and this was the most competitive contest. However the pp100s for Mpls have declined each game. That may be due to the lack of a lot of transition in the last few games. It may be because Ridgewater handles the ball better, and also the Mpls bench is thinner and they weren't looking to go on all chances.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers and blocks leading to offensive possessions
MINNEAPOLIS
Charmine Cross 15
Britany Johnson 10
Lakita Davis 10
Amy Langefeld 1
Tiarah McCalabe 1
Davita Scott 1
totals: 38

RIDGEWATER
Karen Christopher 8
Kayla Karnes 8
Melissa Sterkel 7
Ashley Olson 5
Hilary Groothuis 3
Krystle Prodoehl 3
Kristen Hegna 2
Bridget Boehlke 1
totals: 37

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