Out & About: Northfield/Hastings

#4 posting 1.15.2007
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NORTHFIELD raiders 59, HASTINGS raiders 47

Northfield's Bri Zabel had 24 points in a non conference battle of Raiders Monday night.

Northfield established the early lead and didn't relinquish it the first half. There really wasn't any big runs by Northfield, but they did shut the door on Hastings for 7 possessions. However they were only able to score twice on Bri Zabel 3s to make it 19-9. Bri Zabel had 10 points in the second half. Hastings' 6-8 center Catherine Hintz, who came off the bench, had 12 first half points, half of which were on second chance points, half from traditional post ups. Northfield led 26-19 at halftime.

Hastings started the second half with a 14-5 run to knot it all up at 31. Abby Wagner and Hintz each had four points in the run. Hintz tied it at 31 on a post up on the left block. After that Northfield scored their next three possessions to to up 37-31. Northfield did put it up 16-6 run to push the lead back to 47-37. It was a scoring string of 9 of 10 possessions with Bri Zabel providing 8 of the 16 points. Hastings had one last push with a 8-2 run as Wagner scored all 8 of the Hastings points, six of which were cashed in at the line. Northfield led 51-47 with 3:19 to go. However Hastings was not able to find the bottom of the basket the rest of the game as Northfield finished with an 8-0 run, and Hastings finished with a 0/7 drought, all of which were missed shots.

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

NORTHFIELD
STARTERS
Bridgette Kelly 12, 12, 100.0, .500 athletic, good leaper, good feet. stays low on defense.
Haley Loesch 8, 9, 88.9, .444 lefty, post player, can use right hand. good elevation. active on defense. RF: likes to spin dribble
Bri Zabel 24, 18, 133.3, .611 strong, solid, a force. glue for Northfield. has 3 range. very aware on defense with 15 d wraps. can score off the dribble. able to use her body well to get hit. Also knocked Hintz out of rebound position. was automatic at the line (9/9) to start, but RF: was 1/3 at the end because she was walking away from the line. took a long 2 with a foot on the 3 line.
Katilin Hanzlik 5, 8, 62.5, .250 RF: needs to be ready to catch
Becca Neuger 1, 4, 25.0, .250 long wing span useful on perimeter defense.
BENCH
Morgan Zabel 9, 6, 150.0, .667 younger sister of Bri. not as big (6-0 vs 5-9), but is again a solid performer. does the right thing. Scored mainly in the paint. runs the floor. RF: I would say experience, but she makes good choices. perhaps perimeter shooting since I didn't see that aspect of her game.
Angie Volkert 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Katie McDonald 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Mary Beth Grove 0, 1, 0.0, .000

HASTINGS
STARTERS
Angela Jackson 6, 8, 75.0, .250 point guard RF: bounces ball staying in one place too long, favors spin dribble, picked up offensive foul, needs to keep head up. needs to be aware of teammates. needs to stay within herself and recognize situations.
Sarah Osberg 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Megan Callahan 5, 10, 50.0, .300 moves without ball. was able to feed Hintz 3 times for assists. RF: needs to be ready and aware when she doesn't have the ball.
Abby Wagner 12, 16, 75.0, .375 very aggressive in the second half. not afraid of the line and was 8/9 at the line in the 2nd half. RF: not aware of other teammates.
Sarah Duea 2, 9, 22.2, .111 perimeter player. athletic, but RF: not her day shooting. needs to finish in transition. needs to get to the line. picked up offensive foul using her elbow.
BENCH
Catherine Hintz 18, 13, 138.5, .692 6-8 post, good hands, keeps the ball high, nice touch, presents many match up problems. was unstoppable inside. even if she missed she usually got the rebound. RF: needs to work on strength, that should improve speed and quickness. needs to work on footwork. needs to work on stamina. built for half court game. was coming out of her zone defensive spot to the perimeter to defend periodically. picked up fouls due to fatigue. She needs to get to the line. teammates need to get her the ball. when she is in the game she needs to touch the ball before anyone takes a shot. Underutilized on offense.
Carlin Bunting 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Leslee Storlie 2, 4, 50.0, .250

TRENCH PLAYER
Bri Zabel

BY THE NUMBERS
Northfield 59, 63, 93.7, .444
Hastings 47, 64, 73.4, .359
made 3s: Northfield 3, Hastings 0
made fts: Northfield 22, Hastings 9
bench: Hastings 20, Northfield 9
Bri Zabel was the driving force that provided the difference tonight. She had 5 steals and 10 defensive rebounds to start possessions for Northfield. The Northfield team had strong possessions and, for most of the evening, would take good quality shots after working both sides of the floor. Northfield had some decent athletes that could jump.
Hastings didn't get the ball in to Hintz when she posted. She is more effective at the low block, not as effective at the high post or 3 point line. Part of it may have been the Northfield defense, but part of it was a lack of awareness by the guards, or another reason. When they were down four and had the ball they never got her a touch in the half court.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, & blocks leading to offensive possessions
NORTHFIELD
Bri Zabel 15
Haley Loesch 6
Morgan Zabel 4
Bridgette Kelley 3
Becca Neuger 3
Angie Volkert 2
Mary Beth Grove 1
Kaitlin Hanzlik 1
totals: 35

HASTINGS
Catherine Hintz 7
Angela Jackson 5
Abby Wagner 5
Megan Callahan 5
Sarah Duea 5
Sarah Osberg 3
Carlin Bunting 2
Leslee Storlie 1
totals: 33

next up: tomorrow morning with the parade of states