Out & About: St. Louis Park/St. Francis

#6 posting 1.4.2007
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ST. LOUIS PARK orioles 68, ST. FRANCIS saints 50

St. Louis Park beat host St. Francis in a convincing win 68-50. Both teams are now 5-2 in the North Suburban and tied for third. St. Francis had won 7 in a row and had just won the Monticello Tournament. They are now 9-3, StLP is 7-4.

St. Louis Park grabbed the early lead at 5-0, and, in a display of balance, had four different players score on their first four scores. A key foul by SF's Ali Schwartzwald with 12:43 to go in the half put the SF point guard on the bench. She left trailing 11-6. She didn't return in the half. SF did have one sequence where they scored 5/6 possessions and closed to 20-16. But they also had droughts of six and five. StLP matched them with their own 6 possession drought at the same time SF had their sixer. Part of the reason for the StLP drought was Kika Greenlee sitting down with a pair of fouls. StLP led 34-20 after Greenlee's third trey of the half, but closed with Melissa Borstner scored on the last three SF possessions to cut the margin to 34-25.

The hot streak that SF ended with continued on into the second half. They scored on five of their first seven possessions to close to 38-35. StLP took a time out to stop the bleeding and they put the tourniquet on SF. SF only scored on 1/14 possessions as StLP built their lead to 53-36 on a 15-1 run. Emily Hendricks had 7 of those points for StLP and Tromesa May added 6. SF never really got closer after that outburst.

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

ST. LOUIS PARK
STARTERS
Kika Greenlee 11, 11, 100.0, .364 point guard, 3 range (with 3 in the first half). good vision, good command and patience for a youngster. RF: tends to favor the right hand. shooting on the move off balance. likes to block shots which led to fouls. also picked up charge.
Mackenzie Olson 2, 4, 50.0, .250 active defensively, knows role on offense. drew charge. RF: not a big threat on offense.
Ali Johnson 8, 14, 57.1, .286 scored in and out, ran the floor. took over for Greenlee at point when she had foul problems. moves well. RF: forced passes. outside shot not on tonight.
Emily Hendricks 15, 13, 115.4, .615 quietly got job done. slipped defensive radar. got free inside/backside. had presence of mind to call time out as she was losing balance and in danger of a turnover.
Tromesa May 20, 15, 133.3, .667 post player. Strong, explosive, great hands, good leaper. makes plays. rebounding machine. snatches ball. had big boards on missed offensive free throws. RF: size post HS for the post.
BENCH
Majra Mucic 10, 9, 111.1, .556 played the high post against the SF zone. runs floor. RF: brought ball down, exposed ball.
Sarah Thompson 2, 8, 25.0, .125 RF: foot work, needs to be ready for ball.
Laishema Hampton 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Taylor Latvala 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Ashle Johnson 0, 1, 0.0, .000

ST. FRANCIS
STARTERS
Melissa Borstner 11, 11, 100.0, .545 scored in transition, had range, RF: needs to fake when passing, not stare. needs to gain strength. 50% ft shooter. always made one of the two free throws.
Ali Schwartzwald 7, 16, .438, .188 point guard. has the moxy, and movement of a player. drew charge. rebounds. RF: fouls messed up her game. when trailing was forcing too much whether it was passes, shots, or general offensive flow. at times takes shot without getting others involved in offense.
Carri Roline 3, 6, 50.0, .167 RF: picked up offensive charge.
Danielle Larsen 5, 9, 55.6, .333 rebounds.
Brittni Gordon 8, 8, 100.0, .500 post player. hit from high post. hit pull up jumpers. RF: no defensive wraps
BENCH
Jessica Englund 3, 2, 150.0, .500 thin post.
Emma Sheforgen 2, 8, 25.0, .125 strong arms.
Kelsey Walton 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Jenna Ashley 2, 6, 33.3, .167
Megan Kane 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kyla Karger 7, 8, 87.5, .375 came in late and drilled two 3s.

TRENCH PLAYER
Tromesa May

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Louis Park 68, 79, 86.1, .418
St. Francis 50, 78, 64.1, .308
Made 3s: StLP 3, SF 3
Made FTs: SF 13, StLP 7
Bench: SF 13, StLP 12
If you noticed SF had made 13 free throws, but they left 10 points at the line as they only converted two free throws on one possession, everything else was 1 made, 1 missed. Also in the critical possessions from 38-35 to 53-36 SF had 3.29 touches before a shot or turnover, StLP was at 7.36 touches. All that helped the defensive wraps (found below) for StLP with 46 total. The patience on offense for StLP got quality shots in the paint. They moved the ball and found the gaps in the zone. the interior passing was solid.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
ST. LOUIS PARK
Tromesa May 12
Majra Mucic 8
Kika Greenlee 7
Mackenzie Olson 7
Ali Johnson 7
Emily Hendricks 2
Laishema Hampton 2
Sarah Thompson 1
Totals 46
ST. FRANCIS
Danielle Larson 7
Ali Schwartzwald 6
Carri Roline 6
Melissa Borstner 6
Emma Sheforgen 2
Jenna Ashley 2
Megan Kane 1
Kyla Karger 1
Totals 31

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