Out & About: Wayzata/Cooper

#4 posting 1.22.2007
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WAYZATA trojans 63, COOPER hawks 52

Wayzata won a 5AAAA battle on Monday night. It was a bit of a revenge match from last year's section quarterfinals won by Cooper in overtime. But tonight Wayzata took the lead and never let go in the contest between former conference rivals.

Wayzata jumped out to an early 7-1 lead after four possessions with Katie Coughenour hitting an opening 3 and later getting a steal and lay up. Cooper cut that margin to 11-9 with an 8-4 run. Four different players connected on the run. Cooper stayed close to 17-15, then went into a seven possession drought. Wayzata kept their steam rolling with a 9-0 run. Kate Thompson had four points in this stretch. Wayzata maintained that 11 point margin to 30-19. Cooper scored on their last three possessions with Capriece Ogris scoring five of the seven points. Wayzata led 33-26. Kate Thompson had 12 points at half for Wayzata.

Much of the second half was an elastic game with Wayzata leading between 13-7 in the second half. There were no major runs, but Cooper did have a five possession drought and did not score the last 3:30 of the game. Wayzata pushed their lead to 42-29 after Teresa Thour put back a missed shot with 14:45 to go. Cooper scored on their next three possessions with Krista Gary draining back to back 3s to close the gap back to 44-37. Thour then scored on an out of bounds play to push the lead back to 46-37. Cooper's last gasp came whe Ogris hit a three with 3:30 to go to make it 59-52. But the Hawks missed fired on their next four possessions and Wayzata milked the clock and scored their points at the line to finish the game.

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

WAYZATA
STARTERS
Katie Coughenour 9, 14, 64.3, .286 3 point shooter. RF: can be faked, leaves her feet on shot fakes. passing, ball handling needs to sharper. Didn't score from the field in the second half
Justine Mrosak 6, 7, 85.7, .429 post player. can seal, can get free inside. drew charge. RF: size for position post HS. foul issues--out of position.
Kate Thompson 17, 18, 94.4, .444 smooth shooter. can score on drives, on pull up jumpers, on 3s, on catch and shoot and post ups. good body balance. RF: needs to get stronger, get physical. naturally belongs on the perimeter. left feet on shot fake.
Stacie Braegelman 8, 5, 160.0, .800 point guard. sharp passer. knows role, scored twice from the floor and made all four free throws. good footwork with clean jump stops. good anticipation. RF: only turnover was on a miscommunication.
Kat Myers 9, 10, 90.0, .400 Lefty, tough nosed. scored on a post up, rebound, and in transition, RF; did not score in the second half . ball control/passing needs improving.
BENCH
Teresa Thour 4, 5, 80.0, .400 crashes offensive boards. RF: lost ball on dribble
Shannon O'Toole 10, 7, 142.9, .714 2011, inside, physical, can score in traffic and getting hit. can run the floor. Got the rebound, and outletted and then scored the lay up. good feet, good hands. is much more aware of basket and is looking to score more. RF: still young and will learn more as time goes on.
AJ Althoff, 0, 0, 0.0, .000 post reserve. RF: weak side defense out of position

COOPER
STARTERS
Krista Gary 6, 6, 100.0, .333 lefty; had 2 consecutive 3s. RF: passing needs to be sharper
Monica Sykora 11, 11, 100.0, .545 decent shot, 12 feet out. crashes boards. can also post up. RF: general ball handling.
Kelsey Thingvold 5, 13, 38.5, .154 athletic, scored on an off balance shot. favors baseline drive. RF: has a tendancy to spin right to left on her move. also footwork is prone to traveling on the move. too high defensively
Ashley Sykora 4, 10, 40.0, .200 point guard. did hit a pull up in the lane. RF: needs to be aware of time/score. needs to show more urgency/engery on defense. needs to take ball hard up court when trailing. Elbows are out on shot
Capriece Ogris 12, 11, 109.1, .455 RF: needs to be aware of the lines: on dribbling had two violations due to dribbling out of bounds, and took some long, long 2s. defensively needs to keep her hands, elbows, up. picked up offensive charge
BENCH
Anne Jacobson 6, 7, 85.7, .429 has 3 range. RF: strength, speed, quicker passing
Blair Benecke 8, 7, 114.3, .571 reserve post player. seals out well. RF: out sized post hs

TRENCH PLAYER
Stacie Braegelman a grunt player that delivered on both ends.

BY THE NUMBERS
Wayzata 63, 66, 95.5, .455
Cooper 52, 65, 80.0, .369
made 3s: Wayzata 3, Cooper 3
made fts: Wayzata 10, Cooper 5
bench: Wayzata 14, Cooper 14
Wayzata moved the ball around the perimeter much more crisply and effectively than Cooper. They played with more speed and urgency. Their passes were sharp. Wayzata's press also caused problems for Cooper. The Hawks had poor spacing, dribbled toward the sidelines, and drifted away from the ball inviting longer passes and easier steals if the defense watched the eyes, hands and feet of the passer. Also Wayzata was more physical. Wayzata is 11-6 overall and 4-0 in 5AAAA; Cooper's record is 6-10 overall and 0-3 in the section.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, blocks leading to offensive possessions
WAYZATA
Kate Thompson 7.5
Stacie Braegelman 5.5
Justine Mrosak 5
Kat Myers 4
Teresa Thour 2.5
Shannon O'Toole 2.5
Katie Coughenour 2
Totals: 29

COOPER
Ashley Sykora 7
Monica Sykora 6
Blair Benecke 4
Kelsey Thingvold 3
Capriece Ogris 2
Krista Gary 1
Anne Jacobson 1
totals: 24

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