Out & About: Caledonia/Plainview-Elgin-Millville

#8 posting 2.27.2007
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1AA East Subsection Semifinal
CALEDONIA warriors 65,
PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVLLE bulldogs 59

#6 PEM upset #3 Chatfield last night and had #2 Caledonia on the ropes in the second half with a 48-39 lead before Caledonia rallied for the win.
Caledonia led throughout the first half. Their largest lead was 26-19 with 5:18 left. PEM finished with an 8-3 run. Caledonia sat on the ball the last 1:40 and did not get a great shot off so PEM was quite excited to be down only 29-27 at half. Megan Pick had 12 for PEM at half time, Megan King had 9 for Caledonia.

PEM scored their first five times they had the ball in the second half on an 13-3 run. On their 3rd possession Holly Grobe hit a 3, and was fouled on the block out after the shot, so PEM didn't lose possession. Lindsey Olson scored on the same possession for a five point addition and PEM led for the first time 35-32. PEM was able to stretch it to 9 a couple of times, the last coming at 48-39 on a Kelsey Herrmann shot from the right wing. PEM then had a 7 possession drought, four of which were turnovers off Caledonia pressure. Caledonia put together a 8/10 offensive string and regained the lead at 51-48, and stretched it out to 55-50 when all was said and done. Danielle Frank had 6 points in the 16-2 run. PEM wasn't done however and managed to tie the game at 56 with 5:26 left thanks to three scoring possessions in a row with free throws. Frank again broke the tie with a put back of her own miss. Then pesky Laquita Becker stole a ball in the back court and made the lay up. PEM cut that lead to 60-59 at 51.1 seconds left after Pick made a free throw, missed the second. They maintained possession with the ball going out of bounds. On the ensuing inbounds play Alise Holst scored to make it 60-59. Caledonia finished with three straight scoring possessions, all at the line. PEM had a turnover, and two missed shots for the final margin 65-59.

Also of note: Stewartville beat Rochester Lourdes in the 1AA Sub Section semifinal. It is the first time Lourdes will not be in the finals of Sub section since the start of the 4 class section in 1997.

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

CALEDONIA
STARTERS
Megan King 14, 17, 82.4, .412 point guard
Alecia Fruechte 6, 7, 85,7, .429
Danielle Frank 14, 8, 175.0, .875 6-3 post. good feet. can run. keeps the ball high on the offensive rebound situations. RF: fouls; needs to gain strength; needs to keep ball high after rebounding on the defensive end.
Ashley King 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Jane Pettit 6, 8, 75.0, .250
BENCH
Libby Augedahl 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Laquita Becker 14, 13, 107.7, .462 pesky disrupter.
Briana Vick 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Cassie Gran 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Sarah Colleran 1, 2, 50.0, .500

PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE
STARTERS
Megan Pick 17, 18, 94.4, .389 strong frame, gets after defensive boards. RF: didn't score in the second half from the floor.
Holly Grobe 5, 11, 45.5, .091
Kelsey Herrmann 5, 8, 62.5, .250
Lindsey Olson 12, 12, 100.0, .500
Alise Holst 20, 14, 142.9, .643 strong frame. 3 range. goes after offensive boards. likes to drive.
BENCH
Brittany Gengler 0, 4, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Danielle Frank

BY THE NUMBERS
Caledonia 65, 67, 97.0, .463
PEM 59, 67, 88.1, .373
made 3s: PEM 5, Caledonia 4
made fts: Caledonia 15, PEM 11
bench: Caledonia 23, PEM 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
CALEDONIA
Laquita Becker 7
Jane Pettit 6.5
Megan King 6
Danielle Frank 6
Libby Augedahl 3
Cassie Gran 3
Sarah Colleran 1
Alecia Fruechte 0.5
totals: 33

PEM
Megan Pick 9
Alise Holst 6
Lindsey Olson 3
Holly Grobe 1
Kelsey Herrmann 1
Brittany Gengler 1
Olivia Hoekstra 1
totals: 22

next up: tomorrow morning