Out & About: Edina/Armstrong

#7 posting 2.13.2007
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EDINA hornets 49, ARMSTRONG falcons 48

In a Classic Lake game, Edina led most of the contest, but Armstrong clawed back from a 9 point first half deficit to take a 3 point lead with five minutes to go. Edina rallied to take a four point lead and held on for a one point win. Edina is now 3-3 in the conference and 19-3 overall. Armstrong is 1-5 in conference, 10-12 overall.

Edina started off the scoring with a post up by Taylor Young and then they continued to score on 4/5 possessions and led 9-5. Both teams worked the ball around. Edina had 23 touches on possession #3; Armstrong had 18 touches on their possession #3. Edina had an 8-2 spurt in two minutes to go up 17-7, two of the scores came on 3s by Natalie Pastor and Lauren Young. Edina pushed their lead to their highest margin at 23-14. Amanda Viehauser came right back with a three from the top of the key for Armstrong to cut the margin to six. Both teams stayed at the margin to close the half at 25-19. But neither team could find the bottom of the net in their last four possessions.

Edina maintained their lead early in the half. But things dried up soon thereafter. Edina had a 9 possession drought with seven ending in misfires. Armstrong took advantage of the situation with a 7-0 run to take a 38-35 lead. Armstrong took the lead on Danielle Rahja's shot in the right corner, and added to it with a steal and lay up by Nicole Dooher. Edina's Megan Gaard drove in for two, and then Natalie Pastor hit a three from the top of the key left neighborhood to go back up 40-38. That shot came on the 18th touch. Armstrong was in a mini drought of four possessions. At 2:00 Edina added two free throws by Taylor Young. Dooher matched her at the other end. Pastor then posted up and scored to maintain the four point lead. Both teams traded points at this point and Armstrong was never able to cross over the two point margin until the last shot of the game by Nicole Roth's 3 from the right corner. Edina had a 49-48 win.

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

EDINA
STARTERS
Natalie Pastor 10, 11, 90.9, .364 point guard. Made key shots down the stretch with a 3, and post up. has quickness. long arms. RF: likes to spin, but not as much as the first game I saw. picked up traveling call before starting her move. forced passes into traffic. at times elbows get away from body when dribbing.
Taylor Young 13, 10, 130.0, .600 likes the baseline drive. money at the line 7/7. moves without the ball. active, physical. RF: was ironically beat on baseline drives too. likes to spin.
Megan Gaard 4, 8, 50.0, .250 steady performer. came up with points in crunch time. RF: 3 shot off.
Hana Potter 8, 11, 72.7, .455 solid rebounder. good seals. RF: follow through at times yanked back. offensively took shots that may not have been the best option considering time and score.
Lauren Young 10, 9, 111.1, .444 finesse inside player. has 3 range. maintained concentration when hit and made 3 point play. knows how to control body. defensively quick feet and prevented Viehauser from damage in the 2nd half. RF: changed shot to avoid some contact.
BENCH
Elise Biewen 2, 4, 50.0, .250 perimeter shooter.
Emily Warner 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 guard. RF: needs to be aware of the 3 point line.
Si Si Wu 0, 0, 0.0, .000 back up post.

ARMSTRONG
STARTERS
Ali Gordon 7, 7, 100.0, .429 point guard. energetic. did hit a 3 RF: drives to the basket resulted in travels, RF: didn't block out at times. needs to jump stop to end move, picked up traveling calls.
Danielle Rahja 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard. made shot in the corner.
Alyssa Marschner 6, 7, 85.7, .429 able to throw a skip pass with zip. took the ball to the basket. RF: before starting move picked up traveling call.
Amanda Viehauser 9, 9, 100.0, .444 big physical specimen. worked to seal. used her body to get position on boards. got off the floor. played with more contact with bodies leaning. set good screens to free up shooter on the weak side. RF: still prefers little contact on shot. She could just rocket through people. faded from shot. should try to keep seal as the ball moves from wing to top of the key. needs to work on ball handling. didn't get quality touches in the second half.
Kristi Loobeek 0, 3, 0.0, .000 physical post. RF: spacing issues on offense crowded operating room for Viehauser.
BENCH
Nicole Roth 6, 6, 100.0, .333 hit two 3s.
Andrea Fossum 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Steph Loobeek 2, 4, 50.0. .250 physical post. RF: Had an injury, but it wasn't clear what was injured. She has out in the last few minutes of the contest.
Nicole Dooher 16, 14, 114.3, .643 liks to take the ball right to the glass. On her drives drew fouls. RF: did not start the game and did not play at all in the first half. passing was way too soft.

TRENCH PLAYER
Natalie Pastor for making big 3 down stretch and running the show to a successful conclusion.

BY THE NUMBERS
Edina 49, 54, 90.7, .426
Armstrong 48, 54, 88.9, .426
made 3s: Armstrong 5, Edina 3
made fts: Edina 14, Armstrong 13
bench: Armstrong 24, Edina 4
Edina had better quickness and team speed on the perimeter and foot quickness in the paint. Armstrong had the braun. Edina had more consistent outside shooting. Both teams had patience on offense, with Edina having more touches on their possessions. When Dooher came in on the second half Armstrong looked to drive more.
Edina did a better job on the offensive boards, but only had six points in second chance points. Armstrong also had 6 points on second chance points, but Armstrong did allow more offensive boards.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
EDINA
Hana Potter 12.5
Taylor Young 5.5
Lauren Young 3
Natalie Pastor 3
Megan Gaard 2
Emily Warner 2
totals: 28

ARMSTRONG
Amanda Viehauser 8.5
Steph Loobeek 5.5
Nicole Dooher 4
Ali Gordon 2.5
Kristi Loobeek 2.5
Alyssa Marschner 1
Danielle Rahja 1
totals: 25

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