Out & About: Moorhead/Eastview

#10 posting 2.9.2007
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MOORHEAD spuds 66, EASTVIEW lightning 60

Kelsey Jacobson of Moorhead broke Eastview's back with three consecutive 3s in the second half to help Moorhead upset Eastview 66-60. Five players fouled out in this extremely physical contest, four for Eastview. This game matched two teams that have spent time in the top 10, with Eastview #5 in the last poll, while Moorhead at #10. Moorhead is now 18-3, while Eastview falls to 17-5.

A couple of trends were evident in the first half. The physical nature of the contest with the fouls was working against Eastview. Moorhead made 13 points at the line in that half alone. Cassie Hooten was popped in the nose and had to leave the game due to a bloody nose. She got blood on the uniform and had to change jerseys with Kasey Steckler. Eastview led early 8-6, but Moorhead's Gina Jaroszewski nailed a three for a momentary 9-8 lead. On the next Eastview possession DaNae Moore scored two rebound baskets. On the first she was fouled but missed the free throw. Brittany Rud kept the possession alive and after two more misses, Moore grabbed another rebound and scored again to make it Eastview 12-9. Moorhead closed to 15-13 when Eastview started a 6-0 run to make it 21-13 with 7:19 to go. Moorhead was stuck in a 7 possession drought. Then, the pendulum swung back to Moorhead's side and the Spuds went on a 9-0 run. All nine of those points came via the charity stripe. There was no Lightning strikes for nine possessions. Eastview finished up the scoring finished up the scoring in the first half on their last two possessions to make it 25-22 at half. The last was a 15 footer from Kelsey North in to protect Eastview players that were accumlating more fouls than the folks were accumulating snow in upstate NY.

Moorhead opened the second half scoring with another of the big trends: a three by Jenna Dolence from the right corner. They scored on four of their first five possessions. But Eastview was matching Moorhead in scoring as they were 6/7 and pushed their lead to 38-31. Three players provided the points: Sam Mehr had 5, McSperron and Sheppard both added four. Moorhead took a time out right before Sheppard's shot from the left corner. Then the winds shifted, and Moorhead started running hand off ball screens to free up their 3 game. Jacobson hit her first three from the top of the left key to cut the lead to 38-34. One non scoring possession passed and then the Spuds struck gold on five straight possessions, with another 3, this time from Tricia Vanyo. Jaroszewski hit the only two pointer in the sequence from a shot at the free throw line and then Jacobson nailed three straight from behind the arc to close out a 17-4 run. Eastview was tired of seeing lightning striking five times in that sequence and took a time out with 8:27 to go and trailing 48-41. Eastview did cut the lead to 48-45 and that was as close as it was going to be. Moorhead was done with the 3 ball at this point. Of the next 18 Moorhead points 14 came at the line. Moorhead was 8/10 in their possessions to close out the game, while Eastview was 6/10. Moore fouled out at 2:50 with Hooten matching her for Moorhead at 1:46. Then the Eastview avalanche of Rud (1:08) Mehr (19.0) and Wessel (7.0) finished on the pine. Eastview's McSperron had 8 points in the last 1:30 to try to close the gap. McSperron had 17 in the second half, 22 for the game, while Jacobson had 20 in the second half and also 22 for the game.

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

MOORHEAD
STARTERS
Kelsey Jacobson 22, 18, 122.2, .500 more active and aggressive on offense. Uses screens well and was busting aournd losing her defender. has a drive component. hit pull up from free throw line. RF: still needs to use her left hand more, came in on the left side for a lay up and used right hand. passing execution could be better.
Jenna Dolence 5, 7, 71.4, .429 perimeter. has 3 range. active on the defensive boards.
Tricia Vanyo 17, 16, 106.3, .563 has 3 range. has free throw range. She made 12 on the night. RF; winds up to pass. size made it hard to see over traps.
Gina Jaroszewski 13, 10, 130.0, .600 more active on the boards. consistent shot. likes the 3 point line. Rcan also score inside. F: needs to square up on shot in traffic. defensively too high which Eastview used to drive by. needs to be more physical .
Kassie Hooten 9, 12, 75.0, .417 post, physical, tough, came back after bloody nose. drew charge. crashed offensive boards. better defensively that in the SCTech game I saw. RF: exposed ball, size for position. was blocked and never scored from the floor with players slightly taller.
BENCH
Amanda Maddux 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sabrina Sam 0, 2, 0.0, .000

EASTVIEW
STARTERS
DaNae Moore 13, 14, 92.9, .357 active and aggressive on defense. worked the boards at both ends. opened up on Jacobson. RF; picked up charge. 88 foot reach foul. wasn't on Jacobson in the second half.
Sam Mehr 8, 7, 114.3, .429 3 point shooter. RF; also had some 88 foot reaches. was picked off on the screens when guarding Jacobson.
Cassie Sheppard 7, 5, 140.0, .600 starting to hit from the baseline sides. has 3 range. RF: her fouls were more of the over the back variety.
Brittnye McSperron 22, 25, 88.0, .400 point guard. energetic, likes to drive. has good elevation. decent pull up jumper in the lane. active hands. RF: a little off balance with more traveling. better when feet are underneath. legs splay, and she doesn't have a solid base. moves before in control of the ball. needs to be aware of lines, when trailing late she was just inside of the arc and hit a shot, when she could have been trying for 3 with no problem. elbow was getting too far away from her body on ball handling.
Brittany Rud 2, 8, 25.0, .125 assigned to guard Hooten. RF caught behind on defense. needs to get shot off quicker on offense.
BENCH
Siri Hill 2, 3, 66.7, .333 first time I have seen her play after being out with injury. likes to shoot and drive from the baseline.
Jenny Wesser 4, 4, 100.0, .250 primarily used when Sheppard was in foul trouble. RF: footwork, needs to work at the line.
Kelsey North 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 had a nice 15 footer.

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Jacobson

BY THE NUMBERS
Moorhead 66, 66, 100.0, .485
Eastview 60, 67, 89.6, .373
made 3s: Moorhead 7, Eastview 3
made fts: Moorhead 27, Eastview 16
Bench: Eastview 8, Moorhead 0
The big number that pops out is made free throws with Moorhead holding an 11 point advantage. Moorhead was fouled often 88 feet away from their basket. That was due to over the back calls and reaching on the Eastview press. Both teams allowed 10 second chance points in the first half. Both cut back in the second half with Eastview getting 4, and Moorhead 3.
Moorhead executed their 3 point offense and got the shots they wanted with the hand off, rub offs.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds + steals + forced turnovers + blocks leading to offensive possessions
MOORHEAD
Gina Jaroszewski 9.5
Jenna Dolence 9
Tricia Vanyo 7
Kassie Hooten 6.5
Kelsey Jacobson 3
totals: 35

EASTVIEW
DaNae Moore 9
Brittnye McSperron 7
Brittany Rud 5
Jenny Wesser 5
Sam Mehr 4
totals: 30

Side note: Reffing the JV game was Ron Podratz and his brother. His daughters Jamie (97) and Lauren (01) played for Osseo back when I was coaching. I don't have a ref report.....yet.

Next up: tomorrow morning