Out & About: New Prague/Prior Lake

#7 posting 2.20.2007
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NEW PRAGUE trojans 57, PRIOR LAKE lakers 41

#4AAA New Prague won their 15th straight game and the Missota conference championship with a 57-41 over Prior Lake. NP is 12-1 in the Missota and 19-4 overall. Their last loss was to Northfield on January, 5. Prior Lake is 9-4 in the Missota, 13-12 overall.

The night started off with the game being moved to NP junior high. The new HS floor was ruined by a water damage from a sprinkler. Fortunately I made it to the new HS in time to get to the old HS, or new JH in time for tip off. New Prague jumps their 5-6 guard Becky Theisen and she won the tap. NP struck first with Brit Rynda making two free throws after getting an offensive rebound. Prior Lake was mired in an 8 possession drought to begin the game. NP never trailed in the contest. NP led 11-4 when PL went on a 8-2 run. Kylie Bunbury had four points in the spurt. NP had an 8 possession drought before running off a 5/6 offensive possession sequence. Stretching back to NP's last basket, Theisen scored 11 straight points. NP led at the half 25-17. Theisen had 14, Casey Christian had 7 for Prior Lake.

There really was no mystery in the second half. PL did manage to get the margin down to 27-21. NP had the best offensive sequence with a 5/6 possession run. NP did push the margin up to 47-30, their largest margin of the night. NP only scored from the line the last 6:30 of the game. They added 11 to their point totals. NP's Whitney Trecker delivered 13 points in the second half. Rachel Borka was hot for PL in the second half with 12 points.

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

NEW PRAGUE
STARTERS
Annie Connelly 5, 5, 100.0, .400 guard. prefers drive. RF: small, needs to get strength. needs to be ready for the ball.
Amanda Wagner 10, 11, 90.9, .455 spirited, emotional firecracker. tough street fighter. can hit 3. defensively drew charge. guard.
Brit Rynda 3, 9, 33.3, .222 good at boards. post player. RF: strength.
Whitney Trecker 16, 18, 88.9, .444 vocal, intense. likes to drive to the basket. in second half moved to high post and wheeled. does have 3 range. defended Christian.
Becky Theisen 21, 17, 123.5, .588 point guard. scores on pull up jumper. has 3 range. aggressive aware defender.
BENCH
Hannah Strop 2, 4, 50.0, .250 post player
Molly Tikalsky 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Rena Kneeland 0, 2, 0.0, .000 guard. RF: went down in the second half with an injury.
Veronica Kneeland 0, 1, 0.0, .000

PRIOR LAKE
STARTERS
Amy Lewis 1, 11, 9.1, .091 guard. RF: size. threw passes behind target. needs to be aware of lines and the court. passing needs to be sharper.
Tasha Lubansky 6, 7, 85.7, .429 aware of weakside on offense. had skip pass for assists. scored on press lay ups.
Rachel Borka 14, 13, 107.7. .538 most of points scored in the paint. RF: didn't like pressure
Kylie Bunbury 4, 7, 57.1, .286 decent jumper, rebounder. Had some nice interior touch passes. RF: needs to be ready for the ball. exposed ball at times.
Casey Christian 12, 14, 85.7, .357 guard. good court awareness. good passer, deceptive. runs the floor. RF: if posting up, needs to go through defense instead of fading and avoiding contact. on defense needs to be able to stop the ball and pinch drive, even if the player isn't hers.
BENCH
Brittany Ericson 0, 6, 0.0, .000 post. RF: needs to keep hand up on shot.
April Borchardt 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard. scored on the drive.
Whitney Wise 2, 6, 33.3, .167 guard. RF: small. likes runner. didn't like the pressure. traveled.

TRENCH PLAYER
Becky Theisen

BY THE NUMBERS
New Prague 57, 68, 83.8, .412
Prior Lake 41, 68, 60.3, .294
made 3s: New Prague 5, Prior Lake 1
made fts: New Prague 18, Prior Lake 6
Bench: Prior Lake 4, New Prague 2
New Prague has quickness, is physical and aggressive on defense. Like the White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen described the Twins, New Prague is like the "little pirahnas." They are rough and tumble, scrappy and tenacious. On offense they move the ball well and in half court situations take the best shots available. In both halves they had three possessions that lasted three lines in my notebook. If the ball was on the floor, so was NP. They dictated the pressure and pace of the game.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, + blocks leading to offensive possessions
NEW PRAGUE
Brit Rynda 9
Becky Theisen 8
Whitney Trecker 6
Amanda Wagner 5
Annie Connelly 3
Rena Kneeland 3
Hannah Strop 2
Molly Tikalsky 1
Veronica Kneeland 1
totals: 38

PRIOR LAKE
Kylie Bunbury 7
Tasha Lubansky 6.5
Rachel Borka 6
Brittany Ericson 5
Whitney Wise 4
April Borchardt 2
Casey Christian 1.5
Amy Lewis 1
totals: 33

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