Out & About: Benilde-St. Margaret's/New Prague

#8 posting 3.14.2007
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MN STATE TOURNAMENT
AAA QUARTERFINALS
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S red knights 59,
NEW PRAGUE trojans 57

Benilde-St. Margaret’s moved on to defend their title with a hard fought 59-57 win over New Prague. BSM also became the first lower seed to upset a higher seed (5 over 4).

There is much more to say on this game, but a key factor was Becky Theisen of NP getting into foul trouble and only playing 14 minutes. BSM gutted and gritted out the win. Becky Theisen had a chance to tie the game up on a last second shot but the shot was short. She was fouled with time running out on a three point attempt. At the line she missed her first shot, made her second and then purposely missed the third. In the ensuing scramble the ball was knocked out of bounds and NP had one last shot. With 1.1 seconds left Trecker took the shot in the heart of the lane, but came up short.

BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S
STARTERS
Latoya Williams 20, 13, 153.8, .769
Danielle Bennett-Curry 10, 12, 83.3, .417
Mary Riverso 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Brittany Mayclin 14, 20, 70.0, .350
Colleen Raune 5, 9, 55.6, .333
BENCH
Jessie Tumini 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Madelon Morin 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Rachel Tondryk 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

NEW PRAGUE
STARTERS
Whitney Trecker 26, 18, 144.4, .722
Becky Theisen 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Britt Rynda 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Annie Connelly 3, 6, 50.0, .167
Amanda Wagner 15, 13, 115.4, .385
BENCH
Rena Kneeland 2, 6, 33.3, .167
Hannah Strop 5, 11, 45.5, .182

TRENCH PLAYER
LaToya Williams

BY THE NUMBERS
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 59, 64, 92.2, .469
New Prague 57, 64, 89.1, .391
Made 3s: NP 6, BSM 1
Made fts: NP 19, BSM 10
Bench: NP 7, BSM 6

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
BSM
Brittany Mayclin 9.5
Danielle Bennett-Curry 9
Colleen Raune 3
Rachel Tondryk 3
LaToya Williams 2.5
Mary Riverson 2
Madelon Morin 1
totals: 30

NEW PRAGUE
Whitney Trecker 8
Amanda Wagner 6
Britt Rynda 5
Rena Kneeland 3
Hannah Strop 3
Becky Theisen 2.5
Annie Connelly 2.5
totals: 30

more to come