Out & About: Bloomington Kennedy/Eagan

#7 posting 3.2.2007
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6AAAA QUARTERFINALS
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY eagles 73,
EAGAN wildcats 51

In a game that was postponed one day, it was two Lake conference rivals playing the rubber game of their series this year. #3 seed Bloomington Kennedy left no doubt on who was the better team. Eagan won the first game in the series this year 64-60. Kennedy took the second game 63-47. Kennedy is now 17-9. Eagan finishes 8-18, but they had a pair of games last week that raised some eyebrows. They lost to #1 seed in 6AAAA Mpls South 68-66 in overtime and beat #1 seed in 1AAAA Rosemount 66-65.

Kennedy's Tara Steinbauer dominated all facets of the game this evening. She had 26 points and scored the first seven times she shot the ball. She also cleaned up in the defensive wrap section with 15 wraps, a double double, she also contributed 6 assists.

Both teams started off extremely hot. Apparently the snow days didn't hurt their shooting eyes early. Five straight possessions ended up as scores. After a 6 all tie Eagan stalled. They had a 6 possession drought, all missed shots. After they scored they went into another 8 possession drought. Kennedy took advantage of the Eagan downturn with a 15-0 run. Kennedy had a four possession scoring string late in the half. Steinbauer had 18 points at halftime as Kennedy led 38-18.

Kennedy wasn't as hot early in the second half with a 7 posssession drought. Eagan didn't really take advantage but did cut the margin to 44-27. But the fact was Eagan never got closer. Eagan did manage to score 33 points in the half, but Kennedy had 35. Kennedy now moves on to the 6AAAA semis at Prior Lake on Tuesday. They will face Eastview, 66-38 winners over Richfield.

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

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
STARTERS
Tara Steinbauer 26, 20, 130.0, .600 total had command of the game. she showed off her versatility on offense with 3s, post ups, and drives. She is the best passing post we have seen this year. She did have 6 assists with some nifty interior passes. good vision, can find the open player. cleaned the boards and din't have Windex. 12 defensive boards. got on the floor after loose balls. RF: took long 2 when the 3 could have been scored. came in too flat on one break.
Brittany Zins 14, 12, 116.7, .583 scored on drives and on posts ups. crashed the offensive boards. RF: needs to work on stops.
Shakila Boler 13, 12, 108.3, .500 point guard. has good command of the game. good pull up jumper. explosive first step. has good vision. chins ball.
Ameshia Kearney 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Alexis Holt 6, 5, 120.0, .600 scored on post ups. strong frame. rebounded. RF: came into flat on angle.
BENCH
Sierra Howard 6, 4, 150.0, .750 lean, scored on weakside action.
Kelly Boelter 4, 5, 80.0, .400 reserve post. strong. RF: needs to work on ball handling.
Aubrey Davis 0, 4, 0.0, .000 has a nice pull back crossover. RF: still young, needs to keep follow through up.
Danielle Bradley 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Bailey Lund 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

EAGAN WILDCATS
STARTERS
Lisa Weniger 2, 3, 66.7, .333 lefty.
Mollie Sinclair 0, 2, 0.0, .000 point guard. had four defensive boards.
Brittany Dyshaw 1, 12, 8.3, .083 favorite move off the dribble. RF: needs to work on footwork on starts.
Adrea Holler 18, 21, 85.7, .429 has good range. catch and shoot player. does have a drive game with spin. RF: needs to work on jump stop.
Cassie Toepfer 4, 11, 36.4, .182 guard RF: needs to square on shot
BENCH
Tess Lardie 6, 9, 66.7, .333 point guard. makes effort for loose balls. has 3 range. RF: jerked follow through back.
Katie Hofstad 14, 7, 200.0, .857 a shooter. catch and shoot. scored twice on out of bounds plays. 3 range.
Dana Svendson 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Jennica Adkins 2, 2, 100.0, .500 lefty.

TRENCH PLAYER
Tara Steinbauer

BY THE NUMBERS
Bloomington Kennedy 73, 71, 102.8, .493
Eagan 51, 70, 72.9, .357
made 3s: BK 3, Eagan 3
made fts: Eagan 16, BK 4
bench: Eagan 26, BK 14
Kennedy moved the ball better and found the open person for better shots. They also took good shots and worked the ball in the paint for most of their shots. Eagan was content to take shots on the perimeter more often than not. Their post game was not in the same category as Kennedy's. In games I have seen Kennedy this year they have had a window on their offense pp100 95 to 113. Kennedy, with the three games aveages 103.7 and .495 floor %. Eagan's average in two games has been 74 and .346. Defensively this was the most Kennedy gave up in the 3 games I have seen.

If you look at the starters for Kennedy four were over the gold standard, even if they didn't have 10 possessions. Eagan didn't have any. Eagan did have Katie Hofstad hit the 200 pp100 mark, but she was off the bench. One odd fact is that Kennedy didn't get to the line that much. They only cashed in for four points. Eagan was much more active in drawing fouls and had four times as many points at the line than Kennedy.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers, and blocks leading to offensive possessions
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
Tara Steinbauer 15
Alexis Holt 7
Shakila Boler 7
Ameshia Kearney 4
Brittany Zins 3
Sierra Howard 1
Aubrey Davis 1
totals: 38

EAGAN
Adrea Holler 7
Tess Lardie 6
Mollie Sinclair 5
Brittany Dyshaw 4
Katie Hofstad 3
Lisa Weniger 2
Dana Svendson 2
Jennica Adkins 1
totals: 30

Next up: tomorrow morning.