Out & About: CHOF/SW Christian Chaska

#9 posting 3.7.2007
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4A SOUTH SUBSECTION FINALS
CHRIST HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH lions 67,
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN CHASKA stars 45

It was the Lions that were Kings in this contest. CHOF lost to #1 seed SWC earlier in the year 54-52 and got their revenge tonight. CHOF now moves on to the finals against Maranatha on Friday at Hamline. CHOF stands at 19-8. SWC ends their season at 21-8.

SWC had the first points, but after that most of the flow of the game went CHOF's way. SWC had problems on offense with a drought of 7 after scoring the first points of the game. CHOF led 8-2 then SWC had an 8-2 spurt to tie it at 10 on one free throw by Libby Bird. CHOF was deliberate on offense and took shots they wanted to take when the opportunity presented itself. Both teams suffered through a fallow period on offense. CHOF was 1/8 and SWC 0/8 for the last five minutes of the half. Both teams snapped out of it with scores from both teams on their last possessions of the half. CHOF led at half 27-17.

In the second half it was more of the same, but more efficient for CHOF. Their pp100 was 105,3 with a floor % of .500. CHOF had a 9/10 offensive string on a 16-5 run to make the score 45-24. Damara Scheeler started the sequence with a three. Sarah Palenschat had 6 points in the stretch. CHOF maintained that 20 point margin until the 5 minute mark when they went into their spread offense and took chip shots as the defense scramble trying to stop the penetration. SWC did start stringing their offense together later with a 5/6 sequence but CHOF was matching their scoring.

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

CHRIST'S HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH
STARTERS
Damara Scheeler 7, 9, 77.8, .222 point guard. very good vision. canned a pair of 3s. has a calm presence when running the show. delivers ball to the right people.
Georgia Simonson 11, 14, 78.6, .357 moved without the ball. has 3 range.
Irena Bratzel 8, 10, 80.0, .400 likes shots in the left corner.
Hilary Geerdes 14, 12, 116.7, .583 active on the boards.
Sarah Palenschat 18, 13, 138.5, .692 left handed post,. lean, good jumper. nice touch. likes to block shots. defensive boarder. finished with a triple double in points/rebounds/blocks last (18/13/11). It is the fifth time this season she has achieved that particular triple double RF: needs to gain strength.
BENCH
Joleen Fiscus 7, 7, 100.0, .571
Callie Sacarelos 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Chantelle Eckman 0, 4, 0.0, .000 RF; needs to be ready for the ball. picked up illegal screen.

SW CHRISTIAN
STARTERS
Jen Berglund 9, 9, 100.0, .444 3 point shooter
Cassie Haag 16, 24, 66.7, .375 long and lean. RF: needs to handle the ball better.
Lucie Miller 6, 11, 54.5, .273 RF: couldn't get the ball in a couple of possessions. faded away from physical contact in the paint.
Libby Bird 7, 15, 46.7, .267 handles point responsibilities. tall point guard.
Judith Austin 7, 10, 70.0, .400 aggressive on the boards. lefty. RF: offensive game needs polish, needs to work on follow through.
BENCH
Natalie Wisely 0, 1, 0,.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Sarah Palenschat

BY THE NUMBERS
CHOF 67, 71, 94.4, .451
SW Christian 45, 70, 64.3, .343
made 3s: CHOF 3, SWC 2
made fts: SWC 11, CHOF 6
bench: CHOF 9, SWC 0
CHOF looked smoother on offense. They made the one little extra pass that found players in range wide open. In the spread offense CHOF was lethal. This is the second best offensive performance from a class A team that I have seen this year. It wasn't quite 100, but the tail end of the first half brought the numbers down.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers and blocks leading to offensive possessions
CHOF
Sarah Palenschat 11.5
Irena Bratzel 8.5
Hilary Geerdes 5
Damara Scheeler 4.5
Joleen Fiscus 4.5
Georgia Simonson 2
Thalia Person 2
Callie Sacarelos 1
totals: 39

SW CHRISTIAN
Judith Austin 8.5
Libby Bird 7.5
Lucie Miller 7
Jen Berglund 2
Cassie Haag 1
Brittany Jacobsen 1
Natalie Wisely 1
totals: 28

During the second half the student section started doing a call and response that sounded like it came from the Lion King.

Next up: tomorrow morning