Out & About: St. Paul Central/Cretin-Derham Hall

#8 posting 3.8.2007
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3AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP
ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 97,
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL raiders 58

#1 seed, and #1 overall in the state Central punches the first ticket in AAAA with a convincing win over #3 CDH 97-58. SPC is the only unblemished team left in the state at 29-0. CDH finishes 20-9.

St. Paul Central scored early and often against the #3 seed Cretin-Derham Hall. The game featured the match up of point guards Angel Robinson (SPC) and Alyssa Karel (CDH) but it was all Robinson and all Central all night. Early on it was SPC's Megan Howard and Theairra Taylor that dominated with the first 10 SPC points and all but 2 of the first 16. CDH did put up a spirited fight early matching the SPC scoring. CDH scored on six straight possessions, and it was a 14-6 run, but at 11:04 Alyssa Karel picked up her 3rd foul. SPC led 20-19 at the time. With Karel out SPC moved out in front 25-19. Karel came back in at the 8:09 mark to try and stop the slide. But the rapid flow of the game, the speed, the quickness were taking their toll on CDH. SPC outscored CDH 29-14 the last 8 minutes. SPC scored on their last 8 possessions. Georgie Jones kicked off that 15-3 run with 6 straight points. SPC led 54-33 at half. By the way CDH on average allows 57.8 a game. SPC was only four off the pace at half.

It was more of the same except more so in the second half. SPC led 70-42 at the 13 minute mark, 79-47 at the 9 minute mark. 91-46 at the 6 minute mark. With the deep bench the century mark proved to be elusive. SPC had a 9 possession scoring string in the middle of the half with a 19-2 outburst. In the second half Howard racked up 16 points. Alyssa Karel left the game at 2:58 to a prolonged standing ovation from the CDH faithful. SPC now moves on as the heavy favorite in AAAA.

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

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
STARTERS
Angel Robinson 20, 13, 153.8, .692 dominated both ends of the floor in another statement game. point guard that is headed to Marquette. thievery on defense. passing wizard on offense. In fact her teammates better be ready. She delivered whizbang passes with a deft touch only to have players botch the shot therefore botching the assist. She did end up with 10 assists.
Theairra Taylor 21, 13, 161.5, .769 Much more relaxed and playing up to her capabilities. rangy, long, lean, and explosvie. knocked down a pair of 3s.
Kiara Buford 8, 9, 88.9, .444 transition is her mission. worked hard on defensive boards in the second half.
Megan Howard 24, 14, 171.4, .857 strong enforcer. gets in position for weakside offensive boards constantly. unstoppable tonight.
Georgie Jones 10, 7, 142.9, .714 defensive force. runs the floor on offense. getting stronger with her hands.
BENCH
Ebony Black 7, 11, 63.6, .364 elbow too far away on dribble
Abby Gust 3, 5, 60.0, .200 3 pt shooter
Cyonna West 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 quick defender
Kyanna Johnson 0, 2, 0.0, .000 point guard. RF: plays too nonchalant. needs to value ball more. project more energy, desire.
Shayla Johnson 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Maia Wahlberg 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Keandria Cobbins 0, 1, 0.0, .000

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
STARTERS
Alyssa Karel 10, 22, 45.5, .227 fouls hampered her game. SPC had her covered well. Better with her feet stopped on her shot.
Carolyn Dienhart 13, 15, 86.7, .400 pair of 3s. guard.
Sheila Otto 1, 2, 50.0, .500
Molly Geske 14, 17, 82.4, .353 got low when dribbling, which looked good.
Sarah Hendricks 6, 5, 120.0, .600 has a good stroke. prefers perimeter game.
BENCH
Kendra Harris 5, 10, 50.0, .300 post player with strong immovable frame. good hands and feet. RF: needs to use glass
Rosie Malone-Povolny 2, 4, 50.0, .250 RF: needs to be stronger with the ball and get stronger physically
Natalie Lyman 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Molly King 3, 3, 100.0, .333 post player. RF: needs to use the glass at the angle.
Mary Kenney 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Corrin Trierweiler 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kailyn Wilcox 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

TRENCH PLAYER
So many choices. So many weapons. One Angel Robinson.

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Paul Central 97, 84, 115.5, .540
Cretin-Derham Hall 58, 85, 68.2, .329
made 3s: CDH 5, SPC 4
made fts: SPC 11, CDH 11
bench: SPC 14, CDH 14
How dominating is SPC? consider this--take away the last 12 possessions and their pp100s is 129.2 and floor % is .625. The weapons of choice were blazing. This team is now playing for legacy bragging rights. They are chasing the Rochester Mayo team with the Miller Twins. They are chasing Mpls North with Moore and Horton. They are leaving a huge footprint that others will use as the measuring stick of success. Early in the year to now there has been a huge improvement as one would expect with new players melding into the system. They have the momentum of a runaway freight train and there aren't many squads that will be able to slow that down. One more word, there is room for improvement. That should give many teams the cold sweats.
SPC had 29 points on second chance points, 44 from transition points.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
d rebounds, steals, forced turnovers and blocks leading to offensive possessions
ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Angel Robinson 10
Georgie Jones 9.5
Kiara Buford 9
Megan Howard 7.5
Shayla Johnson 4
Kyana Johnson 3
Cyonna West 2
DeAubrey Johnson 2
Theairra Taylor 1
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 1
Keandria Cobbins 1
Natasha Garrett 1
totals 53

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
Molly Geske 5
Carolyn Dienhart 5
Alyssa Karel 4
Sarah Hendricks 3
Kendria Harris 3
Molly King 2
Liz Caldwell 2
Sheila Otto 1
Rosie Malone-Povolny 1
Natalie Lyman 1
Corrin Treierweiler 1
Molly Neal 1
totals: 29