Video Out & About: Cedar Rapids Xavier/Spirit Lake

#11 posting 3.10.2007
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IOWA STATE TOUNAMENT
3A CHAMPIONSHIP
CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER 52, SPIRIT LAKE 43

Cedar Rapids Xavier, a team that plays in the 4A Mississippi Valley conference, won the 3A tournament over Spirit Lake. The video I received was choppy--like still action, but there was audio along with it this time.

CRX opened scoring with a lay up by Kristin Maher. Spirit Lake had a 5/6 offensive sequence in the middle portion of the quarter, but CRX was matching their offensive efforts. CRX finished off the quarter on a better note with three straight scores, two possessions coming at the line. That trend and the lay up trend would favor CRX throughout the night. CRX led 13-12 at the stop.

Both teams cooled off in the second quarter. SL did grab a 14-13 lead on a steal and lay up by Kaisha Brown. CRX held the lead after a pair of free throws by Baily Dorrington. SL regained the lead momentarily with a lay up by Chrissy Stettnichs. CRX again closed off the quarter with 3/4 scoring possessions compared to 1/4 for SL. At the break CRX led 22-20.

CRX came out in the 3rd quarter with six straight turnovers. That translated into a 26-22 lead by SL. A TV timeout got CRX's composure back. They scored on their next two possessions while SL turned it over twice. SL pushed the lead back to four on a Kaisha Brown 3 29-25. Another TV timeout again got CRX a break they needed. After the time out Colleen Bouchard, off the bench drained a three to cut the margin to 29-28. That started a four possession run with another Bouchard 3 thrown in the mix. It was a 10-0 run that changed the course of the game.

CRX continued their hot streak in the fourth with two more scores. So the entire run was 15-0. It was 6/8 scoring possessions with Bouchard's two 3s, and another old fashioned 3 point play by Bailey Dorrington. After the five minute mark CRX scored 8 points at the line, and only scored one lay up. SL had the 8 possession drought that damaged their chances. Once they scored again they were trailiing 40-29. Kirschbaum started an 11-6 rally. SL did cut it to 46-40, but CRX executed well down the stretch.

CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER
STARTERS
Morgan Showalter 5, 7, 71.4, .429
Baily Dorrington 7, 9, 77.8, .333
Kelsi Karkosh 7, 8, 87.5, .500
Kristin Maher 12, 14, 85.7, .429
Caitlin Kray 6, 10, 60.0, .400
BENCH
Breanna Hermesch 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
Anna O'Connell 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Millie Fagan 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Jordan Bartz 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Colleen Bouchard 6, 2, 300.0, 1.000

SPIRIT LAKE
STARTERS
Jordi Gerking 8, 13, 61.5, .308
Holly Hagedorn 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Kaisha Brown 12, 14, 85.7, .429
Chrissy Stettnichs 8, 9, 88.9, .444
Amber Kirschbaum 13, 16, 81.3, .438
BENCH
Kelsie Post 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Mary Brown 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Colleen Bouchard

BY THE NUMBERS
Cedar Rapids Xavier 52, 60, 86.7, .450
Spirit Lake 43, 58, 74.1, .379
made 3s:CRX 2, SL 1
made fts: CRX 18, SL 12
bench: CRX 15, SL 0
I am doing this as a look at the classes across state. Last year in the MN AAA final Benilde-St. Margaret's beat Marshall. BSM had a 87.1 pp100 and .419 floor %. Marshall checked in with 62.9 and .323. So the Iowa 3A final was a slightly more competitive game, but there were a lot of similarities. Only 19% of the AAA teams I have seen this year have topped CRX's pp100, only 9% of the teams have had better floor %.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
CR XAVIER
Kelsi Karkosh 7
Kristin Maher 7
Caitlin Kray 5
Bailey Dorrington 3
Millie Fagan 3
Morgan Showalter 2
Colleen Bouchard 1
Breanna Hermesch 1
totals: 31

SPIRIT LAKE
Amber Kirschbaum 8
Chrissy Stettnichs 6
Jordi Gerking 5
Kaisha Brown 5
Kelsie Post 1
Mary Brown 1
totals: 27

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