Out & About: Southern MN Magic White/MN Swish

#6 posting 4.25.2007
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This game took place on Saturday, April 21, 2007
LAKEVILLE SOUTH AAU TOURNAMENT
Junior Division I Quarterfinals
SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC WHITE 47,
MN SWISH 41

I reported on this game earlier on my Gabcast site.
In a battle of teams away from the Twin City metro area it was SMMW topping Swish 47-41. The official score says 47-40, but the scorekeepers failed to add a free throw during a possession late in the second half for Swish.

It started out the other way with Swish swishing their shots, or at least Andrea Hagberg was. She had eight straight points as Swish led 8-0. All of Hagberg points were of the 3 point variety--one from behind the arc, and two of the & one variety. She missed one free throws. Swish led 12-4 then came up empty for 8 possessions. SMMW added five points during that stretch. Swish extended their lead to 18-9 after 3 straight scoring possessions. SMMW started their own little run of four on their next possession. Abby Rothenbueler started off the 8-0 run with five straight points as they closed to 18-17. SMMW then dried up for six possessions. The Swish's Jordyn Sears added four points with two lay ups to make it 22-17. SMMW tied it with 30 seconds left on a Rothenbuehler rebound basket.

Swish started off the second half with two & ones, but didn't get the free throws to drop. SMMW tied it up again at 26 on Rothenbuehler's put back. Then it was off to the Sahara as Swish endured a 9 possession drought and SMMW had a 6 dry spell. Only two of the possessions for each team ended up as turnovers, but no one exploited any advantage out of it. Alyssa Rushton scored five points in two possessions to make it 31-26 for SMMW. Brooke Dunsmoore scored twice for Swish and Hagberg capped off the 6 point run with a trey from the left corner. Swish led 32-31. Katie Lauer scored on two consecutive possessions, one a three and then a quick move in the paint. That started a 4/5 scoring spree and 9-1 run for SMMW to put them up 40-33. They would not trail the rest of the way. Swish closed to 42-41 with 2:30 to go on the 3rd of Hagberg's 3s on the day. But that was the end of the scoring for Swish as they went the next five possessions without finding the bottom of the net. SMMW's Chari Lehnertz made the first free throw, but missed the second. However Rushton was there for the put back and the one point margin became four 45-41. Rothenbuehler add a pair of free throws to close out the scoring.

SMMW lost in the semis to eventual champion Metro Stars 15s 45-43. They then lost in the 3rd place game to Metro Stars White 54-31 on Sunday.

Swish lost to MN Breeze in the consolation semis to MN Breeze 53-46. Swish won the friendship game with Northern Winds 60-43 on Sunday.

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

SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC WHITE
STARTERS
13 Abby Rothenbuehler, Mankato West 13, 13, 100.0, .462 has quickness and height. has offensive instincts. crashes the boards. RF: needs to get stronger from legs to upper body. needs to go after d boards like o boards.
15 Kristina Vorphal, Austin 7, 6, 116.7, .667 five of her points came at the line.
23 Katie Erdahl, Blue Earth 1, 8, 12.5, .125 blocks out
30 Alyssa Rushton, Rochester John Marshall 9, 13, 69.2, .308 anticipates on defense. Gets after rebounds. has 3 range. RF: exposes ball.
35 Katie Lauer, Mankato West 13, 11, 118.2, .545 had a nice quick shot fake and go move in the paint. has 3 range. can post. RF: needs to increase speed.
BENCH
20 Amelia Jajowka, Rochester Mayo 2, 6, 33.3, .167
21 Lauren Schuster, United South Central 0, 3, 0.0, .000 RF: passes sail, too high.
55 Chari Lehnertz, Winona 2, 4, 50.0, .500 big body, RF: needs to improve footwork. Exposes ball. Needs to make quicker decisions.

MN SWISH
STARTERS
10 Andrea Hagberg, St. Cloud Apollo 20, 17, 117.6, .471 lefty. has good touch. moves well without the ball. can score getting hit. RF: needs to deliver more defensively
21 Jordyn Sears, St. Cloud Tech 9, 13, 69.2, .231 made her points from the floor in transition. RF: lost ball in traffic. spins. miscommunications.
24 Erin Foley, St. Cloud Tech 2, 10, 20.0, .100 can dribble behind her back. RF: needs to work on stops. needs to do simple things and not make the game complex. Missed a layup opportunity when trying a reverse.
30 Brooke Dunsmoore, St. Cloud Apollo 6, 8, 75.0, .500 workhorse on the boards. RF: only one basket from the floor.
52 Kristen Johnson, St. Cloud Tech 2, 8, 25.0, .125 big body, almost the same things said about Lehnertz could be said for Johnson. RF: exposes ball. brings ball down. Needs to be decisive in movements.
BENCH
33 Lisa Lymburner, Hinckley-Finlayson 2, 4, 50.0, .250 lanky. RF: exposes ball. passes sail high.
32 Hannah Zwiener, St. Cloud Tech 0, 4, 0.0, .000 RF: defensively too high

TRENCH PLAYER
Katie Lauer
BY THE NUMBERS
Southern Minne Magic White 47, 64, 73.4, .375
MN Swish 41, 64, 64.1, .281
made 3s: Swish 3, SMMW 2
made fts: Swish 12, SMMW 11
bench: SMMW 4, Swish 2
The Swish had a difficult time with only two field goals scored in the second half by players other than Hagberg, and one of those was a put back. SMMW had more balance and more weapons.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC WHITE
Katie Erdahl 10
Alyssa Rushton 9
Kristina Vorphal 6
Abby Rothenbuehler 4
Amelia Jajowka 3
Chari Lehnertz 3
Lauren Schuster 1
Katie Lauer 1
totals: 37

MN SWISH
Brooke Dunsmoore 11
Jordyn Sears 5
Erin Foley 5
Lisa Lymburner 3
Hannah Zwiener 3
Kristen Johnson 2
Andrea Hagberg 1
totals: 30

Next up: tomorrow morning