Out & About: Swish/MN Northern Lynx

#4 posting 5.21.2007
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This game took place on Saturday, May 19
Forest Lake AAU Tournament
Junior Girls, Pool E
SWISH 56, MN NORTHERN LYNX 32

With the changing nature of the tournament format MN Northern Lynx found themselves shuttled to pool E from pool C. The Swish had more swishes in the 56-32 victory. The Swish didn't really hit their stride until the second half.

Both teams struggled in the first half with the Swish leading 20-11 after 16 minutes. The Lynx led was at 3-1 after a Megan Cleveland three. The last time the Lynx saw the lead was at 8-7 after Devin Diedrich basket. The Lynx had droughts of 5 and 8. The Swish used that down time to add 9 points to their total for a 16-8 lead. Swish weren't firing on all cylinders as they also had a five possession dry spell. The hottest hand for the Lynx belonged to Sara Hoge with six points. That was to be the extent of her scoring. Strangely enough the top Swisher was Brook Dunsmoore with five points. She too came up empty in the second half.

The Lynx were able to cut the margin to six 23-17, but after that Swish revved up their motors. They ran off five straight scoring possessions and were 14/16 to break the game open with a 27-9 run in the space of nine minutes. Andrea Hagberg had five points in the initial five possession string. The transition game kicked in for the Swish with 11 points in the second half. The Lynx were 1/9 during a portion of that blitz with only one point.

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

SWISH
STARTERS
Brooke Dunsmoore, St. Cloud Apollo 5, 3, 166.7, 1.000 as usual rebounded. gets position. RF: should be more of an offensive threat. She can score. Only 3 possessions?
Megan Bates, Brainerd 9, 11, 81.2, .364. runs floor. bigger guard. RF: needs to be more aware.
Andrea Hagberg, St. Cloud Apollo 15, 12, 125.0, .500 guard. lefty. has 3 range. scorer's mentality. had 13 points in the second half. RF: needs to rest at times.
Jordyn Sears, St. Cloud Tech 7, 9, 77.8, .444 active defensively. speed. all points via transition. RF: size post HS
Erin Foley, St. Cloud Tech 7, 5, 140.0, .600 guard, active on defense. did hit a 3. had 7 assists. RF: got wide open (which is good), but needs to finish those chip shots. still likes to spin dribble too much.
BENCH
Kristen Johnson, St. Cloud Tech 6, 6, 100.0. .500 scored four on put backs. RF: needs to be aware of the lane. needs to be quicker with decisions/moves when getting the ball in the paint. needs to be much more aggressive on d boards.
Megan Zillmer, Crosby-Ironton 6, 6, 100.0, .500 floor runner.
Hannah Zwiener, St. Cloud Tech 1, 3, 33.3, .333

MN NORTHERN LYNX
STARTERS
Megan Cleveland, Menahga 6, 14, 42.9, .143 guard. canned two 3s. can rebound. RF: size post HS.
Janelle Christensen, Bemidji 3, 6, 50.0, .333 basket came on a drive.
Devin Diedrich, Aitkin 2, 9, 22.2, .111 RF: got caught in spin dribble turnovers. needs to keep vision on the basket.
Amanda Volrath, Barnesville 6, 10, 60.0, .300 RF: footwork, ball handling decisions.
Sydney Epema, Crookston 7, 7, 100.0, .429 picked up scoring in the second half. led team with 3 assists.
BENCH
Sara Hoge, Aitkin 6, 7, 85.7, .429 lefty, 3 range. pull up jumper. RF: needs to deliver in second half too. passing decisions.
Kaia Armitage, LaMoure, ND 2, 4, 50.0, .250 scored on a reverse.

TRENCH PLAYER
Andrea Hagberg

BY THE NUMBERS
Swish 56, 55, 101.8, .482
MN Northern Lynx 32, 57, 56.1, .263
Made 3s: MNL 4, Swish 2
made fts: Swish 4, MNL 2
assists: Swish 14, MNL 8
bench: Swish 13, MNL 8
The Swish were 71.4 pp100 and .357 floor % in the first half. They definitely turned things around with a 133.3 pp100 and .667 floor % in the second.
Free throws were not a big part of this contest with only six made between the two teams.
The Lynx had more 3s in a flipflop with the free throws with the Swish.

It should be noted the Lynx were missing three of their bigger players, Gretta Hjelseth (their leading scorer), Morgan Lof, and Emily Mehr.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
SWISH
Brooke Dunsmoore 7
Erin Foley 7
Jordyn Sears 5.5
Megan Bates 4
Andrea Hagberg 2
Kristen Johnson 2
Megan Zillmer 2
Hannah Zwiener 1.5
Totals: 31

MN NORTHERN LYNX
Megan Cleveland 6
Kaia Armitage 5
Sara Hoge, Aitkin 4
Devin Diedrich 3
Sydney Epema 2
Amanda Volrath 1
totals: 21

Next up: a partial O&A on the Quest vs North Tartan Crosby Silver Quarterfinal; later a partial O&A on the MN Stars Borowicz vs Southern Minne Magic White Gold Quarterfinal