Out & About: Lady Bobcats/Lady Lakers

#7 posting 5.28.2007
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this game took place on Saturday, May 26
MYAS Tournament Osseo
pool play
LADY BOBCATS 51, LADY LAKERS 47

I reported on this game on Saturday on my Gabcast channel, episode #29.

This was one of the other tournaments going on in the Twin Cities over the Memorial Day weekend. It featured two Minneapolis based teams with most of the players coming from Minneapolis Roosevelt for the Lakers, most of the players from Minneapolis South for the Bobcats. The Lakers also had players that will graduate in June. Despite that it was the younger Bobcat players defeating the olders Laker players in a physical battle 51-47.


The Bobcats opened scoring with a Tyisha Smith lay up off the opening tip. The Bobcats then scored on their next possession for a 4-0 lead. The Lakers were forced to take a time out to regroup. The Lakers started the game with an 0/7 possession run. The Bobcasts soon matched them with their own 0/6 run. It was primarily poor shooting that prevented each team from scoring. Both teams did employ full court pressure defense. The Bobcats endured two more droughts, one of 8 and another of 6. Meanwhile the Lakers started to get their motor humming. Leading the charge was Talisha Barlow with 10 points in a 16-6 finish to the half. (you can see Barlow going up for a couple of her points on the left). The Lakers were 9/11 on their possessions to close the half.

The Lakers continued their roll into the second half as they jumped out to a 26-18 lead after a Jamie Tietzel lay up off the Bobcat press. Then Tyisha Smith was involved in a physical play that got her gander up and she came out with something to prove. She ignited a six possession, 12-0 run to take the lead 30-26. She had a key steal for a lay up and then did her pen & pitch to waiting teammates Mallory Cramer and Akeena Bronson waiting to drill 3s. Later on they ran another string of 7 (15-9 run) to go up 47-39 with 1:51 left. Bronson added her 3rd and 4th trey of the game in that outburst. The Lakers weren't done yet with Barlow again leading the charge with 8 points in their final 8-4 push. The Bobcats missed out on chances at the line with six misses in the last 30 seconds but still hung on for the 51-47 win.

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

LADY BOBCATS
STARTERS
Tyisha Smith, Mpls South 13, 18, 72.2, .389 fiery, competitive, lightning quick guard. team feeds off her energy. can pen & pitch. had 7 assists with most going to 3 pt shooters. can pick pockets. RF: passes can sail too high.
Mallory Cramer, Mpls South 5, 6, 83.3, .333 3 point range, perimeter player
Juliann Mitchell, St. Paul Johnson 6, 9, 66.7, .444 inside force for Bobcats. RF: footwork, awareness of lines, time.
Amy Miles, Mpls South 8, 9, 88.9, .444 lefty, perimeter player. 3 point range. RF: footwork. a little slow on the shot release. long 2s.
Mya Lott, St. Paul Como Park 3, 3, 100.0, .333 another post player. crashes offensive boards.
BENCH
Akeena Bronson, Mpls South 12, 5, 240.0, .800 3 point bomber. liked the left wing
Ronique Livingson, Mpls South 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Isiaih Bundy, Mpls South 0, 1, 0.0, .000
KK Reed, Mpls Edison 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 guard. made her points at the line 4/4.
Lonnie Chess, St. Paul Highland Park 0, 1, 0.0, .000

LADY LAKERS
STARTERS
Kiara Strickland, Mpls Roosevelt 4, 11, 36.4, .182 lefty. led Lakers with 3 assists. explosive. when she wants to be hard to stop. RF: needs to establish herself as an offensive scoring threat in the first half. elbow gets too far away on the dribble. She needs to get her pp100 up close to 100. She has the ability.
AunDreah Aune, Mpls Roosevelt 6, 7, 85.7, .429 guard. 3 point shooter. made all her points at the line. had three steals. RF: ball handling against pressure.
Kia Johnson, ??? 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard
Jamie Tietzel, Andover 2, 3, 66.7, .333 post
Kim Newsom-Duval, Mpls Roosevelt 2, 2, 100.0, .500 post. does the job on the defensive boards. RF: needs to polish her offensive moves/finishing.
BENCH
Kim Grant, Mpls Roosevelt 10, 12, 83.3, .500 did a strong job on the boards. hard to move. RF: needs to work on offensive post moves so they are seemless. should give the ball to the guards in the open court.
Talisha Barlow, Roseville 21, 17, 123.5, .588 a driving force in the comeback. quick moves, aggressive offensively. runs the floor. scores off the dribble. has 3 range. RF: needs to be more of a defensive force.
Shinese Thompson, Columbia Heights 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Amber Bartholmew, Alexandria 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Tyisha Smith a sparkplug for the Bobcats. A battler, distributor, and leader. Here she is igniting the second half run with her steal and lay up.

BY THE NUMBERS
Lady Bobcats 51, 57, 89.5, .421
Lady Lakers 47, 57, 82.4, .421
made 3s: Bobcats 6, Lakers 1
made fts: Bobcats 15, Lakers 14
assists: Bobcats 9, Lakers 8
bench: Lakers 31, Bobcats 16

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
LADY BOBCATS
Juliann Mitchell 4
Tyisha Smith 3
Mya Lott 3
Mallory Cramer 2
Amy Miles 2
Ronique Livingston 2
KK Reed 1
Lonnie Chess 1
totals: 18

LADY LAKERS
Kim Grant 8
Kim Newsom-Duval 5
AunDreah Aune 3
Kia Johnson 3
Kiara Strickland 2
Jamie Tietzel 2
Talisha Barlow 1
totals: 24

Next up: The Chippewa Falls vs Lakeshore Breakers from the Menomonie Memorial Day Classic.