Out & About: Lakeville North 15/Fury 15

#5 posting 5.7.2007
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This game took place Sunday
Skyview AAU tournament, Oakdale, MN
15U pool Play Game #3
LAKEVILLE NORTH 51, MN FURY 36

The single school Lakeville North team beat the multischool Fury team 51-36 in a pool play game. LN's core players reached the state tournament this year in the AAAA level. There were only four teams in this tournament so everyone played each team once through. The tournament winner was the MN Stars 15 team. The Stars beat LN on Saturday 48-46.

It was the Fury that struck first with Chrissy Holm scoring off a Sarah Peterson pass. LN scored three straight times to take a 6-2 lead with Rachel Banham hitting a pair of pull ups. But both teams had long periods of drought. After Holm's basket the Fury had a six possession drought. The Fury did get their game rolling with a mini run of three capped by Kika Greenlee's three. That bucket put the Fury back in front 10-8. Kaiya Sygulla hit a runner for LN to put them in the lead to stay at 12-11. Then Kelsie Ammann ripped three straight 3s for LN on an 11-6 run to go up 21-17. The Fury had another 7 possession lapse soon thereafter. LN built up their lead to 31-20. LN maintained that 11 point cushion the rest of the half. LN led 33-22 at the break.

There was no big movement either way in the second half. But droughts still struck. LN had an eight possession drought. The Fury was 1/9 in the same stretch. The Fury did close to 47-36 with 2:37 to go, but ended on a seven possession drought. LN's was 2/9 in their late game possessions (2/8 if you discount the last keep away possession). This was a tough battle and physical contest with jawing with the players. The refs had to silence both team book keepers late in the game with a dispute over the correct score. I am posting my scoring notes and not relying on either sides numbers.

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

LAKEVILLE NORTH 15
STARTERS
Kaiya Sygulla 12, 22, 54.5, .227 point guard. has no fear. battled with Greenlee. RF: needs to get her feet set. bad things happen when she tries to pass with her feet in the air. forces offense at times.
Rachel Banham 12, 12, 100.0, .500 nice stroke, pull up j, very poised, smooth
Ashley Prather 8, 7, 114.3, .571 has made a step up with confidence and aggressiveness. took the ball hard to the glass. had good body control, hang time. had three assists. can find open player.
Cassie Rochel 5, 6, 83.3, .333 runs the floor big target. good hands. changes the game defensively. RF: needs to sit down when posting up and get wider, lower center of gravity. Even when sitting down she will be a big target. She will be harder to move when lower and arms up (elbows as high as shoulders).
Kelsie Ammann 12, 10, 120.0, .400 3 point bomber. Got hot and burned the Fury. catch & shoot. RF: needs to be stronger with the ball, make better choices.
BENCH
Tallie Berkvam 2, 7, 28.6, .143
Meg Newberry 0, 0, 0.0, .000 got after defensive boards.

MN FURY 15
STARTERS
Kika Greenlee, St. Louis Park 10, 19, 52.6, .211 point guard, feisty, has 3 range. RF: shot selection
Sarah Peterson, Minnehaha 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 strong, physical. RF: needs more touches, shots. Had no possessions in the second half.
Lisa Springer, Cretin-Derham Hall 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Keely Brennan, Eden Prairie 8, 8, 100.0, .625 lefty, scored inside. RF: needs to score when getting hit.
Chrissy Holm, Hill-Murray 9, 17, 52.9, .294 perimeter shooter. RF: vision when dribbling is down. needs to keep head up, needs to be ready for the ball at all times.
BENCH
Jazmine Darden, Champlin Park 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Kailyn Wilcox, Cretin-Derham Hall 5, 7, 71.4, .429 all her points came at the line.
Rochelle Cichy, Hill-Murray 0, 4, 0.0, .000 guard
Taylor Heltne, Simley 0, 0, 0.0, .000 post

TRENCH PLAYER
I'm going with Ashley Prather. She had strong efforts on both ends of the court. She shot well, passed well, and got after boards.

BY THE NUMBERS
Lakeville North 51, 64, 79.7, .344
Fury 36, 64, 56.3, .297
made 3s: LN 4, Fury 2
made fts: Fury 14, LN 7
bench: Fury 5, LN 2
One factor in the Fury offense: They only had 8 field goals on the night, and only four players scored from the floor. The Fury only connected from the floor three times in the second half.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
LAKEVILLE NORTH
Cassie Rochel 9
Kaiya Sygulla 6
Meg Newberry 5
Ashley Prather 4
Kelsie Ammann 2
Rachel Banham 1
Tallie Berkvam 1
Totals: 28

FURY
Sarah Peterson 6
Kika Greenlee 5.5
Kailyn Wilcox 4
Keely Brennan 2.5
Chrissy Holm 2
Rochelle Cichy 2
Lisa Springer 2
Jazmine Darden 1
Taylor Heltne 1
Totals: 26

Next up: tomorrow morning