Out & About: MN Stars Hested/Swish

#3 posting 5.22.2007
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This game took place Sunday, May 20
Forest Lake AAU Tournament
Junior Girls, Silver Semifinals
MN STARS HESTED 61, SWISH 37

I gave a report on this game on Sunday on my Gabcast channel, episode #24.

Swish started the game with a five possession drought. MN Stars Hested had a 4-0 lead before the Swish got on the scoreboard. Swish took the lead with a four of five possession offensive sequence. Providing the boost was Kristen Johnson with four points, and she was scoring on the initial offense post ups. MSH had a six possession drought opening the door for Swish to take control 18-12. There was over 7:30 left in the half and then the bottom fell out for the Swish and MSH started to rev up their motors. MSH outscored Swish 19-2 the rest of the first half. It started with six straight MSH scores in the space of two minutes as the full court press provided six points in a 11-0 run. Swish had subbed out Jordyn Sears before the start of the run. The only points Swish could muster was two free throws by Johnson. They finished the half 1/20 in their possessions. It was 31-20 at half MSH.

The second half MSH kept control of the pace and tempo early and pushed the lead to 34-20. Swish did have a mini 6-0 run to cut the margin back to 10. MSH had a drought of five during this sequence. There were other dry spells in the second half too for MSH with a 7 spot in the middle of the half. But Swish could never cut the margin below 10. MSH continued to build their lead. The bench played a good chunk of time in the second half.

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

MN STARS HESTED
STARTERS
Theairra Taylor, St. Paul Central 5, 4, 125.0, .750 athletic, fire power, pull up jumper. quick hands. scored off the dribble and her own steals.
Brittnye McSperron, Eastview 5, 10, 50.0, .300 point guard. likes to run floor. RF: elbow gets away from her at times.
Georgie Jones, St. Paul Central 6, 12, 50.0, .250 delivered more on put backs in the first half. tough up front on the press with long wing span. more active on d boards. RF: free throws are flat, needs to keep follow through up. no scoring in the second half. drifts on shot. needs to go through people and draw fouls.
Brianna Mastey, Becker 10, 7, 142.9, .714 alert, steady, reliable. Thouroghbred work horse. can score a variety of ways.
Kiara Allums, Centennial 4, 5, 80.0, .400 RF: turned the ball over, but looked guilty, stopped and then the whistle came. Travel at the start of the move.
BENCH
Shelly Stemper, Becker 4, 5, 80.0, .400 hard competitor. physical perimeter player. gets after loose balls with only one thing on her mind--get the ball.
Alexis Montgomery, Cannon Falls 14, 11, 127.3, .545 lefty post. likes to step out and hit the 3. runs floor.
Kelsey Jacobson, Moorhead 5, 11, 45.5, .182 did stroke a 3. RF: exposed ball, 3 was short.
Nicole Mastey, Becker 3, 4, 75.0, .500 delivering quality minutes.
Emily Becken, Centennial 5, 7, 71.4, .286 point guard. 3 range, scrapper.

SWISH
STARTERS
Andrea Hagberg, St. Cloud Apollo 8, 13, 61.5, .308 lefty. RF: adjusted feet after catching ball. needs to catch with feet in the air.
Megan Bates, Brainerd 4, 7, 57.1, .286 RF: passing decisions.
Jordyn Sears, St. Cloud Tech 8, 16, 50.0, .250 doesn't show fear, scrappy defender. RF: maybe some fear would be useful when trying to penetrate against 6-2 players.
Erin Foley, St. Cloud Tech 0, 13, 0.0, .000 point guard RF: passes were too far, too high, not in control vs press.
Brooke Dunsmoore, St. Cloud Apollo 2, 6, 33.3, .167 post player. always works for d boards. RF: size issues against bigger opponents.
BENCH
Megan Zillmer, Crosby-Ironton 5, 8, 62.5, .375 RF: ball handling. Dribbling too high.
Hannah Zwiener, St. Cloud Tech 0, 5, 0.0, .000 perimeter. RF: possessions end up as missed shots, so needs to work at game spots, game speed to get better rhythm.
Kristen Johnson, St. Cloud Tech 10, 7, 142.9, .714 post player. had the body to bang against the MSH big players. hard to move. finished shots on post ups. RF: would like for her to get quicker feet, quicker release/decision with the ball.
Lisa Lymburner, Hinckley-Finlayson 0, 2, 0.0, .000 lefty

TRENCH PLAYER
Brianna Mastey

BY THE NUMBERS
MN Stars Hested 61, 76, 80.3, .286
Swish 37, 77, 48.1, .247
made 3s: MSH 4, Swish 1
made fts: MSH 11, Swish 10
assists: MSH 14, Swish 12
bench: MSH 31, Swish 15

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MN STARS HESTED
Georgie Jones 8
Theairra Taylor 5
Kiara Allums 5
Kelsey Jacobson 5
Brittnye McSperron 4
Brianna Mastey 3
Alexis Montgomery 3
Nicole Mastey 3
Shelly Stemper 2
Emily Becken 2
totals: 40

SWISH
Jordyn Sears 8
Brooke Dunsmoore 7
Megan Bates 6
Megan Zillmer 5
Erin Foley 4
Andrea Hagberg 3
Kristen Johnson 3
totals: 36


Next up: another MN Stars Hested game vs Quest in the Silver championship.