Out & About: Quest/North Tartan Crosby

#5 posting 5.21.2007
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This game took place on Sunday, May 20
Forest Lake AAU Tournament
Junior Girls, Silver Quarterfinals
QUEST 55, NORTH TARTAN CROSBY 44

I originally put this up on my Gabcast Channel Episode 23.

This is only a partial report since we got to the game at half time. We weren't planning on covering the game but I figured I would take out the notebook and track what was happening. At half time North Tartan Crosby led 27-18.

Quest quickly turned the tables on NTC with four straigth scores to start the second half. It was a 9-2 run spearheaded by Becca Friestleben. She had a three from the left wing and a cut. NTC started the half with three straight turnovers. NTC kept the lead and pushed it back out to 34-30 with 11:14 to go in the game. Both teams had some dry spells with six possessions dry for NTC. The Quest fared slightly better with a four possession drought. Quest took the lead for good on a rebound basket by Bentley Mancini 38-37. Quest finished the contest with a 7/8 scoring sequence and continued to put distance between themselves and NTC. Friestleben had 19 points in the half, and 10 in the last 3 minutes of the game. No one could stop her and she was smoking. She hit two straight 3s to put Quest up 7. She scored from the top of the key and then Molly Geske for NTC answered right back to make it 46-42 with 1:46 left. Friestleben hit her other 3 to go up 49-42 after a NTC time out. Quest moved on to the semis.

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

QUEST
2ND HALF STARTERS
Bentley Mancini, Apple Valley 4, 3, 133.3, .667 boarded well on D. had a pull up jumper.
Becca Friestleben, Holy Family 19, 12, 158.3, .667 extremely focused. zeroed in. ice water in the veins. constantly hitting money shots. wants the ball. She is also extremely aggressive on defense getting in proper position for boards. RF: most of her shots on the drive are off one foot. had one assist. could be more aware of double teams.
Cassie Hubler, Apple Valley 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 transition baskets. good speed.
Mary Dolan-O'Brien, Holy Angels 2, 2, 100.0, .500 post player. RF: needs to get stronger to play inside. Is probably more suited to face. Needs to score when hit.
Shannon Thompson, Apple Valley 2, 2, 100.0, .500 speedy point guard. had 2 assists
BENCH
Melissa Fitz, Mpls Southwest 5, 5, 100.0, .400 another competitive player, likes 3 shots.
Colleen Raune, Benilde-St. Margaret's 0, 1, 0.0, .000 guard. had 2 assists.
Taylor House, Maple Grove 0, 1, 0.0, .000 rugged rebounder. not afraid of contact.
Britta Syverson, Mpls Southwest 1, 0, *infinity?, *infinity? in this situation Syverson made a free throw, but missed the second. Obviously she gets credit for the made point, but the possession did not end with her and she is not tagged with a possession therefore.
Madelin Morin, Benilde-St. Margaret's 0, 0, 0.0, .000 inch for inch pretty tough inside. RF: size inside small post HS

NORTH TARTAN CROSBY
2ND HALF STARTERS
Cassie Robinson, Simley 1, 5, 20.0, .000n RF: needs to square up on shot.
Maggie Bryant, Sartell 2, 5, 40.0, .200 RF: passing choices. ball handling needs to be stronger.
Beth Christianson, Owatonna 1, 2, 50.0, .500 post. RF: needs to get stronger upper body. Needs to finish inside. Needs to score when hit--the & 1.
Molly Geske, Cretin-Derham Hall 7, 4, 175.0, .750 made big 3, scores on drive. RF: needs to square up.
Kate Constable, Minnetonka 0, 0, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Jenna Lillemoe, Hopkins 0, 1, 0.0, .000 guard. RF: needs to fake, be more deceptive on passes. Threw it right into defensive arms on the pressure.
Miranda Speckel, Buffalo 2, 6, 33.3, .167 guard. RF: shot not on this half.
Ali Johnson, 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kaila Lindsay, Becker 0, 2, 0.0, .000 RF: passing decisions.
Janae Burich, Roseville 4, 3, 133.3, .667 post. RF: she too needs to finish inside. If you look at the numbers they look pretty good, but they are on second shots. Some teams won't let her get three cracks at a basket. She also needs to score when hit.

TRENCH PLAYER
Becca Friestleben

BY THE NUMBERS (half)
Quest 37, 28, 132.1, .571
North Tartan Crosby 17, 29, 58.6, .276
made 3s: Quest 4, NTC 1
made fts: NTC 10, Quest 9
assists: Quest 9, NTC 1
bench: Quest 6, NTC 6
North Tartan Crosby only had two field goals in 2 point land in the second half, three fgs overall. NTC also had 8 points off second chance points (mostly on free throws).

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
QUEST
Becca Friestleben 4.5
Bentley Mancini 4
Shannon Thompson 2
Britta Syverson 2
Melissa Fitz 1.5
Colleen Raune 1
Taylor House 1
Madelin Morin 1
Totals 17

NORTH TARTAN CROSBY
Molly Geske 3
Miranda Speckel 2
Janae Burich 2
Cassie Robinson 1
Beth Christianson 1
Jenna Lillemoe 1
Alli Johnson 1
totals 11

Next up: the partial out & about with MN Stars Borowicz vs Southern Minne Magic White.