Out & About: St. Michael-Albertville/Morris

#4 posting 6.25.2007
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This game took place on Saturday, June 23
Rogers Breakdown Summer Showcase
Blue Bracket Finals
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE knights 53, MORRIS tigers 27


In the second championship of the day STMA dominated the last half of the first half and the whole second half to put their mark on the win. Morris actually led early in the contest 9-4 on a 5/6 offensive sequence for Morris. Heather Gagner scored four of the points. After that initial outburst of activity the offensive dried up faster than a pond in the Arizona sun. For the game Morris was at a 49.1 pp100. If you discount the first seven possessions however it was a bone chilling 37.5 pp100 the rest of the game. For the rest of the half they endured stretches of six, seven and again six possessions of offensive inactivity. It was STMA 21-15 at half time.


STMA put the game out of reach with a 9-0 run to go up 34-16 in the second half. The droughts were less frequent for Morris, but they did have a seven possession stretch. STMA did make use of three point plays both conventional and behind the arc. Kasandra Barthel also made three free throws after being fouled from behind the arc. There really wasn't a lot of drama as the game wound down.

It should be noted that Morris was without the services of Kelsey Draper who has an achilles injury.

Photos: #1 Sara Beyer, Morris collides with Lexi Thompson and Lauren Kessler of STMA. #2 Brittani Wiese of STMA goes up for a shot.

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

ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE
STARTERS
Brittani Wiese 13, 14, 92.9. .429 guard, active. scored off dribble, hit a 3. will pull back to create space. attacks basket
Lauren Kessler 6, 6, 100.0, .500 post player. returning from injury. can jump.
Stacy Hegland 5, 7, 71.4, .286 guard 3 point shooter, good form on shot
Lexi Thompson 7, 7, 100.0, .429 guard. active on both ends.
DeBeer 5, 8, 62.5, .250 post type
BENCH
Kasandra Barthel 8, 4, 200.0, .750 another in the 3 point arsenal
Yager 6, 6, 100.0, .333
Anna Valerius 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard

MORRIS
STARTERS
Sara Beyer 7, 13, 53.8, .308 wing. prime rebounder. doesn't mind collisions. has 12' range
Rachel Strobel 2, 4, 50.0. .250 jumped center. has 12' range
Heather Gagner 9, 9, 100.0, .444 point guard RF: passes too high
Nicole Gillespie 6, 13, 46.2, .231 likes baseline drive.
Britney Greenwaldt 2, 3, 66.7, .333
BENCH
Stephanie Lienemann 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Stephanie Strobel 1, 7, 14.3, .143

TRENCH PLAYER
Lexi Thompson

BY THE NUMBERS
STMA 53, 55, 96.4, .382
Morris 27, 55, 49.1, .254
made 3s: STMA 4, Morris 1
made fts: STMA 4, Morris 2

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
STMA
Brittany Wiese 6
Lexi Thompson 6
Lauren Kessler 4
DeBeer 4
Anna Valerius 4
Stacy Hegland 3
Yager 3
Kasandra Barthel 2
totals: 32

MORRIS
Sara Beyer 7
Heather Gagner 3
Nicole Gillespie 3
Britney Greenwaldt 2
Stephanie Lienemann 2
Stefanie Strobel 2
totals: 19

Teams in the blue bracket included: Park-Cottage Grove; Becker; Mayer Lutheran; Eden Valley-Watkins; Ellsworth, WI; and Albert Lea. Not all PCG and Becker players were in attendance.

Next up: the gold championship between Rogers and Chaska