Out & About: Kennedy/St. Paul Central

#9 posting 7.19.2007
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Concordia St. Paul Summer League
Championship
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY eagles 2
ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 1
(20-15, 15-22, 20-14)

Kennedy took the CSPSL title with a 2-1 win over St. Paul Central.

A couple of points: #1 Central did not have the services of Kiara Buford, Theairra Taylor and Cyonna West. Buford and Taylor had injuries suffered in the semis. Kennedy did not have Alexis Holt in uniform. #2: all the other teams had coaches on the bench. Not SPC. players were making decisions.

Shakila Boler started things off on the right note for BK with the first four points. Kennedy started the first game with 6/8 scoring sequence as they took a 12-6 lead. All the points SPC scored were inside with Megan Howard and Georgie Jones scoring. Kennedy controlled the tempo as they pushed their lead to 18-10. SPC cut the margin to 18-15 and forced a turnover. On their last possession Kyana Johnson missed her shot and Brittany Zins converted on the transition lay up for the 20-15 win.

Kennedy again took a 4-0 lead in game two. The game was tied at six when SPC played inspired defense and held JFK to a 1/7 offensive sequence. SPC made use of that down time with a 16-4 run to take a 22-10 lead. Kennedy did finish with five straight points to end the second game.

In game three SPC had Georgie Jones on the bench to start the game. With Jones on the bench Kennedy seized the initiative and grabbed a 14-4 lead with a 7/8 offensive sequence. six of those points came directly on 2 point automatic fouls. Defensively SPC was out of position and off balance. SPC had to play catch up the rest of the way. SPC mounted a comeback, but could get no closer than 18-13 with less than a minute to go. Kennedy met the challenge and regained the advantage.

Photos: #1 Kyana Johnson, SPC gets her shot off as Shakila Boler arrives too late to block the shot. #2: Ameshia Kearney goes up for the lay up. photos by kja

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
Shakila Boler 11, 12, 91.7, .500 young point guard that has a feel for the game.
Brittany Zins 16, 14, 114.3, .500 scored in transition and challenged the SPC defense.
#5 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Kelly Boelter 4, 3, 133.3, .667 post that stepped out and took shots out of the paint
Ameshia Kearney 9, 8, 112.5, .625 likes the drive
Sheridan Reiners 2, 3, 66.7, .333 perimeter
Bailey Lund 4, 4, 100.0, .500 aggressive offensively
Danielle Bradley 7, 8, 87.5, .500 guard

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 6, 6, 100.0, .500 guard that never met a shot she didn't like. drives have a tendency to be circus like
Tasha Garrett 0, 4, 0.0, .000 RF: did not run back on defense
Georgie Jones 5, 7, 71.4, .429 Needs to take over and demand the ball. Defensively needs to be balanced and not buy the fakes.
Megan Howard 18, 12, 150.0, .750 strong, seized initiative inside. physical. aggressive on boards.
Kyana Johnson 8, 10, 80.0, .300 point guard. hit the 3
Brittany Dorsey 8, 7, 114.3, .571 can run, athletic, moves well. decent vision. good instincts. scores on the drive.
Unknown 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Wallberg 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Jasmine Conley 3, 1, 300.0, 1.000 hit a three.

TRENCH PLAYER
Brittany Zins

BY THE NUMBERS
Bloomington Kennedy 54, 54, 100.0, .500
St. Paul Central 48, 52, 98.1, .442
made 3s: SPC 3, BK 0
made fts: BK 1, SPC 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
KENNEDY
Shakila Boler 6
Danielle Bradley 3
Raven Boone 3
Kelly Boelter 3
Brittany Zins 2
Bailey Lund 2
Ameshia Kearney 1
totals: 20

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Megan Howard 6
Georgie Jones 5
Brittany Dorsey 4
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 1
Tasha Garrett 1
Kyana Johnson 1
Unknown 1
totals: 19

Next up: tomorrow morning