Out & About: MN Stars Hested/ECI West Gold

#4 posting 7.11.2007
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This game took place on Sunday, July 8
Adidas Mid-American Tournament, Hopkins
17u semifinals
MN STARS HESTED 66, ECI WEST GOLD 51

MN Stars Hested used their deeper bench and balance to zoom past ECI West Gold in the Mid American semifinals 66-51. ECIWG had two players on the bench, MSH six. ECIWG was missing Kylie Messer, who played in Sioux Falls the week before. ECI is from North Dakota. MSH hosted this tournament.

Shawna Knife drew first blood with a three from the left side. MSH answered that with a five possession run with each player on the floor contributing. MSH led 10-5 at that point. Both teams went on a 9/10 offensive sequence. Mara Paulson had six points for ECIWG, MSH had a five possession run in that stretch and led 21-16. ECIWG did come back and led 22-21 after ECIWG was scoring on the MSH press. Once that press was lifted and ECIWG had to score against five players, the game turned. ECIWG likes to run and with that option limited MSH then finished the half with a 15-8 run. At half MSH led 36-30. Georgie Jones had 8 at the break for MSH, Lauren Carew had 10 for ECIWG.

In the second half MSH maintained their advatage. At one point ECIWG had the opportunity to shave into the lead, but missed free throws left points on the table. MSH led 47-36 with 13 minutes left. ECIWG missed five straight free throws over three straight possessions. The North Dakota team managed to get one point at the end, but an opportunity to get the game within shouting distance at 47-42 passed. Instead it was 47-37 and soon thereafter it was 55-39. After that ECIWG went into a seven possession drought with two of those chances ending up as turnovers. MSH's biggest lead came at 61-39 with 5:30 left. ECIWG did have an 8-0 run with the three ball predominating. The fact was that it was too late to really make a difference. When the flurry was done there was 2:15 left at 61-47.

Photos: #1 Ashley Privratsky, 22 ECI, is airborne on her drive to the basket. #2 Georgie Jones, 35 MSH, shoots above the outreached hand of Alex Feeney, 51 ECI. photos by kja

MN STARS HESTED
STARTERS
Georgie Jones, St. Paul Central 10, 10, 100.0, .500 post, finesse
Kelsey Jacobson, Moorhead 8, 7, 114.3, .429, 3 pt shooter. starting to look to drive
Alexis Montgomery, Cannon Falls 6, 7, 85.7, .429 left handed post. likes to shoot outside too
Brittye McSparron, Eastview 5, 6, 83.3, .500 point guard. scores off the dribble
Shelly Stemper, Becker 6, 4, 150.0, .750 brings energy, and hustle to the floor. Willing to get on the floor. Did come out due to an injury, but came back.
BENCH
Kiara Allums, Centennial 7, 6, 116.7, .500 perimeter, threat out and on the drive
Emily Becken, Centennial 5, 8, 62.5, .250 guard
Theairra Taylor, St. Paul Central 7, 6, 116.7, .500 athletic showstopper.
Brianna Mastey, Becker 10, 9, 111.1, .556 all around threat. active, alert.
Nicole Mastey, Becker 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Brittany Lewis, Red Wing 0, 2, 0.0, .000


ECI WEST GOLD
STARTERS
Lauren Carew, Fargo Shanley 13, 12, 108.3, .583 post finesse, many points scored off the press
Shauna Knife, Bottineau 7, 12, 58.3, .250 perimeter
Alex Feeney, Bismarck 9, 8, 112.5, .500 post finesse, also has 3 range
Sarah Feeney, Bismarck 3, 11, 27.3, .091 post finesse
Ashley Privratsky, Devils Lake 7, 12, 58.3, .250 indespensible leader. motor that likes to rev it up. Looks up as soon as she gets the ball and gets it to the streaking player down court.
BENCH
Mara Paulson, Fargo Shanley 10, 9, 111.1, .556 nice touch around the basket. runs the floor. inside player.
Torrie Cahill, Custer County, MT 2, 3, 66.7, .333 did not play in Sioux Falls. looked out of sych at times.


TRENCH PLAYER
This was a you pick 'em with many worthies
Brianna Mastey

BY THE NUMBERS
MN Stars Hested 66, 66, 100.0, .455
ECI West Gold 51, 67, 76.1, .343
made 3s: ECIGW 5, MSH 4
made fts: ECIGW 8, MSH 7
bench: MSH 29, ECIWG 12
MSH dominated the boards with a 10-1 advantage on second chance points.
Also MSH had times where they were sizzling, and times where they were fizzling. In the first half they had hot streaks of 5, 5, and 4. They also had dry spells of 4, 4, and a 1/7 streak.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MN STARS HESTED
Shelley Stemper 5
Georgie Jones 4
Kelsey Jacobson 4
Kiara Allums 3
Nicole Mastey 3
Theairra Taylor 2
Brianna Mastey 2
Brittany Lewis 2
Emily Becken 1
totals: 26

ECI WEST GOLD
Sarah Feeney 10
Ashley Privratsky 6
Alex Feeney 3
Lauren Carew 2
Torrie Cahill 2
Alex Feeney 1
Mara Paulson 1
totals: 25


Next up: tomorrow morning, unless news breaks. I will do the 17u championship tomorrow