Out & About: New London-Spicer/GFW

#4 posting 7.22.2007
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Breakdown Tournament II
Rogers, MN
Blue Bracket championship
NEW LONDON-SPICER wildcats 49,
GIBBON-FAIRFAX-WINTHROP thunderbirds 33

In the first championship Saturday New London-Spicer used a relentless full court press to harass Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop into turnovers and rushed shots. The result was the biggest spread of the championships this day.

Early in the game NLS had a 5/6 scoring sequence which basically sealed the deal. After that point NLS led 10-4. NLS worked the ball into the paint and was able to get their shot off or pick up fouls and score from the line. Once NLS scored they slapped on their press and GFW coughed the ball up, some times directly for lay ups. GFW had a 7 possession drought that did not help their cause. NLS had another 6/7 offensive sequence that put them up 25-15. Showing their balance, six different players contributed. NLS led 27-15 at the break.

Things didn't move off what was set in the first half. NLS had mini strings of three possessions, but never had any serious drought challenges. GFW came closest on their first possession when Abby Busch scored to make it 27-17. A nine possession drought sealed their fate. NLS was more persistent on the boards and scoring 8 second half points on put backs. The inside attack opened up shots for their perimeter game too. With the running time (all games had running time) the game ended soon enough 49-33.

Photos: #1: Carly Wendlandt, gold, is sandwiched between Stephanie Kruggel and Abby Busch, 6 Blue. #2. Busch goes up for an inside shot while Wendlandt defends and Ellary Asche looks on (15 gold). photos by kja

NEW LONDON-SPICER
STARTERS
Trista Morris 10, 10, 100.0, .500 inside player
Carly Wendlandt 12, 13, 92.3, .615 inside performer taking over for Renae Henjum. has duck & under move to get players off feet and draw the foul. She went to the line seven times. RF: needs to convert better than 50% at the line.
Cassie Ziemer 5, 3, 166.7, .667 has 3 range
Kelsey Cors 7, 4, 175.0, .750 played hard nosed defense. guard, 3 range
Ellary Asche 2, 5, 40.0, .200 guard
BENCH
Justine Dammermann 9, 7, 128.6, .571 guard. able to stroke 3, runs the floor and was in the right spot at the right time.
Anna Lindquist 2, 2, 100.0, .500 bigger post
Taylor Thompson 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Abby Knisler 0, 1, 0.0, .000

GIBBON-FAIRFAX-WINTHROP
STARTERS
Abby Busch 15, 21, 71.4, .381 strong frame. active. fouls hampered her aggressive tendencies a bit. can go out and hit the distance shots, but if she leaves the paint there isn't a lot of options inside.
Johanna Forest 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Megan Sjostrom 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Stephanie Kruggel 9, 6, 150.0, .667 handled point guard responsibilities, but also needs to assert herself more on offense. Scored five points in the last two GFW possessions. Needs to seize the moment, may be penetrate against the zone gaps and draw attention away from Busch.
Sheyenne Breeze 4, 5, 80.0, .400
BENCH
Kali Bleck 0, 5, 0.0, .000
Micha Melius 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Whitney Jandal 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Kristi Kalk 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Justine Dammermann

BY THE NUMBERS
New London-Spicer 49, 50, 98.0, .500
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 33, 51, 64.7, .333
made 3s: NLS 3, GFW 1
made fts: NLS 10, GFW 4
bench: NLS 13, GFW 0
NLS edged GFW 30-26 if you eliminate 3s and fts. The bench gave a huge edge to NLS.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
NEW LONDON-SPICER
Trista Morris 5
Carly Wendlandt 5
Cassie Ziemer 4
Taylor Thompson 4
Anna Lindquist 3
Kelsey Cors 2
Justine Dammermann 1
Ellary Asche 1
Abby Knisler 1
totals 26

GIBBON-FAIRFAX-WINTHROP
Stephanie Kruggel 8
Abby Busch 4
Johanna Forest 3
Kali Bleck 2
Withney Jandal 2
Megan Sjostrom 1
Micha Melius 1
Sheyenne Breeze 1
totals: 22

next up: the Silver Championship between Centennial and Albany