Out & About: Eagan/Apple Valley

#3 posting 9.28.2007
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APPLE VALLEY FALL LEAGUE
EAGAN wildcats 42, APPLE VALLEY eagles 35

In a battle of Lake conference rivals it was Eagan beating the hosts 42-35.

Apple Valley got off to a slow start with a 1/7 offensive sequence. Eagan took advantage of their down time to build a 6-2 lead. Brittany Dyshaw had four of the first six points. Eagan stopped AV six times in the middle of the half, three on turnovers to maintain their lead. Eagan also had their dry spell, with a five possession stretch. AV was able to cut the margin from 14-6 to 14-12 during the Eagan offensive slumber. Erica Gress had four of those points for AV. Eagan rattled off three straight scores to go up 20-12, but then fell back with four straight empty possessions to close the half. Valley's Cassie Hubler score the last five points of the half, one on a 3. Eagan led at half 20-17.

Eagan's offensive woes continued at the early portion of the second half with five more dry possessions. Overall that made a drought of nine and AV pounced on that with their own 9-0 run and took the lead for one brief moment 21-20 on a Bentley Mancini basket. Eagan went on an 8-2 run to reclaim the lead. Dyshaw scored the basket to give the lead back. The Wildcats led 35-29 when AV shut down for six straight chances. Eagan padded their totals with seven more points to go up 42-29. AV closed the gap late, but time was ticking away on a 42-35 neighborly rival game.

Photos: Erica Gress of Apple Valley fights with Eagan's Danielle Weber for a loose ball. #2. Larissa Veres of Eagan is in a tie up battle. photos by kja

EAGAN
STARTERS
Brittany Dyshaw 10, 12, 83.3., .417 lanky perimeter. defensively has wing span to change passes. offensively is looking to go to the hoop more. Ball handling needs to be cleaner along with better vision.
Molly Sinclair 2, 5, 40.0, .200 point guard. steady, not flashy
Meredyth Fredricksen 4, 6, 66.7, .333 took contact inside
Adrea Holler 6, 11, 54.5, .273 perimeter, likes baseline drives
Elise Rainey 10, 10, 100.0, .600 not afraid of contact, delivered 8 of her points at the line. has speed. lanky and can jump
BENCH
Maria Clasby 3, 2, 150.0, .500
Danielle Weber 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Taylor Berg 0, 2, 0.0, .000 also ran point
Larissa Veres 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Jennica Adkins 3, 4, 75.0, .250 lefty, was able to get hit and still make the play. added one at the line.

APPLE VALLEY
STARTERS
Shannon Thompson 4, 8, 50.0, .250 point guard, has speed, all her points at the line
Cassie Hubler 9, 9, 100.0, .444 3 range. will crash offensive boards. exposed the ball.
Bentley Mancini 13, 14, 92.9, .462 strong frame. post type, but can step out and hit 3
Jazmyne Woodson 1, 6, 16.7, .167 has some flash
Erica Gress 8, 11, 72.7, .364 a workhorse under the basket. similarity to Megan Howard. picked up 9 d boards. knows how to get possession.
BENCH
Destiny Scott 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Jordan Samons 0, 5, 0.0, .000
Brittany Johnson 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Elise Rainey

BY THE NUMBERS
Eagan 42, 57, 73.7, .368
Apple Valley 35, 57, 61.4, .298
made 3s: AV 2, Eagan 0
made fts: Eagan 14, AV 9
bench: Eagan 10, AV 0

DEFENSIVE STOPS
EAGAN
Brittany Dyshaw 7
Meredyth Fredricksen 6
Molly Sinclair 4
Adrea Holler 4
Larissa Veres 3
Elise Rainey 2
Jennica Adkins 2
Danielle Weber 1
totals 29

APPLE VALLEY
Erica Gress 9
Shannon Thompson 4
Bentley Mancini 4
Cassie Hubler 3
Jazmyne Woodson 2
Jordan Samons 1
totals: 23

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