Monday, October 22, 2007

Out & About: Bloomington Kennedy/Richfield

#2 posting 10.22.2007
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BREAKDOWN FALL LEAGUE: LAKEVILLE SOUTH
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY eagles 33,
RICHFIELD spartans 31*

The reason for the asterisk is my numbers came up with 29. It doesn't change who won or lost, but I am keeping at 31 since that what was on the scoreboard and the mind set of the teams during the game.

Points were hard to come by in this contest between two evenly matched squads. Richfield's Shannon Doig opened the game with a turn around post up basket, and then Richfield went into a 1/8 offensive sequence or 25.0 pp100 zone. Kennedy wasn't much better delivering four points in their first 10 possessions. Future Gopher Shakila Boler tied the game up at 7 (also her uniform number for the day) with a three. That got the JFK full court press going and they converted a couple of turnovers in the first half for lay ups. Richfield also awoke from their offensive slumber with Mandy Poke three points in two possessions to put Richfield down 11-10. Richfield led 14-13 at half. It was in this part of the game the missing two points occurred.

Richfield struck first in the second half with another Poke driving lay up to make it 16-13. Then Boler started to assert herself. After a Bailey Lund lay up, Boler scored seven straight (again #7) to put Kennedy in the lead 22-18. Richfield wasn't finished and they rallied to tie it at 24 on a Pamela January pull up jumper. Then it was Brittany Zins' turn to ratchet up the scoring for JFK. She scored 8 straight points with two threes bookending a basket to make it 32-27 for the Eagles. After a Poke free throw made it 32-28 there was no scoring for the next 13 straight possessions, 8 of which were turnovers as the game turned a little sloppy. Another driving basket by Poke with under 20 seconds left cut the Kennedy margin to 32-31. Boler was fouled and she made the front end of a one & one. January had a crack to get the score tied with a runner, but her shot bounced off and Aubrey Davis picked up the rebound to finish the contest.

photos: #1 Brittany Zins, Kennedy, shoots over Shannon Doig of Richfield. #2 Aubrey Davis knocks the ball away from Pamela January. #3 Mandy Poke slices in for a lay up with Shakila Boler in the background. photos by kja

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
STARTERS
Aubrey Davis 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard
Brittany Zins 13, 15. 86.7, .400 was a factor on the glass. physical, can hold her ground. can score in and out as her 3s showed. can improve ball handling/passing choices.
Kelly Boelter 2, 7, 28.6, .143 post type. made hustle save on an offensive rebound knocking the ball off a Richfielders legs. did make a 15 footer. Needs to work on footwork and ball handling, or limit ball handling moves.
Shakila Boler 11, 8, 137.5, .625 has command of the game. can inject herself into the contest to accelerate her team's margin. good vision, deft passing. sleek ball handling. simple moves are devastating. got in trouble when she bounced without going anywhere
Bailey Lund 2, 2, 100.0, .500 rugged perimeter type. good hands, and focus.
BENCH
Alex Love 0, 2, 0.0, .000 needs to be aware of lines, and situations.
Sheridan Reiners 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard. not afraid of contact.
Kaylani Edwards 1, 4, 25.0, .250 post player who has been hitting the weight room.
Raven Boone 0, 1, 0.0, .000

RICHFIELD
STARTERS
Shannon Doig 2, 2, 100.0, .500 post player scored right away at the blocks and never really was involved after that. strong frame.
Jamie Noonan 3, 8, 37.5, .125 guard. stronger frame. needs to create space and keep vision against quick pressing teams.
Lisa Klaas 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard. needs to create space to see over traps in the press.
Pamela January 6, 11, 54.5, .273 perimeter, strong, quick. likes to drive, and then pull up. has attacking attitude. Needs to shorten her passes, or at least get her teammates to come to her to shorten the pass.
Amy Peterson 3, 5, 60.0, .400 thinner post. Will get second shots, but needs to finish.
BENCH
Mandy Poke 11, 12, 91.7, .500 perimeter, good quickness. has good hang time. Likes to drive right to the glass. Will drive baseline. Can score when hit. Went to the line three times, the most of any player. Likes to spin to change directions.
Kierra Jeffers 2, 4, 50.0, .250

TRENCH PLAYER
Shakila Boler

BY THE NUMBERS
Bloomington Kennedy 33, 46, 71.7, .347
Richfield 31, 46, 67.4, .326
made 3s: Kennedy 4, Richfield 0
made fts: Kennedy 5, Richfield 4
bench: Richfield 13, Kennedy 3

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
KENNEDY
Shakila Boler 5
Brittany Zins 5
Aubrey Davis 3
Kelly Boelter 2
Bailey Lund 2
Kaylani Edwards 2
Sheridan Reiners 1
Raven Boone 1
totals: 21

RICHFIELD
Mandy Poke 6
Jamie Noonan 5
Pamela January 4
Shannon Doig 2
Lisa Klaas 2
Amy Peterson 1
totals: 20

Next up: tomorrow, unless there is breaking news