Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Out & About: Suns/Henry Sibley

#3 posting 10.17.2007
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MYAS FALL LEAGUE
Orange Division
SUNS 58, HENRY SIBLEY 42

This game was supposed to be the Suns vs Hudson, WI, but they forfeited two games on Sunday. The word was it was a Wisconsin High School rule. So The Suns faced the host Henry Sibley. If you have been following the last weekend results you know it was a three point barrage all day in the games I saw, but the top performances by players and teams was in this game. The most 3s by a player: Kayla Hulsebus, Suns 6; most by a team: 8 by the Suns: and most by both teams combined: 15.

Neither team was at full strength with only one bench player between both teams. The Suns are a multiple school team. They played together as the Suns Gold 14u team this summer. The only players with varsity experience on the Suns are Long and Geif.

It started raining 3s right away with Hulsebus wasting now time striking behind the arc on the first Sun possession. After that the Suns set for five possessions coming up empty. That was the only portion of the game Henry Sibley led at 4-3. The Suns went on a 16-3 run with 10 of those points from the hands of Erica Trebing. HS had a seven possession drought and needed a time out to get their wind back. The Suns also enjoyed an advantage on the offensive glass with 9 points via second chancers. HS did have their own 9-2 run to cut the margin to 28-20. Ellie Garcia provided five of those points. The Suns closed out the first half with a 9-4 run to lead 37-24 at the break.

Just like in the first half Hulsebus opened the scoring in the second half with another bomb, her fifth on the day. Katie Ahlstrom was just starting to heat up from the hinterlands with her second trey of the day for HS. Chelsea M hit for a three to make the margin 40-27, but the margin never dropped below 13 the rest of the night. The Suns lead ballooned to 52-35 with the help of a 7-0 run during a five possession drought, but Ahlstrom scored on three consecutive possessions for HS to cut it back to 52-39. The later portion of the game featured tired, weary play as HS went into a 9 possession drought. The Suns also had problems scoring with a five possession drought. They were looking for every player to attempt a three also late in the game.

Photos: #1. Natalie Hanson loses the ball on the drive for Henry Sibley, defenders for the Suns left to right--Kayla Hulsebus, Jade Geif, Alexis Long; #2 Katie Ahlstrom, Henry Sibley launches one of her 3s; #3 Alexis Long snatches the ball on a fast break lay up attempt by Hanson. photos by kja

SUNS
STARTERS
Kayla Hulsebus, St. Croix Lutheran 24, 16, 150.0, .563 3 point instant offense. zone buster. Almost all her shots were from a different zip code. had 7 steals on the day. runs the floor. has speed (is also a soccer player). Needs to be clean with ball handling.
Erica Trebing, Prior Lake 12, 14, 85.7. .357 perimeter player. had a flurry late in first half. 3 range. Can score when hit. crashes offensive boards.
Megan Strommen, Woodbury 5, 8, 62.5, .250 stronger framed perimeter player. Has 3 range
Jade Geif, Lakeville South 6, 8, 75.0, .375 lanky, lean. plays inside. has long fingers. good fluid movement. gets off the ground.
Alexis Long, Maranatha 7, 9, 77.8, .444 guard. understands where she needs to be to make a play. gets defensive rebounding position.
BENCH
Megan Pold, Prior Lake 4, 5, 80.0, .400 post

HENRY SIBLEY
STARTERS
Ava Garcia 0, 5, 0.0, .000
Ellis Garcia 7, 9, 77.8, .333 main rebounder. enforcer. has 3 range.
Natalie Hanson 10, 15, 66.7, .333 likes to drive to the hoop. Not afraid of contact. 3 range. With no bench, got tired and did not score the second half.
Katie Ahlstrom 16, 11, 145.5, .545 3 point shooter with four on the day. will also look to drive if given an opportunity.
Chelsea M 9, 18, 50.0, .222 Looks and plays a lot like Natalie Hanson.
BENCH
none
All the HS players need to polish their ball handling and decision making skills.

TRENCH PLAYER
Kayla Hulsebus launches one her long range missles.

BY THE NUMBERS
Suns 58, 60, 96.7, .417
Henry Sibley 42, 58, 72.4, .310
made 3s: Suns 8, HS 7
made fts: Suns 8, HS 3
bench: Suns 4, HS 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
SUNS
Kayla Hulsebus 10
Jade Geif 8
Erica Trebing 6
Alexis Long 6
Megan Strommen 3
Megan Pold 1
totals: 34

HENRY SIBLEY
Ellie Garcia 9
Katie Ahlstrom 4
Natalie Hanson 4
Chelsea M 4
Ava Garcia 3
totals: 24

Next up: tomorrow, unless news breaks. I will have the Fall week in review tomorrow, not Friday.