Out & About: Kimball/Swanville

#7 posting 11.26.2007
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KIMBALL cubs 83, SWANVILLE bulldogs 29

If you remember the Motown group the Marvelettes then you might remember one of their songs---"Destination Anywhere." That in a nutshell describes tonight's out & about.

Why this game?
A. It was one of only a handful of games in the state today. Not many teams want to play on Monday after Thanksgiving.
B. It was the only one within driving distance.

There may have been more compelling games (probably there were not any real compelling games in the state), but the hour driving distance made this the destination.

A bit of background on the match up: Kimball is a AA team, Swanville is A. Both teams have not have recent success. Kimball has five wins in the last three years, Swanville has four. Swanville last year averaged 26 ppg and gave up 71, a difference of 45 points on average. Swanville has only 10 players out for their team. There is no JV or B team. So from the pinnacle of games on Saturday night with #1 vs #2 in the AAAA level I watched teams almost 180 degrees away from that.

But the odd thing was Kimball didn't play along with expectations.

Don't get me wrong, they will have to fight for wins, this year, but they showed some flashes of ability and understanding of the game. The game was slower than Saturday's game, but there were more possessions. Turnovers happened when no one was near. Shots were labored.

Swanville, on the other hand, looks like they don't pick up a ball from March to November. Kimball looks like they have put some time into the offseason.

Kimball led 13-0 before Swanville's Tracy Fruechte hit a shot from the left corner snapping a 14 possession scoring drought. Kimball's press provided many turnovers. By 9:50 in the first half Kimball called their dogs off and it was 22-6. Both teams played zones. Kimball had some outside range, Swanville didn't. Swanville endured another 19 possession drought later in the first half.

Everybody got in the act in the second half for Kimball. 13 different Cubs found the bottom of the net. Swanville had another 13 possession drought in the second half.

The fact is this game was by no means compelling, but it was useful in that it illustrates the differences between classes, and ranked and unranked teams.

For the most part the evaluations can be summarized: needs to work on ball handling. Needs to work on decisions. Strength and quickness needs improvement. That applies to both teams.

KIMBALL
STARTERS
Kayla Kastanek 4, 8, 50.0, .250
Brianna Rosenow 8, 6, 133.3, .667 post player
Mindy Hurrle 14, 12, 116.7, .583 had a decent outside shot
Amanda Kuseske 11, 5, 220.0, 1.000 point guard
Emily Straley 15, 13, 115.4, .692 tallest player at 6-0 and had good feet.
BENCH
Brittnay Simmons 2, 3, 66.7, .333 had some quickness to the glass
Tesslyn Callander 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Sarah Powell 6, 9, 66.7, .333
Katie Mackereth 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Holly Garding 6, 5, 120.0, .600
Sarah Messer 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Kelsey Vigoren 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Molly Hurrle 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Paige Peglow 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Maranda Theisen 0, 1, 0.0, .000

SWANVILLE
STARTERS
Tracy Fruechte 14, 27, 51.9, .259 primary ball handler
Jenna Hollermann 2, 19, 10.5, .053
Jayma Harthan 4, 16, 25.0, .125
Laurie Kruchten 8, 9, 88.9, .556
Lindsay Pelzer 0, 4, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Hohlly Pelzer 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Bonnie Shields 1, 5, 20.0, .200
Lena Knezevic 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Ashley Pepenhagen 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Emily Straley

BY THE NUMBERS
Kimball 83, 88, 94.3, .489
Swanville 29, 87, 33.3, .184
made 3s: Kimball 1, Swanville 1
made free throws: Swanville 10, Kimball 8
bench: Kimball 31, Swanville 1
Was this the lowest pp100 and floor % that I have seen? no. Last year Becker beat Sauk Rapids badly. The Storm had a pp100 of 32.39 and floor % of .155.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
KIMBALL
Emily Straley 11
Kayla Kastanek 7
Brianna Rosenow 6
Katie Mackereth 4
Paige Peglow 4
Mindy Hurrle 3
Brittnay Simmons 3
Tesslyn Callander 3
Maranda Theisen 3
Amanda Kuseske 2
Kelsey Vogoren 2
Molly Hurrle 2
Sarah Powell 1
Holly Garding 1
Sarah Messer 1
totals: 53

SWANVILLE
Tracy Fruechte 8
Jayma Harthan 8
Laurie Kruchten 7
Jenna Hollermann 3
Lindsay Pelzer 3
Holly Pelzer 1
Lena Knezevic 1
Ashley Pepenhagen 1
totals: 32

Next up: tomorrow