Out & About: Minneapolis North/Andover

#7 posting 11.24.2007
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PAT PATERSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
HAMLINE
EAST BRACKET 3RD PLACE
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH polars 78
ANDOVER huskies 66

Minneapolis North rallied from an 8 point second half deficit to pull away to a 78-66 win in the 3rd place game in the East bracket at Hamline.

Andover started off hot with a 6-0 lead after their first three possessions. They maintained that advantage until the 7:45 mark when Chaundera Riley scored and North took their first lead. Then the pendulum swung in favor of North as they stretched their lead to 34-27. North was making hay off second shots. 19 of the 34 first half points came off second chancers. Andover closed the half like they finished with 9 unanswered points and the Huskies went into the break with a 36-34 lead.

Andover started off hot again in the second half with a 8-2 run to make it a 17-2 run over the two halves. Andover led 44-36 with 15 minutes left. Even odder was North's Kendall Martin picking up her 5th foul with about 20 seconds worth of action in the second half. Despite that adversity, the whole game shifted over to North. T'keyhia Taylor revved up the offensive with a three from the right wing. On the next North possession she drove in for two. Two possessions later she struck gold again beyond the arc. So in the space of four possessions she racked up 8 points and North was back in front 46-45 and they weren't looking back. They finished the game with a 40-21 run. In the initial burst of points it was 29-8 over nine minutes. North had one sequence where they were clicking to the rate of 9/10 possessions. Even the deep bench was feeling it for North. Asha Johnson came in and delivered two bombs in her only possessions. In the end it was a 78-66 win. There is life in North after Hickman.

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Key: name, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH
STARTERS
Keandrea Mosby 5, 4, 125.0, .250
Chaundera Riley 21, 20, 105.0, .450 very aggressive post. has good feet. can get off the floor. good hands and strong.
Briana Edwards 21, 20, 105.0, .550 lefty. can jump. athletic. came up big in the second half
Dericka Griffis 0, 8, 0.0, .000
T'keyhia Taylor 17, 13, 130.8, .462 small point guard. initiated the comeback with her bombs. quick and a disrupter on defense. Her passing turnovers were the result of players leaving her, not coming to her.
BENCH
Kendell Martin 9, 5, 180.0, .800 very good rebounder. problem---too many fouls, too much time on the bench.
Karyssa Linsey 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Asha Johnson 5, 2, 250.0, 1.000
Bridgette Mounger 0, 2, 0.0, .000

ANDOVER
STARTERS
Deena Ewert 22, 21, 104.8, .571 post player. the focus inside. Scored on traditional post ups, and drives. drives, Active on the boards.
Megan McDonald 13, 12, 108.3, .500 guard, moved without the ball.
Caitlyn Hennessey 0, 3, 0.0, .000 another post. needs to get more physical with boards
Nicole Drangstveit 12, 13, 92.3, .462 three point shooter (3 on the night). had four steals, some off the press.
Ashley Johnson 3, 5, 60.0, .400
BENCH
Mariah Braastad 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Aubrey Draves 5, 7, 71.4, .286
Bailey Morgan 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Elle Abeler 9, 10, 90.0, .400 likes corner shots. also did a decent job of rebounding

TRENCH PLAYER
T'keyhia Taylor

BY THE NUMBERS
Minneapolis North 34 78
Andover 36 66
Minneapolis North 78, 77, 101.3, .429
Andover 66, 78, 84.6, .423
made 3s: North 4, Andover 4
made fts: North 20, Andover 14
bench: Andover 16, North 14

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH
Chaundera Riley 9
Briana Edwards 8.5
T'keyhia Taylor 7.5
Kendell Martin 5
Keandrea Mosby 2
Dericka Griffs 2
Asha Johnson 1
Bridgette Mounger 1
totals: 36

ANDOVER
Deena Ewert 13
Elle Abeler 9.5
Nicole Drangstveit 8
Aubrey Draves 4
Caitlyn Hennessey 2
Bailey Morgan 2
Megan McDonald 0.5
totals: 39

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