Out & About: Minnehaha/Blaine

#5 posting 11.23.2007
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HUDSON TURKEY CLASSIC
MINNEHAHA redhawks 61, BLAINE bengals 46

Minnehaha used their full court press to cause Blaine headaches in an opening game win in Wisconsin. Since the contest was across the St. Croix there were four eight minute quarters, not two 18 minute halves.

Blaine held one lead at 2-0. Minnehaha scored on five straight possessions on an 11-4 run. Sarah Peterson had four points in the flurry. Blaine was held scoreless for 7 possessions, four of which were turnovers. Also the foul situation hurt Blaine. MA was in the bonus with a little over 2 minutes left in the quarter.

The second quarter torpedoed Blaine's chances. The Bengals only scored six points, all at the line. Minnehaha added 18 to their totals. Rachel Hansen had 6 points for MA in the quarter. Blaine's pp100 for the quarter was 30.0 and floor % checked in at .150.

The game continued to flow to the Redhawks in the second half. The margin was 20 for most of the half with MA up 56-34 on a pull up by Megan Erlandson with about four minutes left. MA made some substitutions. Blaine started to click at that point. They ran off four straight scores and closed the game with a 6/9 sequence as they scored 15 points. That put their pp100 166.7 in the last half of the fourth quarter, and 53.4 for the first 3 and a half quarters. MA eventually put their starters in again. Erlandson had six for MA in the fourth.

Above photo: Tracie Gillund, Blaine is fouled by Anna Marie Martino of Minnehaha. photo by kja.

Key: name, points, possessions, pp100, floor %

MINNEHAHA
STARTERS
Rachel Hansen 14, 17, 82.4, .412 perimeter. scored in transition. drew fouls. on defense picked up steals off the press. Had some ball handling turnovers.
Anna Marie Martino 4, 9, 44.4, .333
Sarah Peterson 13, 8, 162.5, .750 quick off her feet. scores in transition. hit a 3. brings energy. Led MA with 6 defensive rebounds. got in foul trouble.
Megan Erlandson 16, 11, 145.5, .727 point guard, steady, good vision. scored off pull ups in half court, and transition (12 points). has court sense. First game for MA. played with Concordia Roseville before.
Brittany Norby 2, 5, 40.0, .200 guard
BENCH
Katelyn Adams 6, 13, 46.2, .231 post player. has size. needs to finish.
Ani Johnson 6, 4, 150.0, .500 3 point specialist (hit two)
Ellen Viner 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Rebba Moore 0, 1, 0.0, .000 another big post player
Britta Monson 0, 0, 0.0, .000

BLAINE
STARTERS
Tracie Gillund 5, 11, 45.5, .273 post
Alissa Dombek 8, 7, 114.3, .429
Alexandra Pafko 16, 18, 88.9, .444 post player. active on the defensive boards.
Mackenzie Suda 6, 9, 66.7, .333
Kirsten Goodroad 6, 9, 66.7, .222 picked up two quick fouls and had to sit. has 3 range.
BENCH
Taylor Lamberty 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Courtney Kelly 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Carly Christopherson 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Alexandrea Schroeder 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sara O'Dowd 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Stephanie Jergenson 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Allison Ballstadt 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Megan Erlandson

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnehaha 17-35-49-61
Blaine 10-16-30-46
Minnehaha 61, 69, 88.4, .435
Blaine 46, 69, 66.7, .319
made 3s: Minnehaha 3, Blaine 2
made fts: Minnehaha 14, Blaine 10
bench: Minnehaha 12, Blaine 3

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNEHAHA
Sarah Peterson 8
Rachel Hansen 6
Megan Erlandson 5.5
Brittany Norby 5
Katelyn Adams 4
Anna Marie Martino 2.5
Ani Johnson 2
Ellen Viner 2
Rebba Moore 1
Britta Monson 1
totals: 37

BLAINE
Alexandra Pafko 10
Tracie Gillund 6
Kirsten Goodroad 6
Carly Christopherson 5
Alissa Dombek 3
Taylor Lamberty 2
Sara O'Dowd 2
Mackenzie Suda 1
totals: 35

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