Out & About: Henry Sibley/St. Paul Harding

#10 posting 12.19.2007
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HENRY SIBLEY warriors 92,
ST. PAUL HARDING knights 32

In the only game in town tonight it was in keeping with the theme established last week---a Classic Suburban team goes to the city and wins by 60. This time it was Henry Sibley traveling to St. Paul for their win.

HS came out and hit a three on the first possession of the game (#10). Harding scored on their first two possessions and were tied at 3. Then the roof caved in. HS hit four 3s on their first six field goal attempts. When the 3 barrage was done HS was up 21-5. Harding had droughts of 5, 11, and 7 during the first half. Harding had some quickness, but the players just don't have the practice hours behind their resumes. Defensively HS did what they wanted, when they wanted, how they wanted. It was 50-16 at half.

Things didn't vary much in the second half. HS was 9/11 on their first possessions of the second half. Transition lay ups seemed to be the favored way to score. On the other side of the fence, Harding was still dry with a 9 possession drought during the half. There was a collision late in the game when Courtney Ingram went to the floor. It appeared that her shoulder was injured. A few possessions later the Harding bench was assessed a technical. However there weren't a lot of fouls called. The possessions were high due to poor ball handling skills.

photos: #1 #10 for Henry Sibley launching one of her three 3s. #2 Speedy Sade Pollard driving down the lane for Harding. photos by kja

key: player, points, possessions, pp100; floor %
HENRY SIBLEY --for some unknown reason HS does not have numbers on the program. Perhaps some of their players are in the witness protection program. I will have to put the names in later. So today it is only numbers. This brings up promotion of programs. Simple things like numbers associated with names only help players connect with the public, the press, and maybe even a scout. I hope this was a simple oversight and will be corrected sppm/
STARTERS
Katie Ahlstrom 16, 10, 160.0, .700 nailed three 3s. had good vision.
Natalie Hanson 10, 7, 142.9, .714 guard. runs the floor, three transition baskets
Briana Allen 12, 7, 171.4, .857 inside player. good feet, decent hands. had a double double (with boards).
Becca Hern 8, 10, 80.0, .400 liked to shoot on the perimeter. kept shooting when she wasn't connecting
Elaanor Garcia 14, 10, 140.0, .700 strong perimeter. also made a 3. crashed the offensive boards.
BENCH
Katie DeCramer 6, 4, 150.0, .705
Jessica Kreuser 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Lindsey Knoll 14, 9, 155.6, .667 post player
Lauren Turitto 2, 2, 100.0, 1.000
#22 0, 2, 0.0, .000
#11 0, 2, 0.0, .000
#5, 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Carly Reimer 4, 3, 133.3, .667
#21 0, 1, 0.0, .000
#34 2, 2, 100.0, .500
#14 0, 2, 0.0, .000

ST. PAUL HARDING
STARTERS
Sade Pollard 12, 23, 52.2. .304 runs the floor well--she should she is a state track sprinter. however she looks down at the ball. all her shots are off the dribble.
Ashley Rodgers 8, 19, 42.1. .263 point guard. attacks the basket. small
Amy Harris 3, 10, 30.0, .100 made a 3. is the spot up shooter
Savannah Lewis 4, 7, 57.1, .286 post player. got into foul trouble early
Courtney Ingram 0, 8, 0.0, .000 another smaller guard. hurt shoulder on a floor dive
BENCH
Jenny Her 4, 6, 66.7, .500
Lashawnda Newell 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Stephanie Newell 0, 4, 0.0, .000 post player. hard to move. strong
Kelsie Miller 1, 1, 100.0, 1.000

TRENCH PLAYER
Briana Allen for Henry Sibley

BY THE NUMBERS
Henry Sibley 92, 80, 115.0, .550
St. Paul Harding 32, 80, 40.0, .238
made 3s: HS 4, Harding 2
made fts: Harding 8, HS 6
bench: HS 32, Harding 5
It is hard to gage in a blow out like this. However Richfield is better than Henry Sibley, Edison is better than Harding.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
HENRY SIBLEY
Briana Allen 10
Katie Ahlstrom 5.5
Eleanor Garcia 5.5
Lindsay Knoll 5
Lauren Turitto 5
Natlaie Hanson 4
#55 2
#11 2
Carly Reimer 2
#21 2
Becca Hern 1
#22 1
totals: 45

HARDING
Stephanie Newell 5
Sade Pollard 4
Savannah Lewis 4
Courtney Ingram 4
Ashley Rodgers 2
Amy Harris 2
Jenny Her 2
Lashawnda Newell 2
totals: 25

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Harding started in a 1/3/1 trying to trap in the corners
Henry Sibley did man and 1/2/2.
neither team pressed full court

Next up: tomorrow