#10 posting 12.4.2007
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MAPLE GROVE crimson 64, WAYZATA trojans 62
Maple Grove built an 11 point half time lead only to see Wayzata surge early in the second half to take a 44-40 lead. MG reasserted themselves and took a 58-48 lead only to see another Wayzata resurrection. The Trojans got as close as 61-60 with 46.8 seconds left. Free throws put the Crimson in the pink, the last two by Jennifer Field.
This was not the first choice for games today, but with traffic snarled due to snowflakes and delays of up to 2:30 hours going south on 169 we decided that this was the game to see. It turned out that it was the tightest game of the year.
Wayzata in the early portion of the game went inside with Christina Keup scoring the first six points after isolating defenders on her back. Wayzata in the half court swings the ball waiting for the right time. MG in the early going was led by the outside one two punch of Jen Field and Cate Cavanagh. together they combined for the first 12 Crimson points. MG went on a 7-0 run to take a 12-6 lead. Wayzata was stuck in a six possession drought. The next burst took MG from a 21-19 lead to a 36-25 half time advantage--a 15-6 run. MG scored on 8 of their last 11 possessions of the half. Julie Kruse had six of the points.
MG stretched that lead to 40-25 to start the second half. Wayzata then started to press and started to penetrate on offense. That led to a 19-2 run. The Trojans scored on 7 straight possessions. Teresa Thour initiated the turnaround with 7 of the first 9 points in the run. Abby Doran had six points, one from behind the arc, and one old fashioned three. The run
finished with Kate Thompson scoring the last six points. Thompson finally cracked into the scoring column with 12:44 left in the game. At that point Wayzata led 44-40. MG then awoke from their offensive slumber and scored on their next four possessions to reassert themselves and lead 47-44. Taylor House kicked off the MG comeback with move inside. Eventually MG pushed the lead to 58-48 with 4:11 left. Wayzata was mired in a 1/9 offensive morass. The snapped out of it to finish the game with a 7 of 8 scoring run, the first six in a row. Doran had six points in the 14-6 run. The Crimson fell into a four possession drought. Wayzata was able to slice the margin to one a couple of times, the last at 61-60. MG got their mojo back with four straight scores to close the contest--all at the line. Wayzata had an opportunity to tie the game at 62 but the drive by Doran didn't fall. House got the rebound and Field was fouled and provided the insurance points. Wayzata scored at the end with MG not contesting anything inside the 3 point line.
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MAPLE GROVE crimson 64, WAYZATA trojans 62
Maple Grove built an 11 point half time lead only to see Wayzata surge early in the second half to take a 44-40 lead. MG reasserted themselves and took a 58-48 lead only to see another Wayzata resurrection. The Trojans got as close as 61-60 with 46.8 seconds left. Free throws put the Crimson in the pink, the last two by Jennifer Field.
This was not the first choice for games today, but with traffic snarled due to snowflakes and delays of up to 2:30 hours going south on 169 we decided that this was the game to see. It turned out that it was the tightest game of the year.
Wayzata in the early portion of the game went inside with Christina Keup scoring the first six points after isolating defenders on her back. Wayzata in the half court swings the ball waiting for the right time. MG in the early going was led by the outside one two punch of Jen Field and Cate Cavanagh. together they combined for the first 12 Crimson points. MG went on a 7-0 run to take a 12-6 lead. Wayzata was stuck in a six possession drought. The next burst took MG from a 21-19 lead to a 36-25 half time advantage--a 15-6 run. MG scored on 8 of their last 11 possessions of the half. Julie Kruse had six of the points.MG stretched that lead to 40-25 to start the second half. Wayzata then started to press and started to penetrate on offense. That led to a 19-2 run. The Trojans scored on 7 straight possessions. Teresa Thour initiated the turnaround with 7 of the first 9 points in the run. Abby Doran had six points, one from behind the arc, and one old fashioned three. The run
finished with Kate Thompson scoring the last six points. Thompson finally cracked into the scoring column with 12:44 left in the game. At that point Wayzata led 44-40. MG then awoke from their offensive slumber and scored on their next four possessions to reassert themselves and lead 47-44. Taylor House kicked off the MG comeback with move inside. Eventually MG pushed the lead to 58-48 with 4:11 left. Wayzata was mired in a 1/9 offensive morass. The snapped out of it to finish the game with a 7 of 8 scoring run, the first six in a row. Doran had six points in the 14-6 run. The Crimson fell into a four possession drought. Wayzata was able to slice the margin to one a couple of times, the last at 61-60. MG got their mojo back with four straight scores to close the contest--all at the line. Wayzata had an opportunity to tie the game at 62 but the drive by Doran didn't fall. House got the rebound and Field was fouled and provided the insurance points. Wayzata scored at the end with MG not contesting anything inside the 3 point line. photos: #1 a collison between a MG player and Teresa Thour of Wayzata. #2. Kate Thompson of Wayzata takes off in the lane with Taylor House, Kelsey Eitel and Ellen Edison of MG watching. photos by Teas.
key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MAPLE GROVE
STARTERS
Jennifer Field 16, 12, 133.3, .583 point guard. hit a pair of 3s on out of bounds plays. has a competitive attitude.
Julie Kruse 7, 13, 53.8, .308 post player. has strong frame. had foul problems. better in the paint. tried some shots out side of the paint. seemed to tire.
Cate Cavanagh 11, 12, 91.7, .500 pugnacious guard. intense on defense. scored off the dribble, baseline drive. needs to hold follow through on free throws.
Taylor House 11, 9, 122.2, .556 post, strong shoulders. moves well. fouls hampered her in the first half.
Jacque Ackerman 4, 4, 100.0, .500 perimeter. corner shooter
BENCH
Kelsey Eitel 2, 4, 50.0, .250 back up post. strong physique. exposes the ball. needs to work on agility.
Ellen Edison 7, 9, 77.8, .444 perimeter shooter. needs to shorten passes against press
Alyssa Silva 4, 5, 80.0, .400 guard, has aggressive attitude
Makensie Becker 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 another back up post. needs to keep ball higher.
Corbin Junes 0, 0, 0.0, .000
WAYZATA
STARTERS
Christina Keup 10, 10, 100.0, .500 post, smaller than the MG posts, sealed well.
Jordan Risberg 0, 3, 0.0, .000 very small guard. main function on offense was to keep the ball moving. fouled out.
Teresa Thour 13, 13, 100.0, .462 perimeter. scored on drives and transition. hit a 3.
Abby Doran 16, 11, 145.5, .636 perimeter. canned a couple of 3s in the second half, and also had an old fashioned 3.
Kate Thompson 10, 12, 83.3, .417 long perimeter player. did not assert herself on offense until later in the game. needs to grab control earlier. in the first half only had 2 possessions. got into foul problems. in the second half was posting up. needs to have more heft to mix it up inside. went the line three times. defensively changes shots. passing needs to be zippier.
BENCH
Caitlyn Book 2, 10, 20.0, .100
Shannon O'Toole 7, 6, 116.7, .500 is now facing the basket. has improved range. scrapper, fouled out
Callie Stark 4, 5, 80.0, .400 perimeter. active hands on defense.
Sara Wunderlich 0, 0, 0.0, .000
TRENCH PLAYER
Jennifer Field
BY THE NUMBERS
Maple Grove 64, 69, 92.8, .464
Wayzata 62, 70, 88.6, .414
made 3s: Wayzata 4, MG 3
made fts: Wayzata 20, MG 15
bench: MG 15, Wayzata 13
A very streaky game. If you subtract MG's finish in both halves and a hot stretch to retake the lead in the second half, the Crimson's numbers were 72 pp100 and .320 floor %. The hot streak they were clicking at 147.4, and .842. Same with Wayzata. Without their hot streaks their numbers were 54.5 and .264. The hot streak alone it was a sizzling 194.1 and .882 floor %.
DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MAPLE GROVE
Kelsey Eitel 6
Taylor House 5
Jennifer Field 4
Cate Cavanagh 4
Julie Kruse 3.5
Alyssa Silva 3
Jacque Ackerman 3
Makensie Becker 1
Corbin Junes 1
Ellen Edison 0.5
totals: 31
WAYZATA
Teresa Thour 7
Abby Doran 6.5
Kate Thompson 6
Christina Keup 5.5
Jordan Risberg 3
Shannon O'Toole 3
Caitlyn Book 1
Callie Stark 1
Sara Wunderlich 1
totals: 34
Next up: tomorrow morning
key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MAPLE GROVE
STARTERS
Jennifer Field 16, 12, 133.3, .583 point guard. hit a pair of 3s on out of bounds plays. has a competitive attitude.
Julie Kruse 7, 13, 53.8, .308 post player. has strong frame. had foul problems. better in the paint. tried some shots out side of the paint. seemed to tire.
Cate Cavanagh 11, 12, 91.7, .500 pugnacious guard. intense on defense. scored off the dribble, baseline drive. needs to hold follow through on free throws.
Taylor House 11, 9, 122.2, .556 post, strong shoulders. moves well. fouls hampered her in the first half.
Jacque Ackerman 4, 4, 100.0, .500 perimeter. corner shooter
BENCH
Kelsey Eitel 2, 4, 50.0, .250 back up post. strong physique. exposes the ball. needs to work on agility.
Ellen Edison 7, 9, 77.8, .444 perimeter shooter. needs to shorten passes against press
Alyssa Silva 4, 5, 80.0, .400 guard, has aggressive attitude
Makensie Becker 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 another back up post. needs to keep ball higher.
Corbin Junes 0, 0, 0.0, .000
WAYZATA
STARTERS
Christina Keup 10, 10, 100.0, .500 post, smaller than the MG posts, sealed well.
Jordan Risberg 0, 3, 0.0, .000 very small guard. main function on offense was to keep the ball moving. fouled out.
Teresa Thour 13, 13, 100.0, .462 perimeter. scored on drives and transition. hit a 3.
Abby Doran 16, 11, 145.5, .636 perimeter. canned a couple of 3s in the second half, and also had an old fashioned 3.
Kate Thompson 10, 12, 83.3, .417 long perimeter player. did not assert herself on offense until later in the game. needs to grab control earlier. in the first half only had 2 possessions. got into foul problems. in the second half was posting up. needs to have more heft to mix it up inside. went the line three times. defensively changes shots. passing needs to be zippier.
BENCH
Caitlyn Book 2, 10, 20.0, .100
Shannon O'Toole 7, 6, 116.7, .500 is now facing the basket. has improved range. scrapper, fouled out
Callie Stark 4, 5, 80.0, .400 perimeter. active hands on defense.
Sara Wunderlich 0, 0, 0.0, .000
TRENCH PLAYERJennifer Field
BY THE NUMBERS
Maple Grove 64, 69, 92.8, .464
Wayzata 62, 70, 88.6, .414
made 3s: Wayzata 4, MG 3
made fts: Wayzata 20, MG 15
bench: MG 15, Wayzata 13
A very streaky game. If you subtract MG's finish in both halves and a hot stretch to retake the lead in the second half, the Crimson's numbers were 72 pp100 and .320 floor %. The hot streak they were clicking at 147.4, and .842. Same with Wayzata. Without their hot streaks their numbers were 54.5 and .264. The hot streak alone it was a sizzling 194.1 and .882 floor %.
DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MAPLE GROVE
Kelsey Eitel 6
Taylor House 5
Jennifer Field 4
Cate Cavanagh 4
Julie Kruse 3.5
Alyssa Silva 3
Jacque Ackerman 3
Makensie Becker 1
Corbin Junes 1
Ellen Edison 0.5
totals: 31
WAYZATA
Teresa Thour 7
Abby Doran 6.5
Kate Thompson 6
Christina Keup 5.5
Jordan Risberg 3
Shannon O'Toole 3
Caitlyn Book 1
Callie Stark 1
Sara Wunderlich 1
totals: 34
Next up: tomorrow morning
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