Out & About: New Ulm Cathedral/St. Peter

#9 posting 12.3.2007
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NEW ULM CATHEDRAL greyhounds 48
ST. PETER saints 37

Class A New Ulm Cathedral built up an 18 point lead in the second half and withstood a comeback rally by the hosts in a 48-37 win over AA St. Peter.

It was all NUC in the first half. They scored early and often, but was hampered by 50% free throw shooting. It was 8-1 after NUC's scored on five of their first 7 possessions. NUC scored in transition, or at the line because of fouls in transition, early. St. Peter on the other hand was content with playing on the perimeter. When they did score it was due to second shots. Five of their 8 first half points were on second chancers. The key part of the game was the epic 18 straight dry possessions by St. Peter to close out the first half. They went the last 8 minutes without scoring. Seven of the 18 possessions were due to turnovers. They had chances. Oh how they had chances. On one possession alone they had four cracks at scoring. By the same odd coincidence so did NUC late in the half.
NUC started the half with a pp100 of 114.3 and floor % .714. They finished the half 57.7 and .308. St. Peter for the half was even frostier with 25.0 and .125. That chilly first half offensive performance proved to be fatal.

NUC pushed their lead to 28-8 to start the half, the largest of the game. They would only score two more two point field goals the rest of the game. NUC maintained an 18 point margin throughout the half. The last time was at 40-18 with six minutes left. St. Peter then started pressing. Even though there really wasn't any NUC turnovers involved, it did ignite a sense of urgency. St. Peter finished the game with a 15-8 run. St. Peter did close to 43-35 with 1:17 left. After that point NUC halted their momentum closing out 5-2. Time was not on their side and the smaller school took the bus ride home with the win.

photo: Trish Bjerke, NUC has the ball knocked away by St. Peter's Whitney Dirks. photo by Teas.

key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
NEW ULM CATHEDRAL
STARTERS
Kaitlin DuChene 5, 14, 35.7, .143 primary point guard. poker faced. can get the ball to weak side with skip. at times forced offense. tried long bounce passes in transition.
Katie Larson 13, 15, 86.7, .533 runs the floor. had 8 points in transition. in half court is the corner in their overload offense. in free throws needs to hold follow through. didn't see wide open players down floor on press.
Sam Dengerud 6. 13, 46.2, .231 perimeter player. had good position on post defense. footwork, ball handling need improvement.
Trish Bjerke 5, 8, 62.5, .375 post player. has a strong frame, can run the floor. Needs to work on the hands, and keep the ball at the chin, not the belt after rebounding. needs to be higher on the block for better angle.
Renee Poirier 6, 5, 120.0, .600 weak side post.
BENCH
Val Lux 11, 11, 100.0, .455 had a couple of 3s. youngster. has court vision.
Lauren Manderfeld 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Katelyn Schwartz 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Amber Wesselman 0, 1, 0.0, .000

ST. PETER
STARTERS
Chelsea Willson 2, 7, 28.6, .143 long perimeter. anticipates on defense
Ashtyn Kupser 6, 18, 33.3, .167 scored in transition later. ball handling, decisions need to be better
Emily Nelson 2, 7, 28.6, .286
Nicole Trimbo 9, 13, 69.2, .385 did not score, or assert herself in the first half. Came to life and so did St. Peter in the second half. has pull up jumper.
Whitney Dirks 7, 8, 87.5, .375 post player. needs to get stronger. needs to body straight up and not swing arms when trying to block shots.
BENCH
Tina Aarsvold 0, 5, 0.0, .000 likes to drive baseline
Hannah Karlsrud 4, 6, 66.7, .333 stronger inside. needs to work at the free throws.
Laura Kienlan 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Molly Weber 7, 4, 175.0, .750

TRENCH PLAYER
Val Lux, off the bench solid performance

BY THE NUMBERS
NU Cathedral 48, 70, 68.6, .357
St. Peter 37, 70, 52.9, .271
made 3s: NUC 3, SP 1
made fts: NUC 17, SP 6
bench: NUC 13, SP 11
St. Peter actually had more field goals than NUC 14/11. In the second half it was even more lopsided 11-3. Or it was pretty anemic in the first half with only 3.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
NEW ULM CATHEDRAL
Kaitlin DuChene 10
Trish Bjerke 9
Renee Poirier 7
Sam Dengerud 5
Val Lux 5
Katie Larson 3
Katelyn Schwartz 2
Lauren Manderfeld 1
Amber Wesselman 1
totals: 43

ST. PETER
Whitney Dirks 9.5
Nicole Trimbo 9
Chelsea Willson 5
Ashtyn Kupser 3
Emily Nelson 3
Hannah Karlsrud 3
Tina Aarsvold 1
Molly Weber 0.5
totals: 34

Next up: tomorrow morning