Out & About: Osseo/Champlin Park

#9 posting 12.11.2007
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OSSEO orioles 72, CHAMPLIN PARK rebels 52

Two teams that made the state tournament last year battled it out in a Northwest Suburban contest with the visiting Orioles flying away with a 20 point win. Osseo used strong defense, quick ball movement, and an inside-outside combination that proved lethal. Danielle Mangen connected on five 3s on the night for the outside component. She ended up with 21 points. Jennie Sunnarborg patrolled the paint and had 14 of her 24 points at the line.

Mangen set the tone on the first Osseo possession with a trey from the right corner. CP did have one lead in the game and it came early at 5-3. The game remained fairly tight with the Orioles holding leads up to seven. CP came back to cut the margin to 17-13. One minute later it was 22-13 with a post up by Sunnarborg and a trey from Amy Hildebrand. Osseo closed the half with an 8-2 run as they scored on 4 of their last five possessions. That put Osseo up 34-22. Both Mangen and Sunnarborg had 11 at half.

CP changed from their 2/3 zone to man in the second half. That seemed to rejuvenated the Rebels as they opened with a 14-6 run to close the margin to 40-36. CP got the ball into the paint, something that was not happening frequently in the first half, and they also took advantage of a couple of 3s. Osseo weathered that storm and soon pushed the lead back out to 47-36 after a three staight scoring possessions. Osseo dominated inside and had one possession where they scored three free throws, one by Sunnarborg and then, after collecting the missed shot, two by Kylie Gottsman. Over 5:30 in the second half Osseo was 9/12 on their offensive possessions--a 16-7 run. Again Mangan kicked it off with a three. Sunnarborg closed it off with a post up. Osseo closed out the game with four straight scores on a 7-0 run.

photos: #1 Ashley Witte goes up for a shot for CP with Kendra Ware up to block for Osseo. #2: Jennie Sunnarborg manuevers in the post with Witte defending. Photos by Teas.

key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
OSSEO
STARTERS
Danielle Mangen 21, 13, 161.5, .615 Good things come in small packages. She packs a wallop from behind the arc. Hit five on the night. Is speedy, quick, feeds the post well. can penetrate and dish. can finish the break. fouls forced her to sit.
Marny Ferrara 2, 7, 28.6, .143 perimeter, active hands on defense.
Chiamaka Okonkwo 2, 5, 40.0, .200 the "4". good jumper.
Jennie Sunnarborg 24, 22, 109.1, .591 posting up and looking for contact more. initiating contact. is more physical. went to the line 10 times. rebounded both ends. at times too low on the block. also had traveling calls because too high.
Brianna Olson 8, 10, 80.0, .400 tough nosed guard. quick passing. did hit a three. Can score if it.
BENCH
Kylie Gottsman 6, 4, 150.0, .750 post. good hands. needs to improve quickness. To play with this team, and the next level, needs to make quick, automatic choices.
Kendra Ware 4, 8, 50.0, .250 shoots on the outside, but snaps hand back on the follow through.
Amy Hildebrand 5, 2, 250.0, 1.000 perimeter shooter

CHAMPLIN PARK
STARTERS
Ashley Witte 13. 15. 86.7, .400 faces basket. nice shooter. prefers the perimeter. can hit a three. rebounds
Ali Schmidt 6, 9, 66.7, .333 hit a 3. shut out in the second half.
Laura Bruce 9, 16, 56.3, .313 had great success inside posting up smaller players. likes to face the basket. prefers to put the ball on the floor. at times not balanced. needs to develop a stop and pop. tendancy to charge is there. needs to be aware more of other players. Wasn't ready for ball.
Alana Eason 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard. quick. elbow too far away on dribble.
Jessica Gamber 0, 0, 0.0, .000 post player. This was her only game of the year. She started, and then was subbed out after one second for an injury time out. She will have knee surgery and her season is over. This was the first time she was cleared to play, but her knee went out at home. She is a senior.
BENCH
Jessica Hoffman 4, 8, 50.0, .375 usually starts and went in when Gamber came out. rebounds. Lefty
Abby McDaniel 7, 5, 140.0, .600 can hit a three. perimeter
Tarah Flahavan 2, 7, 28.6, .286 point guard. has a nice cross over when moving forward. has good vision and can spot open player when penetrating. When she is stalled the cross over can be snatched.
Jazmine Darden 7, 5, 140.0, .600 canned two 3s on the day.
Kat Chelstrom 2, 4, 50.0, .250 perimeter

TRENCH PLAYER
Danielle Mangen

BY THE NUMBERS
Osseo 72, 71, 101.4,. .479
Champlin Park 52, 73, 71.2, .370
made 3s: Osseo 7, CP 5
made fts: Osseo 21, CP 11
bench: CP 22, Osseo 15

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
OSSEO
Brianna Olson 8
Chiamaka Okonkwo 8
Jennie Sunnarborg 7.5
Danielle Mangen 7
Kendra Ware 3.5
Amy Hildebrand 2
Marny Ferrara 1
totals: 37

CHAMPLIN PARK
Ashley Witte 9
Laura Bruce 6
Jessica Hoffman 6
Tarah Flahavan 4
Ali Schmidt 2
Alana Eason 2
Abby McDaniel 1
Jazmine Darden 1
Kat Chelstrom 1
Anna Hueman 1
totals: 33

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Osseo played man, with full court pressure.
Champlin started off in a 2-3 zone. They played man in the second half. They also pressured full court more in the second half.

ALSO TODAY
Minneapolis Roosevelt beat St. Paul Humboldt 68-58. Kiara Strickland of Roosevelt had 29.

Eastview 64 Chaska 53
The first half it was all Eastview, with McSparron scoring 18 points and her team leading 33 to 13 at the half. The game started out slow with the score tied 8 to 8 about a third of the way through the half, but then Eastview went on 25 to 5 run.
Chaska came out with a 8 point run in the second half and brought the game within 7 points at 42 to 35 half way through the second half. Courtney Boylan had 18 points in the second half and finished with 22 in the game. Mc Sparron ended up with 31 for Eastview. Only 3 players scored for Eastview in the 2nd half. Brianna Tisch had 13 rebounds for Chaska.

ST. PAUL CENTRAL 62 MINNETONKA 43
Central led 32-27 at half. The Central defense kicked it up a notch in the second half. Scoring for Central was Theairra Taylor 15, Kiara Buford 14, Georgie Jones 13, and Megan Howard 12.
For Minnetonka Jordan Skiem had 13, Katie Winge had 10.