Out & About: Providence/St. Agnes

#3 posting 12.26.2007
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MOUNDS PARK TOURNAMENT
PROVIDENCE lions 61
ST. AGNES aggies 39

After four days with no out & abouts I started off with the holiday tournaments at Mounds Park with Providence beating St. Agnes 61-39 in the first semifinal. None of the teams in this tournament will not be challenging for conference titles. Most of the teams are AA. But as it is the only tournament in town today I was there.

St. Agnes scored on their first possession and then went into the deep freeze for the next 16 possessions. Providence responded with a 17-0 run. The best Providence offensive sequence came late in the half with four straight scores. Jenna Brady had six points in that 8-0 run. St. Agnes had another double digit dry spell with 10 possessions empty. It was 32-12 at half time.

Samantha Zopfi scored the first 7 points in the second half. Providence stretched their lead to 29 points in the middle of the second half. One half of St. Agnes' one two connection, Rayanne Klein, had 15 points in the second half. Providence led 56-30 with 6 minutes left, but only managed five more points the rest of the way. They used the deep bench at that point. One interesting side note---St. Agnes went to bonus at 58.6 seconds left in the game, indicating that both teams were either playing cleanly or the offenses were content taking outside shots, and didn't attack the basket.

photos: #1 Marah Labey takes a shot for St. Agnes with Jenna Brady of Providence calling out shot. #2 Rayanne Klein going up in the paint for St. Agnes. photos by kja

key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
PROVIDENCE
STARTERS
Kari Zimmerman 4, 7, 57.1, .286 guard
Esti Zimmerman 7, 6, 116.7, .500 guard with 3 point range. defensively was in the right spot and got after defensive boards.
Katie Nordick 2, 3, 66.7, .333 young post
Katie Finley 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Katie Huot 0, 1, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Jenna Brady 8, 8, 100.0, .500 guard, ran the floor. had 6 points on transition lay ups. took a long 2.
Samantha Zopfi 21, 16, 131.3, .565 taller perimeter. has 3 range. can feed the post. can go inside. will take pull ups. good instincts.
Olivia Rowland 14, 10, 140.0, .800 post player. most of her points came at the block. had five points on second chancers, some off her own misses. swooped in on one. only 2/4 at the line. missed short, needs to use legs.
Ava Tamosuinas 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Stephanie Twelves 3, 2, 150.0, 1,000 point guard
Mary Nordick 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Emma Dugan 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Allie Huot 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Morgan Thomas 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Molly Doboszenski 0, 1, 0.0, .000

ST. AGNES
STARTERS
Mary Butler 13, 26, 50.0, .231 point guard. has some ball handling ability. looks to take distance shots. can drive. had five points (counting free throws) that manner. would release deep on the man press.
Donelle Linscheid 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Rayanne Klein 20, 23, 87.0, .391 post player. battled for loose balls. scored at the blocks, and also on one dribble drives.
Mariah Labey 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Sabrina Maslow 2, 5, 40.0, .200
BENCH
Kayla Bennett 0, 2, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Samantha Zopfi

BY THE NUMBERS
Providence 61, 66, 92.4, .455
St. Agnes 39, 66, 59.1, .273
made 3s: Providence 4, St. Agnes 2
ft made/att--%: St. Agnes 5/9---.556; Providence 3/9---.333
bench: Providence 48, St. Agnes 0
This is my second time seeing Providence. Once again they did the wave substitution pattern. Group two today outscored St. Agnes 43-9. The starters were 13-8.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
PROVIDENCE
Esti Zimmerman 9
Stephanie Twelves 5.5
Ava Tamosuinas 5
Samantha Zopfi 3.5
Kari Zimmerman 3
Olivia Rowland 3
Jenna Brady 2
Katie Finley 2
Morgan Thomas 2
Emma Dugan 1.5
Mary Nordick 0.5
totals: 38

ST. AGNES
Rayanne Klein 8
Mary Butler 4
Marah Labey 4
Sabrina Maslow 4
Donelle Linscheid 1
Kayla Bennett 1
totals: 22

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
St. Agnes played 2/3 throughout the game. With a thin bench they couldn't afford too many fouls.
Providence played man but used the 1/1/3 or 2/3 zone most of the game. They did use full court pressure.

next up: Mounds Park Semi 2