Out & About: New Life/West Lutheran

#6 posting 1.7.2008
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NEW LIFE eagles 76, WEST LUTHERAN warriors 39

#3A New Life built a 42-20 halftime lead behind 18 points from Jenny Ramey in this MCAA contest. Mondays are usually the domain of class A, but more outstate than metro. With the slim opportunities in the Metro this was the top contest with two teams with winning records. New Life is now 8-1 while West Lutheran is 6-5.

It seemed like everyone was going to score on each possession as the two teams scored four straight possessions. WL never led, but did tie it up three times, the last at 6. The droughts hit WL harder with a 1/9 sequence. NL went on a 9-2 run to lead 18-10. WL had their own 8-4 run to cut the margin to 22-18. After that WL walked in the desert. The rest of the half NL outscored WL 20-2. WL was only 1/15 with their chances--a 13.3 pp100 and .067 floor %. WL tried to stop the NL freight train with four time outs in the first half. NL seized the opportunity with Ramey delivering 8 of those points. She put an exclamation mark at the buzzer with a 3 two steps inside midcourt.

WL had a 9-1 run to start the half, 7 of which came on second chancers. That cut the lead to 43-29. Sarah Nisleit was the only NL player connecting on the first 9 possessions as she scored 7 points, the last six on 3s in the left corner. NL took a time out to try to get the sense of urgency back. It seemed to work as NL went on a 14-4 run to make the score 57-33. There really was never any question after that point on the outcome.

photos: #1 Rebekah Schmidt of New Life finishes off a drive. #2 Jenny Ramey is fouled by Holly Recht after a steal. photos by kja

key: player, (year), points, possessions, pp100, floor %
NEW LIFE
STARTERS
Olivia Mann (08) 7, 5, 140.0, .600 perimeter player. looks to shoot 3s
Danielle Schmidt (09) 15, 15, 100.0, .400 runs the floor, had 9 points in transition lay ups. also nailed two 3s.
Jenny Ramey (09) 21, 15, 140.0, .667 point guard to start. heady, tough, is smaller than average. has a good pull up. hit three 3s. active on defense. director/communicator. had 18 points at half time. involves teammates.
Cara Lutes (11) 2, 5, 40.0, .200 post player. spent most of the game on the bench due to fouls. When in was strong on the boards. offensively was smothered when she had the ball. Never was in rhythm offensively.
Sarah Nisleit (08) 11, 11, 100.0, .455 another post, but can also step out and can 3s. Left corner was her favorite 3 spot.
BENCH
Rebekah Schmidt (11) 12, 10, 120.0, .600 taller perimeter player. crashed the offensive boards. Had six points on second chancers. Will look to drive if given the chance.
Danielle Cathey (09) 5, 5, 100.0, .400 was point guard when she was in moving Ramey to the off guard. active defensively.
Melissa Mueller (09) 1, 4, 25.0, .250 post player. needs to get stronger physically.
Kelly Stein (10) 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Ali Smith (09) 0, 0, 0.0, .000
Kristin Stein (08) 0, 0, 0.0, .000

WEST LUTHERAN
STARTERS
Olivia Smith (09) 10, 10, 100.0, .500 did a good job crashing offensive boards. 6 points came on 2nd chancers. played facing the basket.
Holly Recht (08) 9, 11, 81.8, .364 a small guard that was involved. did make a 3
Ashley Jensen (09) 8, 15, 53.3, .267 point guard. has decent pull up. was involved in some physical action.
Jenna Gehl (09) 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Ashley Geistfeld (09) 6, 7, 85.7, .429 perimeter type.
BENCH
Caitlin Seichter (08) 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Barb McFee (10) 0, 8, 0.0, .000
Morgan Obraske (08) 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Taylor Mejia (08) 0, 3, 0.0, .000
Amber Paulson (09) 0, 4, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Jenny Ramey

BY THE NUMBERS
New Life 76, 71, 107.0, .493
West Lutheran 39, 70, 55.7, .271
made 3s: NL 9, WL 1
ftm/fta-ft%: NL 9/15-.600; WL 2/8-.250
bench: NL 20, WL 4

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
NEW LIFE
Cara Lutes 7
Danielle Cathey 6
Jenny Ramey 5
Rebekah Schmidt 5
Kristin Stein 4
Sarah Nisleit 3
Melissa Mueller 3
Olivia Mann 2
Danielle Schmidt 2
totals: 37

WEST LUTHERAN
Holly Recht 7
Olivia Smith 4
Ashley Geistfeld 4
Jenna Gehl 3
Caitlin Seichter 3
Ashley Jensen 2
Barb McFee 2
Morgan Obraske 1
totals: 26

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
New Life started man, and eventually settled on 2/3. A couple of times they used a 1/3/1 and used the 2/3 to rush the ball handlers, but for the most part it was 2/3.
West Lutheran also started man. They tried 1/3/1, and 2/3. They returned to man later.

next up: tomorrow morning