Out & About: New Prague/Simley

#4 posting 1.19.2008
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NEW PRAGUE trojans 59, SIMLEY spartans 51

In a 1AAA battle it was an epic struggle between two warring Greek factions, but the Trojans prevailed over the Spartans 59-51. This was Simley's second straight loss. Simley had problems with their bus--it broke down on the way over to NP. The parents had to go out and get the players so the contest started a little late.

That ordeal didn't seem to slow Simley down at the start as the built up a 10-4 lead after trailing 4-0. The Spartans used balance as five different players scored. It was NP that had problems getting going. They had an 8 possession drought early on during the Simley run. Four of those possessions ended up as turnovers. NP was able to cut the margin to one a couple of times. NP took their next lead at 20-19 after two free throws by Kayla Gill. It was in the midst of a 10 possession dry spell for Simley. NP was on a 10-2 run to put the score 26-21. A Kassie Robinson three and a steal by Robinson and lay up by Sami Meyman tied the game up at half.

At the start of the second half NP scored their first three possessions to go up 31-28. The lead changed hands four times before NP took the lead for good. Maggie Weiers hit a turn around jumper to take a 35-34 advantage. Simley went through a six possession drought, five of which were turnovers. NP used that to push their lead out to 40-34. Simley tried to get back into the game closing to 49-45. The turnover bug reared its head on their next possession. They missed on a 15 footer on the next and the window of opportunity was closing. NP maintained that five point advantage the rest of the game. Again Simley had opportunities with NP up 54-49 with 53.5 seconds left. Again an offensive turnover, this time an offensive foul by Caitlin Aten stopped any chance. NP's Amanda Wagner made two free throws to put the game out of reach 57-49. Both teams added a basket by time expired for a serious comeback.

key: player (year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %

NEW PRAGUE
STARTERS
Brit Rynda (09) 8, 10, 80.0, .400 wing type. typical NP player, aggressive and athletic
Kayla Gill (09) 13, 9, 144.4, .667 runs the floor. delivered 11 points in the first half. cut from the same NP cloth
Anissa Svoboda (09) 2, 9, 22.2, .111 guard
Maggie Weiers (10) 18, 19, 94.7, .474 post player. operated out of the high post and would drop down to the low. has nice quick turn around. passing needs to improve. Missed -overthrew-back cutting guards. exposes the ball, needs to put it under her chin. leaves her feet of defense.
Amanda Wagner (09) 8, 10, 80.0, .400 point guard, works her rear end off on defense. quickness, and feisty. throws one hand passes too often.
BENCH
Hannah Strop (10) 8, 10, 80.0, .400 a very nice player off the bench. has size, can hit a three. is strong, can face the basket. can move inside.
Rena Kneeland (10) 0, 2, 0.0, .000 back up point guard
Molly Tikalsky (09) 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard. active defensively.

SIMLEY
STARTERS
Sami Meyman (08) 8, 7, 114.3, .571 aggressive guard. runs the floor
Kassie Robinson (08) 20, 20, 100.0, .450 post player with aspirations to be outside. can hit the 3. strong rebounder. had too many traveling violations, most unforced
Taylor Heltne (09) 9, 12, 75.0, .333 another big body that likes to shoot outside.
Natalie Walseth (10) 6, 9, 66.7, .333 post player. stays in paint neighborhood
Bre Erickson (08) 2, 12, 16.7, .083 guard, passing decisions need to be sharper.
BENCH
Caitlen Aten (08) 4, 8, 50.0, .250 guard
Brittany Quittem (09) 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard
Jamie Golden (09) 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Kayla Gill

BY THE NUMBERS
New Prague 59, 72, 81.9, .403
Simley 51, 72, 70.8, .333
3s made: NP 2, Simley 2
ftm/fta-ft%: NP 11/22-.500; Simley 9/11-.818
bench: NP 10, Simley 6
New Prague moved from a 66.7 first half pp100 to 100.0 pp100 in the second half.
NP puts great pressure on the ball, they are athletic and they look to attack the paint, if the transition basket isn't there. Simley has size, but they like the perimeter more than the inside.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
NEW PRAGUE
Hannah Strop 7
Molly Tikalsky 6.5
Amanda Wagner 5.5
Maggie Weiers 5
Brit Rynda 5
Kayla Gill 2
Anissa Svoboda 2
totals: 33

SIMLEY
Kassie Robinson 10
Taylor Heltne 5.5
Natalie Walseth 5
Sami Meyman 3.5
Bre Erickson 3
Caitlin Aten 2
Jamie Golden 1
totals: 30

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
New Prague started right off the bat with a 1/2/1/1 full court press. they also used a variety of zones in the half court. The also used man later.
Simley started with man. They would go with 2/3 on out of bounds under the basket.
Match ups: (offense/defense) Wagner/Erickson; Rynda/Robinson; Gill/Heltne; Svoboda/Meyman; Weiers/Walseth
When NP played man: Erickson/Wagner; Robinson/Strop; Walseth/Weiers; Meyman/Tikalsky;

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