Out & About: St. Cloud Tech/St. Cloud Apollo

#10 posting 2.8.2008
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ST. CLOUD TECH tigers 50
ST. CLOUD APOLLO eagles 47

In the St. Cloud battle of St. Cloud it was #7 Tech rallying behind the sharpshooting of Hannah Zwiener to beat host and rival Apollo 50-47. Tech led at half by 9, and then trailed 39-36 before Zwiener hit three 3s in four possessions. In the first meeting Tech won 67-51. Tech is now 22-1 with a 15 game winning streak. Apollo is 11-10 on the year and has lost four in a row.

Tech's Kristin Johnson put her stamp on the first half. She had 15 points and started the scoring for the evening with two a secondary break. The next Tech points came from a Hannah Zwiener three. She had six on the night. Johnson & Zwiener had 20 each for the night. Apollo tied the game at 7 all. During that time Tech was stuck in a 7 possession drought. Apollo hung around trailing 16-13. Then the Eagles fell into a 1/10 offensive sequence and the Tigers roared with an 11-2 run. Johnson had 9 straight points for Tech. The Tigers biggest lead came at 30-17 after an old fashioned three point play by Johnson with 1:12 left in the half. Amanda Faber was fouled for Apollo and she made the first, but missed the second. Bako Orionzi grabbed the miss for Apollo and eventually Andrea Hagberg drained a three with under 15 seconds left in the half. Tech led at half 30-21.

It was a rather slow start for Tech in the second half. They only scored twice in their first 19 possessions. Again it was the one-two punch of Johnson and Zwiener that connected. Apollo took advantage of the icy offensive Tech play with a 16-5 run. Hagberg had 7 in the run. Orionzi tied the game at 35 on a put back, and then two possessions later Alison Gray scored on transition for a 37-35 lead. The high water mark for Apollo came on another put back at 6:38 left, this time by Gray for a 39-36 lead. Two Tech possessions later Zwiener unleashed her bombs on the Eagles. She scored three 3s in four possessions and Johnson finished the 11-2 run with a post up. Tech was back in the saddle 47-41 with 2:41 left. Brook Dunsmoor scored on a nifty move inside to cut the margin to 47-43. Then Tech was trying to kill the clock. Apollo had to foul and picked up their 6th foul as Hagberg fouled Sears. Sears apparently said something and the refs slapped her with a tech. That gave the ball back to Apollo. Alison Gray made both tech shots to cut the margin to 47-45 and it was still Apollo's ball. Gray had problems getting the ball in from the left sideline and passed to the lower left corner. The ball went out of bounds and Tech dodged a bullet. Sears was fouled again and redeemed herself at the line pushing the lead back to four. Gray scored inside after a dish by Hagberg. Erin Foley was fouled, but she missed her front end. Gray picked up the board for Apollo and Hagberg missed on a three attempt. Foley got the missed shot and again was fouled. She went to the line with 38.2 seconds left and delivered the front end. Brook Dunsmoor got the board. An Apollo time out with 31.6 seconds left put the ball in play. Hagberg missed again, but Hailey Dunsmoor gathered the rebound. She missed her shot and Johnson boarded and was fouled. She missed both shots. Hailey Dunsmoor got the rebound off the second miss. Another Apollo time out set up the final possession with 7.8 seconds left. Gray took the 3 from the right side and it was off the mark. Tech avoided the Eagles upset bid.

photos: #1. Hannah Zwiener connects on one of her six 3s on the night. This one is in the first half with defender Bako Orionzi. #2. Andrea Hagberg drives in with Jordyn Sears in pursuit. photo by Teas (back after a three game absence).

key: player (grad year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ST. CLOUD TECH
STARTERS
Kristin Johnson (08) 20, 19, 105.3, .526 A tale of two halves. Looked strong in the first half with 15 points, seemed to tire out in the second half. even so, she has improved over last season. She was playing a lot of minutes straight. offensively can even be more effective by widening her stance and sitting down, her hands are good. She also should try to seal when the ball is on top. She basically is looking for the ball from the wing. right now she is suggesting the ball be passed in, she needs to demand the ball inside. defensive boards would come to her more than she going for them. on free throws toes are pointing to the sideline, it looks like she is shooting side saddle.
Erin Foley (08) 4, 13, 30.8, .154 perimeter. only basket was off a drive. doesn't recognize when Johnson is open. had the most d boards in the second half.
Hannah Zwiener (09) 20, 15, 133.3, .467 3 point bomber. in the second half she was dropping the treys from up top. strong frame.
Jordyn Sears (08) 6, 16, 37.5, .188 guard. likes to score in transition. She scored on her own steals as she picked Apollo guards pockets. runs the floor. Needs to avoid the urge to talk to refs. attempted 3s.
Megan Gray (09) 0, 0, 0.0, .000 invisible---no stats
BENCH
Rachel Zwiener (11) 0, 3, 0.0, .000 back up perimeter.
Emily Brinkman (08) 0, 0, 0.0, .000 back up post

ST. CLOUD APOLLO
STARTERS
Alison Gray (09) 12, 14, 85.7, .357 perimeter, scored on offensive put backs. runs the floor.
Courtney Lynch (10) 4, 10, 40.0, .200 perimeter, scored on drives. point guard, needs to keep vision up.
Andrea Hagberg (08) 16, 16, 100.0, .500 guard, lefty, gets down the floor fast, releases quickly. Scored in transition, likes to spin left to right. has 3 range.
Brooke Dunsmoor (08) 8, 13, 61.5, .385 smaller post. was sealed on defense. picked up early fouls. played stronger in the second half.
Bako Orionzi (08) 4, 9, 44.4, .222 athletic perimeter. scored on put backs. Tech sagged off her on offense. rebounded well.
BENCH
Amanda Faber (09) 3, 1, 300.0, 1.000 back up post.
Moriah Novacinski (10) 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Hailey Dunsmoor (10) 0, 1, 0.0, .000 very active defensively.

TRENCH PLAYER
Hannah Zwiener

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Cloud Tech 50, 66, 75.8, .333
St. Cloud Apollo 47, 66, 71.2, .348
made 3s: Tech 6, Apollo 1
ftm/pftp-pft%: Tech 8/14-.571; Apollo 8/17-.471
bench: Apollo 3, Tech 0

The odd thing is Apollo scored on more possessions.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ST. CLOUD TECH
Kristin Johnson 9
Erin Foley 9
Jordyn Sears 8
Hannah Zwiener 3
Emily Brinkman 3
Rachel Zwiener 2
totals: 34

ST. CLOUD APOLLO
Brooke Dunsmoor 7
Hailey Dunsmoor 7
Bako Orionzi 6
Alison Gray 5
Courtney Lynch 4
Amanda Faber 3
Andrea Hagberg 2
totals: 34

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Tech used man most of the night. They also used 2/3. for presses they tried 2/2/1 half court.
Apollo used man most of the night. They used a variety of zones 1/3/1, 2/3, 3/2.
match ups:
(Apollo off/Tech def): Hagberg/Sears; Gray/Gray; Orionzi/H Zwiener; B Dunsmoor/K Johnson; Lynch/Foley;
(Tech off/Apollo def): Sears/Hagberg; Zwiener/Gray; Johnson/Dunsmoor; Foley/Lynch; Gray/Orionzi.

Next up: tomorrow morning