Out & About: Chaska/Bloomington Kennedy

#9 posting 3.7.2008
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2AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP
CHASKA hawks 44,
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY eagles 42

Chaska won the rubber game with Kennedy 44-42. It was a tale of two halves. Kennedy led at the break 29-17, but the Hawks rallied with 27 second half points, the last two coming on a pair of Courtney Boylan free throws with 5.5 seconds left in a dramatic win.

Early in the game Chaska suffered through a seven possession drought and during that time Kennedy went on a 10-0 run. Kennedy had a 7/9 offensive sequence as their systems were clicking. During that time Aubrey Davis delivered two from down town. The margin ballooned out to 21-9. The rest of the half was even, but Kennedy clearly had the advantage with their quickness, snappy passing, and post attack. Davis had 9 points at half as Kennedy enjoyed a 29-17 advantage. The pp100 for Kennedy was 120.8, their floor % was .583. Chaska meanwhile was checking in at 68.0 and .320.

What a difference a half makes. Chaska opened with four straight scores and a 15-2 run over the first 14 possessions. Courtney Boylan refused to lose and lifted up her team. She knocked down the first bucket with a pull up from the left corner. Next Jenna Willems drained a three from the left wing. #3 came on a Ellen Degler shot from Willems. and the last came on a high low from Degler to Brianna Tisch. It is kind of like a chain, the previous scorer assisted the next. Meanwhile Kennedy had a eight possession drought, and 1/11 sequence. It must have been the south end of the court. Six of those possessions ended up as turnovers, two on offensive fouls by Alexis Holt. The fouls piled up and Chaska was in the bonus with 10:04 left. Chaska took their first lead in the second half on a drive by Tisch to make it 32-31. Chaska led until Shakila Boler hit a three from the left corner 36-35. Holt broke a 36 tie with a put back with under 7 minutes left. Boylan tied it up two possessions later with a drive. Kennedy edged in front with a free throw by Bailey Lund with 5:03 left. Boylan put the Hawks in front again with another drive 40-39. Davis, who hadn't scored in the second half, hit a bomb from the right wing for a 42-40 Kennedy lead with over 3:30 left. That would be Kennedy's last points. Two Chaska possessions later Degler canned two free throws with 2:26 left. It appeared Kennedy was holding the ball for the last shot, Kelly Boelter took a shot and Boylan rebounded with 1:12 left. Chaska was looking for the last shot and worked the clock down to 5.5 when Boylan was fouled in the lane. She converted both. The clock actually ran down to 4.7, but the table added .8. Boler drove the length of the floor and missed a runner. Boylan took in the board and the party began at midcourt for the Hawks.

photos: #1. Alexis Holt gets up for a rebound. #2. Brianna Tisch scores the go ahead basket for Chaska. #3. The party at mid court. photos by Teas.

key: player (grad year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
CHASKA
STARTERS
Jenna Willems (08) 3, 4, 75.0, .250
Courtney Boylan (08) 16, 15, 106.7, .533
Brittany Travis (08) 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Brooke Brown (10) 4, 6, 66.7, .333
Brianna Tisch (10) 9, 6, 150.0, .833
BENCH
Ellen Degler (10) 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Amanda Kahler (08) 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kelsey Kalkman (08) 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Tiffany VanHaaften (09) 4, 6, 66.7, .333

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
STARTERS
Shakila Boler (10) 7, 13, 53.8, .231
Brittany Zins (09) 6, 7, 85.7, .429
Alexis Holt (09) 10, 13, 76.9, .385
Aubrey Davis (11) 12, 7, 171.4, .714
Bailey Lund (10) 5, 4, 125.0, ,500
BENCH
Kelly Boelter (08) 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Raven Boone (11) 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Courtney Boylan

BY THE NUMBERS
Chaska 44, 49, 89.8, .449
Bloomington Kennedy 42, 48, 87.5, .396
made 3s: Kennedy 4, Chaska 2
ftm/fta-ft%: Chaska 12/16-.750; Kennedy 8/11-.727
bench: Chaska 12, Kennedy 2

The pp100 in the second half: Chaska 112.5, and .583; Kennedy 54.2, .208. Glaeser's Theorem Rides Again.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
CHASKA
Courtney Boylan 7.5
Brianna Tisch 4
Ellen Degler 2.5
Jenna Willems 2
Brooke Brown 1
Tiffany Van Haaften 1
totals: 18

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
Alexis Holt 8
Shakila Boler 5
Bailey Lund 4
Brittany Zins 3
Aubrey Davis 2
Kelley Boelter 2
totals: 24

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Both teams used man. At times they pressed full court.
match ups: Kennedy off/Chaska def: Boler/Brown; Davis/Boylan; Holt/Travis; Lund/Willems; Zins/Tisch
Chaska off/Kennedy def: Willems/Boler; Boylan/Lund; Brown/Davis; Travis/Holt; Tisch/Zins

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