Out & About: Jordan/Minneapolis Roosevelt

#9 posting 3.8.2008
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4AA CHAMPIONSHIP
JORDAN jaguars 76,
MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT teddies 59

Jordan started the second half on a 13-2 run to hold a 46-31 lead. Roosevelt cut the margin to 61-54 with 5:06 left, but Kiara Strickland fouled out. Jordan finished up with a 16-5 run. Brittany Chambers had 33 for Jordan including #2000.

Jordan, for a team that scored 76 points, got a slow start. The Jaguars were 1/11 with only two ending up as turnovers. Roosevelt struck gold from behind the arc. Starting off the scoring for the Teddies was AunDreah Aune with a three. She also closed with a three for a 16-7 lead and that prompted a Jordan time out. The very next possession Jordan got the ball inside to Leah Dietel who converted a three point play. It also started Kiara Strickland on a foul path that forced her to the bench. That started a 13-1 run by Jordan. For the rest of the game Jordan held the lead. Roosevelt cut the margin to 23-21, but Michelle O'Malley hit for two consecutive 3s and Jordan had a 29-21 cushion. Jordan led at half 33-29. Chambers had 13 by half.

The 13-2 run to start the second half but Jordan firmly in command at 46-31. Chambers added 7 during the stretch. Roosevelt took a time out to regroup. The offenses were operating in high gear with 9 combined scores on 11 possessions. Roosevelt was 5/6 during the stretch and cut the margin to 61-54 after a Suriya McGuire drive. Roosevelt made up the ground behind the arc. Tyesha Wright knocked down two triples and Kiara Strickland also delivered one. But at the 5:06 mark Strickland was saddled with foul #5 on a Leah Dietel &1 opportunity. She missed the free throw, but Kelli Buesgens got the rebound for Jordan. Emily Clark made a put back on the same possesson so the 7 point margin quickly ballooned to 11. Dietel added four more points in the run as they expanded their lead to 72-54. The Roosevelt distance attack was thwarted by Jordan and the Jaguars were headed to state for the second straight year.

key: players (grad year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
JORDAN
STARTERS
Emily Clark (10) 8, 7, 114.3, .429
Brittany Chambers (09) 33, 29, 113.8, .552
Amanda Dietel (08) 3, 8, 37.5, .125
Michelle O'Malley (09) 9, 7, 128.6, .429
Leah Dietel (09) 23, 15, 153.3, .667
BENCH
Kelsey Kes (08) 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kelli Uesgens (09) 0, 1, 0.0, .000

MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT
STARTERS
Tyesha Wright (10) 15, 15, 100.0, .467
AunDreah Aune (08) 8, 13, 61.5, .231
Kiara Strickland (08) 11, 11, 100.0, .455
Suriya McGuire (10) 17, 19, 89.5, .474
Brittany Finley (09) 5, 7, 71.4, .286
BENCH
Corrin Cook (10) 3, 2, 150.0, .500

TRENCH PLAYER
Brittany Chambers

BY THE NUMBERS
Jordan 76, 68, 111.8, .485
Mpls Roosevelt 59, 67, 88.1, .403
made 3s: MR 7, Jordan 5
ftm/fta-ft%: Jordan 16/25-.640; 4/8-.500
bench: MR 3, Jordan 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
JORDAN
Brittany Chambers 12
Leah Dietel 8
Michelle O'Malley 7
Emily Clark 2
Amanda Dietel 2
totals: 31

MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT
Suriya McGuire 12.5
Brittany Finley 5
AunDreah Aune 5
Kiara Strickland 2.5
Brittany Finley 2
Krystalyn Kersten 1
totals: 28

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