#4 posting 6.19.2008
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This game took place on Sunday, June 15, 2008
SUMMER JAM 16u Semifinals
Bloomington Jefferson
NORTH TARTAN LARSON 60, IBCA SELECT RED 59
In what proved to be the most competitive, and tight game of the tournament (that I charted) North Tartan Larson edged out IBCA Select Red 60-59. This game contrasted the inside power game of NTL with the outside snipers of IBCA. This game also featured seven players that have already made verbals to colleges. Five were from Iowa, two from Minnesota. For NTL Shakila Boler and Katie Loberg are headed to the Gophers. Also for NTL Amanda Zimmerman and Chelsea Poppens are headed to Iowa State. For IBCA Jaime Printy is headed to Iowa, while Amber Kirschbaum and Jess McDowell are off to Northern Iowa. It was one of the two Iowa Imports, Amanda Zimmerman, who scorched the nets for 19 points including the game winner with under 10 seconds left.
This was a tight contest throughout befitting two heavy weight teams. The largest lead for NTL occurred in the first half at 19-13 after a tip in by Jess McDowell as she was going for a defensive board. The basket was credited to the nearest NTL player which happened to be Katie Loberg. IBCA took a 23-22 lead after Printy connected on a three. Their biggest lead of the half came a couple possessions later at 24-22 after a Kionna Kellogg free throw. NTL finished the half with a 9-3 run to lead 31-27 at the break. In that run the IBCA bench was slapped with a technical after protesting to vehemently over a lack of a call. Zimmerman made one of the two free throws as she tallied 15 points in an almost flawless first half.
The second half was another classic. The widest margin came after a Zimmerman basket with 11 minutes left 42-37. IBCA responed two possessions later with a three by Katelyn Sunde and then Sunde hit a jumper to tie it up at 42. The game was tied six times in the second half, the last coming at 49 all. In the last five minutes there were nine lead changes. Lo
berg scored to put NTL up 51-49. Trisha Nesbitt responded on the next IBCA possession with a three. Two NTL possessions later Jennifer Dowd connected. Jess McDowell edged IBCA back up by one with her basket with three minutes left. Chelsea Poppens made two free throws with 1:38 left for a 55-54 NTL lead. Kionna Kellogg scored on the weakside flash cut for at least the second time in the game to put the Iowa team up again 56-55. Dowd unleashed a three for a 58-56 NTL lead with one minute remaining. IBCA missed their shot on the next possession and Riley Norman stole an errant pass on the next NTL chance. It was Nesbitt again connecting for a 59-58 IBCA lead with 12.4 seconds left. IBCA had fouls to give and they made a couple before NTL took another time out with 9.6 left. On the ensuing play, Loberg drove the lane and found Zimmerman on the left side for the game winner. Nesbitt had a crack at the basket, but the shot didn’t drop. NTL won the instant classic.
Key: player, school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
NORTH TARTAN LARSON
STARTERS
Katie Loberg, Princeton 12, 10, 120.0, .600 smooth, athletic inside presence. Key assist late
Shakila Boler, Bloomington Kennedy 1, 5, 20.0, .200 point guard. Finds the right people at the right time in the right spot
Amanda Zimmerman, Ballard, IA 19, 11, 172.7, .818 almost flawless first half performance. Played inspired. Is a 6-2 lefty with perimeter tendencies. Runs the floor. Boards, posts up, faces the basket. This was her best performance of the spring
Jennifer Dowd, Rogers 10, 4, 250.0, 1.000 gets overshadowed by the size up front, but delivers a potent punch. Good vision, good range,
Chelsea Poppens, Aplington-Parkersburg, IA 7, 9, 77.8, .444 a force on the glass. Crashes the offensive boards too.
BENCH
Kelsey Florian, Roseville 0, 3, 0.0, .000 lefty perimeter
Taylor Young, Edina 9, 8, 112.5, .500 guard. Has pull up jumper, drive and 3 in shot choices
Megan Lauck, Mounds View 2, 5, 40.0, .200 a four post, maybe even a three
Suriya McGuire, Mpls Roosevelt 0, 6, 0.0, .000 guard with flair
IBCA SELECT RED
STARTERS
Trisha Nesbitt, Ames 13, 10, 130.0, .500 the rust was gone in this game. Made three 3s on the night. Also scores off the dribble. Keeps vision up.
Riley Norman, Des Moines Roosevelt 1, 4, 25.0, .250 long, lean perimeter.
Amber Kirschbaum, Spirit Lake 7, 7, 100.0, .429 jumping jack post. Not as tall as others, but they ran a play where they lobbed the ball from the weak side and she was supposed to go up and grab it (which she did)
Katie Schechinger, IKM 7, 6, 116.7, .500 6-2 four or three. Likes to face the basket.
Katie Gustafson, South Hamilton 6, 3, 200.0, .667 guard, three point shooter. Needs to develop drive game.
BENCH
Jaime Printy, Linn-Mar 6, 8, 75.0, .375 lean, taller point guard. Can get her hands on passes
Jess McDowell, AGWSR 2, 7, 28.6, .143 post player. Will need to draw fouls. Needs to initiate contact
Katelyn Sunde, Johnston 8, 8, 100.0, .375 guard, another in the 3 point bomb squad.
Kionna Kellogg, Ames 9, 6, 150.0, .833 forward type. Moved well without the ball. Can elevate. Was crisp
Brittany Peterson, Spencer 0, 2, 0.0, .000. guard. Picked up an offensive foul
TRENCH PLAYERAmanda Zimmerman
BY THE NUMBERS
North Tartan Larson 60, 61, 98.4, .475
IBCA Select Red 59, 61, 96.7, .426
Made 3s/&1s: IBCA 8/1; NTL 3/0
Ftm/fta-ft%: NTL 9/12-.750, IBCA 7/10-.700
Bench: IBCA 25, NTL 11
In a one possession game every possession from the start of the game to the finish can be the “key” play. There were plenty of interesting sequences, ups and downs, to chew on over the rest of the summer.
Iowa players scored 85 points in this game, Minnesota players 34.
DEFENSIVE WRAPS
NORTH TARTAN LARSON
Chelsea Poppens 6
Taylor Young 5
Amanda Zimmerman 5
Shakila Boler 4
Katie Loberg 2
Jennifer Dowd 2
Megan Lauck 1
Suriya McGuire 1
Totals: 26
IBCA SELECT RED
Jaime Printy 6
Amber Kirschbaum 4.5
Jess McDowell 4
Kionna Kellogg 3
Riley Norman 2
Katie Schechinger 2
Katie Gustafson 1.5
Brittany Peterson 1
Totals: 24
ASSISTS
NORTH TARTAN LARSON
Shakila Boler 8
Amanda Zimmerman 3
Jennifer Dowd 3
Chelsea Poppens 2
Suriya McGuire 2
Katie Loberg 1
Kelsey Florian 1
Taylor Young 1
Megan Lauck 1
Totals: 22
IBCA SELECT RED
Trisha Nesbitt 6
Jaime Printy 5
Katie Schechinger 3
Katie Gustafson 3
Amber Kirschbaum 2
Brittany Peterson 2
Riley Norman 1
Jess McDowell 1
Katelyn Sunde 1
Kionna Kellogg 1
Totals: 25
Next up: Summer Jam Championship with North Tartan Larson and MN Stars Borowicz
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