Out & About: Midtown Lady Monarchs/MN Stars Martin

#3 posting 7.28.2008
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NORTH TARTAN MELTDOWN
Bronze Championship
Bloomington Kennedy
MIDTOWN LADY MONARCHS 55, MN STARS MARTIN 34

The Midtown Lady Monarchs took a time out trailing 4-2 in the Bronze championship game. Whatever was said in the time out should be bottled and sold to coaches nationwide as the Monarchs went on a 29-2 run to zoom past MN Stars Martin 55-34. MSM upset North Tartan 13s yesterday with sharp shooting. Today those shots weren't falling. The 1/24 sequence put MSM in to big a hole. To put it in pp100 terms MSM pp100 in that sequence was 8.3; MLM were clocking in at 126.1 pp100. MLM started off that burst with five straight scores. The Monarchs didn't stretch together another five possession sequence again, but avoided the devastating droughts. By half time it was 36-11

MSM did make a comeback in the second half with a 17- 6 run. That was the closest MSM got in the second half at 42-28. The rest of the game MLM held an 11-6 advantage.

Bethany Doolittle led MLM with 20 points and Diamond Lane added 17 for MLM. Tori Rule was close to a triple double with an sky high 16 defensive stops, 8 points, and 9 assists.

Oddly enough in this game MSM had a 13-7 advantage on second chancers. Also this was the "fastest" game of the four championships with 66 possessions per team. (the other totals were 55, 56, and 63). There was a lot of energy involved with balls careening hither and yon.

You can see the entire Midtown Lady Monarchs vs MN Stars Martin photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

key: player, school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MIDTOWN LADY MONARCHS
STARTERS
Emily Neuman, Concordia Roseville 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Bethany Doolittle, Hill-Murray 20, 16, 125.0, .688 tall post. has nice hands and finished. On defense needs to get more physical and initiate contact
Sattoria Rule, DeLaSalle 8, 18, 44.4, .222 point guard. totally quick, athletic, leaper. 16 D stops? some teams don't get that many. fierce rebounder, snatches the ball, lightning hands. almost had a triple double. when she is passing well the ball is right there on the money lickety split, on a rope. At other times the passes are rushed or teammates aren't aware. When she gets her shooting game down and cuts back on forced turnovers, and keeps that same defensive mind set---watch out world.
Diamond Lane, DeLaSalle 17, 15, 113.3, .500 likes the three, and likes the corner. also is a scrapper
Alexandra Hein, Stillwater 0, 2, 0.0, .000 small guard
BENCH
Vinishia Jackson, Mpls Southwest 2, 2, 100.0, .500 is more comfortable now on the floor. is quick and athletic. another snatcher. long arms make it hard to pass around.
Chanel Dickenson, DeLaSalle 2, 3, 66.7, .333 still growing into body. long limbs
Kionda Nicks, St. Paul Highland Park 6, 9, 66.7, .333 post player.
Whitney Olson, Cambridge-Isanti 0, 1, 0.0, .000

MN STARS MARTIN
STARTERS
Heather Bowe, Eau Claire Regis 12, 13, 92.3, .46.2 inside player. scored four on second chancers. strong frame
Janay Morton, Osseo 2, 12, 16.7, .083 point guard. passing turnovers damaged her pp100. active defensively
Phillis Webb, Park Center 0, 5, 0.0, .000 perimeter that is strong inside.
Jade Martin, Bloomington Kennedy 0, 8, 0.0, .000 perimeter. shut out today. Needs to develop offensive shooting consistency.
Josie Dillon, Benilde-St. Margaret's 5, 11, 45.5, .273 bigger perimeter
BENCH
Kaneesha Green, Bloomington Kennedy 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Allina Starr, Mpls North 9, 9, 100.0, .444 perimeter, likes to score off the dribble.
Alexa Hanson, Benilde-St. Margaret's 2, 4, 50.0, .250 post player

TRENCH PLAYER
Bethany Doolittle

BY THE NUMBERS
Midtown Lady Monarchs 55, 67, 82.1, .403
MN Stars Martin 34, 66, 51.5, .258
made 3s/&1s: MLM 3/0; MSM 0/0
ftm/fta-ft%: MLM 4/8-.500; MSM 2/6-.333
bench: MSM 15, MLM 10

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MIDTOWN LADY MONARCHS
Tori Rule 16
Bethany Doolittle 5
Vinishia Jackson 5
Kionda Hicks 5
Emily Neumn 4
Diamond Lane 4
Chanel Dickenson 1
totals: 40

MN STARS MARTIN
Janay Morton 8
Heather Bowe 6
Josie Dillon 5
Phillis Webb 4
Alexa Hanson 4
Jade Martin 3
Kaneesha Green 3
Allina Starr 3
totals: 36

ASSISTS
MIDTOWN LADY MONARCHS
Tori Rule 9
Diamond Lane 4
Vinishia Jackson 3
Emily Neuman 1
Alexandra Hein 1
totals: 18

MN STARS MARTIN
Janay Morton 3
Phillis Webb 2
Josie Dillon 2
Allina Starr 2
Heather Bowe 1
Jade Martin 1
Alexa Hanson 1
totals: 12

Next up: Platinum championship.