Out & About: Stars Showcase Storm/Liberty

#4 posting 10.4.2008
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STARS SHOWCASE
STORM 87, LIBERTY 77

In my final contest I charted it was the Storm running off a 15-0 lead in the first seven possessions as they rang the Liberty's bell 87-77. That slow start kept the Liberty playing catch up the entire contest. At the largest point in the first half the Storm led by 18. At half time the Storm led 44-26.

The Storm stretched that lead to 22 in the second half (67-45) before the Liberty started their rally. The Libs had a 12-2 run to cut the margin to 69-57. The Storm had on last surge out to 80-61. The Liberty closed hard with a 16-7 run, but that early hole did them no favors.

Megan Stuart had 24 points to lead the way for the Storm. The Storm had another five players between 8-14 points. The Liberty's Bridget Schuneman was right behind Stuart with 22 points. Schuneman had 18 of her points in the second half. Two other Liberties reached double figures.

you can see the entire Storm vs Liberty photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com.

key: player, school, class, points, possessions, pp100, floor%
STORM
STARTERS
Erica Trabing, Prior Lake 2011 8, 7, 114.3, .571
Dani Mangen, Osseo 2009 14, 10, 140.0, .600
Sarah Hintz, Woodbury 2009 8, 5, 160.0, .800
Whitney Olson, Cambridge-Isanti 2012 7, 9, 77.8, .333
Jaime Birr, Holy Angels 2009 9, 9, 100.0, .556
BENCH
Kristin Sahr, Stillwater 2011 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Megan Stuart, Roseville 2011 24, 18, 133.3, .722
Britney Scherber, Bloomington Jefferson 6, 7, 85.7, .429
Jade Martin, Bloomington Kennedy 9, 16, 56.3, .250

LIBERTY
STARTERS
Brooke Brown, Chaska 2010 4, 8, 50.0, .250
Suriya McGuire, Minneapolis Roosevelt 2010 8, 10, 80.0, .400
Vinishia Jackson, Minneapolis Southwest 2011 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Lauren Busse, Prior Lake 2012 6, 9, 66.7, .333
Bridget Schuneman, Centennial 2009 22, 14, 157.1, .786
BENCH
Megan Waytashek, Centennial 2010 14, 14, 100.0, .429
Miki Stephenson, Moorhead 2010 14, 11, 127.3, .636
Jazzmin Williams, Armstrong 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Kathryn Hartigan, Sioux Falls Lincoln 9, 10, 100.0, .300

TRENCH PLAYER
Megan Stuart

BY THE NUMBERS
Storm 87, 84, 103.6, .512
Liberty 77, 84, 91.7, .429

next up: tomorrow morning.