Fall League Out & About: Minnetonka/Maple Grove

#3 posting 11.9.2008
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FALL BREAKDOWN LEAGUE
Bloomington Kennedy
MINNETONKA skippers 40, MAPLE GROVE crimson 36*
*my score, the score on the board was 38-34.

This was a late afternoon game and I left the north metro at 3:40 for a 4:30 game thinking I could make it on time. Wrong. The traffic south on 35W south of 94 was crawling along to the crosstown work. What should have taken 15 minutes took 35. That put me behind schedule. I got to Kennedy at 3:35 and didn't make it down to the gyms until a bit later. I knew I was going to be late, but I didn't know I was going to be late by a full half. The Skippers and the Crimson were just wrapping up the first half.

This was a rematch of the Champlin Park Summer League championship and the results were the same. The comfort level for the fans was much better today however. MG broke the tie at the start of the half with two straight scores--one on a Hannah Reichel basket and one on a Jen Field drive. The Skippers answered right away with two field goals by Jill Tichey. The fate of the game turned when Minnetonka scored six unanswered points midway through a five possession Crimson drought. MG was 1/8 if you stretch the sequence out a bit longer. The Crimson had problems with their range shooting. Minnetonka delivered one from behind the arc to stretch their lead to 35-30 with under 5 minutes to go. MG did cut the margin to 35-34 after a basket by Rachel Biederman. Ali Bomgard scored on a drive to make it 37-34 with 1:30 left. MG didn't score their next three possessions with 4 chances glancing off the rim. The Skippers have now won two in a row over MG.

You can see the entire (half) Minnetonka vs Maple Grove photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

all the stats below are for the second half of action
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNETONKA
STARTERS
Kate Constable 2, 6, 33.3, .167 guard
Stephanie Comer 3, 4, 75.0, .500 point guard
Jill Tichy 7, 7, 100.0, .429 forward
Zilverberg 2, 3, 66.7, .333 forward
Ali Bongard 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 post
BENCH
Alison McArthur 2, 3, 66.7, .333 perimeter
Jenny Blakey 0, 1, 0.0, .000 perimeter
Taylor Peterson 0, 0, 0.0, .000 perimeter

MAPLE GROVE
STARTERS
Hannah Reichel 6, 3, 200.0, .667 post
Julie Kruse 2, 4, 50.0, .250 post
Jen Field 2, 5, 40.0, .200 point guard
Ellen Edison 0, 4, 0.0., .000 guard
Rachel Biederman 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 perimeter
BENCH
Anna Gerdes 2, 3, 66.7, .333 perimeter
Stephanie Davison 0, 2, 0.0, .000 guard
Marissa Lundy 0, 3, 0.0, .000 guard

TRENCH PLAYER
Jill Tichy hit a big 3 for breathing space for the Skippers

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnetonka 20, 26, 76.9, .385
Maple Grove 16, 26, 61.5, .269
made 3s/&1s: Mtka 1/0; MG 0/0
ftm/fta-ft%: Mtka 3/4-.750; MG 0/1-.000
bench: Mtka 2, MG 2

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNETONKA
Kate Constable 5
Allison McArthur 3
Ali Bongard 3
Stephanie Comer 2
Taylor Peterson 2
Zilverberg 1
totals: 16

MAPLE GROVE
Anna Gerdes 4
Julie Kruse 3
Hannah Reichel 2
Marissa Lundy 2
Jen Field 2
Stephanie Davison 1
totals: 14

ASSISTS
MINNETONKA
Jenny Blakey 3
Kate Constable 1
Jill Tichy 1
Stephanie Comer 1
Alison McArthur 1
totals: 7

MAPLE GROVE
Jen Field 3
Julie Kruse 2
Anna Gerdes 1
totals: 6

Next up: tomorrow