Saturday, November 29, 2008

Out & About: Centennial/St. Paul Central

#9 posting 11.29.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

PAT PATERSON MEMORIAL
HAMLINE TOURNAMENT
east bracket championship
CENTENNIAL cougars 68
ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 56

#2 Centennial topped #5 St. Paul Central 68-56. This was the second straight year the Cougars downed Central in the East Bracket championship. Centennial led by as many as 12 early in the second half. Central cut that margin to 49-47 with 9:30 to go. Centennial finished with a 19-9 run to take their second title. Bridget Schuneman of Centennial was named MVP of the Bracket after the game.

more to come

At the conclusion of the game the East Bracket All Tournament team was announced:
Alonia Chess, St. Paul Highland Park
Laurie Tyson, Rosemount
Theairra Taylor, St. Paul Central
Jen Hill, St. Paul Central
Megan Nipe, Centennial
Bridget Schuneman, Centennial, MVP

you can see the entire Centennial vs St. Paul Central photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

key: player, year, possessions, pp100, floor %
CENTENNIAL
STARTERS

Kahlia Becken, 2011 9, 13, 69.2., .308
Megan Nipe 2009, 13, 13, 100.0, .462
Megan Waytashek, 2010 8, 8, 100.0, .500
Bridget Schuneman, 2009 23, 18, 127.8, .722
Hannah Steele, 2009 4, 6, 66.7, .333
BENCH
Holly Hofland, 2010 9, 9, 100.0, .333
Kayla Bilderback, 2011 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
STARTERS
Theairra Taylor, 2009 19, 22, 86.4, .364
Jen Hill, 2012 8, 14, 57.1, .286
Sam Robinson-Ricks, 2009 13, 16, 81.3, .375
Kyana Johnson, 2009 5, 5, 100.0, .400
Catavia Jones, 2009 5, 3, 166.7, 1.000
BENCH
Maja Cyrus, 2011 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
Megan Tate, 2009 2, 6, 33.3, .167
Laura Hansen 2009 0, 0, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Bridget Schuneman

BY THE NUMBERS
Centennial 68, 68, 100.0, .485
St. Paul Central 56, 68, 82.4, .382
made 3s/&1s: Centennial 6/0; SPC 3/2
ftm/fta-ft%: Centennial 12/20-.600; SPC 11/21-.524
bench: Centennial 11, SPC 6

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
CENTENNIAL
Bridget Schuneman 10
Holly Hofland 7
Kahlia Becken 6
Megan Nipe 5
Hannah Steele 4
Megan Waytaashek 3
Kayla Bilderback 1
totals: 26 points

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Theairra Taylor 5
Sam Robinson-Ricks 4.5
Catavia Jones 4.5
Kyana Johnson 3
Jen Hill 2
Maja Cyrus 2
Megan Tate 2
Laura Hansen 1
totals: 24

ASSISTS
CENTENNIAL
Kahlia Becken 9
Hannah Steele 8
Bridget Schuneman 4
Holly Hofland 3
Megan Waytashek 2
Megan Nipe 1
Kayla Bilderback 1
totals: 28

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Kyana Johnson 8
Jen Hill 6
Sam Robinson-Ricks 2
Maja Cyrus 2
Theairra Taylor 1
Megan Tate 1
totals: 20

next up: West Bracket 3rd place game