Out & About: Minnehaha vs Blaine

#7 posting 11.28.2008
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HUDSON TURKEY CLASSIC
MINNEHAHA redhawks 62, BLAINE bengals 49

#2 AAA Minnehaha broke free from a 28 all tie at half to beat the Bengals 62-49.

Both teams were hot to start the game. Minnehaha scored on four of their first six possessions with three 3 point plays of one sort or another to take an 11-4 lead. Rachel Hansen, back from her knee injury suffered in the AAA quarterfinals, had two --one from behind the arc, one the old fashioned way. Blaine zipped back into the contest with an 8-0 run with two 3s. There were four more lead changes the first quarter with Kirsten Goodroad scoring off the press to give Blaine a 17-16 lead.

There were four lead changes in the second quarter and three ties including the final points of the half.

Blaine had a 14 possession drought in the third quarter---nine of which were turnovers off the Minnehaha press. At the largest margin MA led 42-32.

Sara O'Dowd drained a three to start the fourth quarter and Blaine managed to shave the MA lead down to 45-42. A four possession mini drought stalled their comeback attempt. MA finished with a 8/9 offensive sequence with the last six possessions all scores. Sarah Peterson had six points at the line to close the game.

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key: player, year, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNEHAHA
STARTERS
Rachel Hansen, 2010 20, 24, 83.3, .375
Sarah Peterson, 2009 15, 14, 107.1, .571
Anna Marie Martino, 2009 6, 11, 54.5, .273
Katelyn Adams, 2011 8, 9, 88.9, .444
Liz Mrozek, 2009 0, 5, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Analisa Ballinger, 2010 9, 10, 90.0, .300
Jana Halstensgard, 2011 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Emma Johnson, 2009 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Britta Monson, 2009 0, 0, 0.0, .000
Sarah Scholl, 2010, 0, 0, 0.0, .000

BLAINE
STARTERS
Mackenzie Suda, 2009 9, 18, 50.0, .278
Courtney Kelly 2009 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Kirsten Goodroad, 2009 9, 20, 45.0, .200
Allison Ballstadt, 2010 3, 6, 50.0, .167
Traci Gillund, 2009 0, 3, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Stephanie Jergenson, 2010 15, 12, 125.0, .583
Carly Christopherson, 2010 6, 8, 75.0, .375
Carly Saben, 2010 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Sara O'Dowd, 2010 3, 4, 75.0, .250
Alexandra Schroeder, 2011 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Hannah Chuinard, 2011 0, 2, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Sarah Peterson

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnehaha 62, 78, 79.5, .385
Blaine 49, 79, 62.0, .291
made 3s/&1s: Minnehaha 6/1; Blaine 5/0
ftm/fta-ft%: Minnehaha 23/32-.719; Blaine 12/17-.706
bench: Blaine 24, Minnehaha 13

QUARTER SCORES
Minnehaha 16-12-14-20---62
Blaine 17-11-7-14---49

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNEHAHA
Sarah Peterson 10.5
Katelyn Adams 9
Anna Marie Martino 5.5
Rachel Hansen 5
Liz Mrozek 5
Analisa Ballinger 4
Jana Halstensgard 3
Emma Johnson 1
Britta Monson 1
totals: 44

BLAINE
Mackenzie Suda 10
Stephanie Jergenson 7
Courtney Kelly 6
Carly Christopherson 5
Sarah O'Dowd 5
Kirsten Goodroad 4
Tracie Gillund 2
Hannah Chuinard 2
Allison Ballstadt 1
totals: 42

ASSISTS
MINNEHAHA
Sarah Peterson 8
Rachel Hansen 6
Liz Mrozek 4
Anna Marie Martino 3
Katelyn Adams 2
Jana Halstenstard 1
Sarah Scholl 1
totals: 25

BLAINE
Carly Christopherson 4
Courtney Kelly 3
Kirsten Goodroad 2
Stephanie Jergenson 2
Allison Ballstadt 2
Tracie Gillund 2
Mackenzie Suda 1
Sara O'Dowd 1
Alexandra Schreoder 1
totals: 18


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