Out & About: Rochester/ North Iowa + Breland Signs

#8 posting 11.19.2008
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ROCHESTER CTC yellowjackets 74,
NORTH IOWA AREA CC trojans 51

Rochester beat North Iowa in a non conference match up 74-51. The Yellowjackets went on an 11-0 run in the middle of the first half to cement their win. Maria Gangelhoff led Rochester with 17 points off the bench.

After the game RCTC's Anne Breland (Rochester Lourdes) signed with UW Milwaukee. 5-11 sharpshooter had 16 points on the night, 9 of which came behind the arc.

Both teams were sluggish at the start. Rochester had a drought of 11 in the first portion of the game, 8 of which were turnovers, 4 of which were traveling calls. NIACC (pronounced NYE-ack) only added four points to their total to trail 10-8. NIACC had their own 8 possession drought, but if you combine that with another 8 possession drought sandwiched around three scores their floor % was a frosty .158 and a chilly pp100 31.6. Rochester scored on five straight possessions with Gangelhoff and Amanda Degnan scoring all 11 points in the 11-0 run. At their widest margin in the first half the Yellowjackets led 41-17. That was a 31-7 run by Rochester. At the end of the half Rochester subbed liberally and NIACC had a brief 6-1 run to make it 42-23 at the half.

In the second half Rochester's biggest lead was 21. NIACC did cut the margin to 14 points at 61-47 with 5:30 to go. The Trojans comeback slowed when they had a four possession dry spell. When NIACC's Nicole Eenhuis fouled out she said something to the official and was slapped with a T. All that energy to cut the margin to 14 was soon back to 21. Rochester closed with a 10-3 run.

One big advantage Rochester had was at the free throw line. The Yellowjackets made 29 points at the line while NIACC only attempted 22. Oddly enough NIACC attempted 14 more shots from the floor. The Trojans were extremely active on the offensive boards. Both teams were sloppy with both teams at or over 25 turnovers.

You can see the entire Rochester vs North Iowa photo gallery (plus Breland singing) at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

key: player, hs, year, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ROCHESTER
STARTERS
Sam Sikkink, Rochester JM, 2011, 9, 11, 81.8, .455 guard. runs the floor. turnovers in the first half. likes to drive. competitive.
Amanda Degnan, St. Charles, 2011, 16, 14, 114.3, .500 post. scored inside.made two &1s. had five points on second chancers. given the chance she will drive baseline. limited time due to foul problems.
Anne Breland, Rochester Lourdes, 2011 16, 15, 106.7, .400 3 point sniper. scored the first two times she touched the ball from behind the arc. NIACC knew exactly where she was. picked to shoot the technical free throws.
Chelsea Wand, Fillmore Central, 2011 6, 8, 75.0, .375 post. was very active on defensive wraps with 8 d boards, and 5 steals.
Courtney Jones, Kingsland 1, 6, 16.7, .167 point guard. passing needs to be more deceptive.
BENCH
Maria Gangelhoff, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's, 2012 17, 15, 113.3, .533 guard. Early on had problems with traveling (3 straight times). After that initial rough patch was crackerjack. would have had a 141.7 pp100 without that start. was a perfect 9/9 at the line. had 7 points on second chancers. has a pull up jumper.
Jordan Vavra, Cambridge-Isanti 2012 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard.
Tess Milczark, Cambridge-Isanti 2012 2, 4, 50.0, .000 post. didn't make a free throw. needs to work on ball handling/catching.
Kandace Bostick, Burnsville 2012 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard. late time in the first and second half. got caught on a carry
Nikki Borkhuis, Watertown, SD, 2012 1, 2, 50.0, .500 forward
Jessica Ceisinski, Medford, 2012 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

NORTH IOWA
STARTERS
Breanne Crandell, Twenty Nine Palms, CA 2012 6, 10, 60.0, .300 perimeter. lean
DeAubrey Johnson, St. Paul Central, 2011 3, 10, 30.0, .100 guard. tried 3s, but didn't connect. quick hands. led team with assists.
Karen Ott, Rockford, IA 9, 15, 60.0, .333 guard. likes to put it on the floor. fouled out
Tiffany Braun, St. Ansgar, IA 20, 22, 90.9, .455 small forward. runs the floor. scored on leaners. 14 points came in the second half.
Nicole Eenhuis, Mason City, IA 4, 14, 28.6, .143 handled point most of the game. needs to be stronger with the ball. needs to control mouth with officials or techs will visit again. active hands
BENCH
Amy Boley, Charles City, IA 6, 7, 85.7, .286 3 point shooter. hit two in a row in second half.
Alyssa Kelly, unknown 1, 3, 33.3, .333
Allison Osterman, Buffalo Center, IA 2, 3, 66.7, .667
Joy Klaren, unknown 0, 2, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Maria Gangelhoff

BY THE NUMBERS
Rochester 74, 84, 88.1, .405
North Iowa 51, 86, 59.3, .302
made 3s/&1s: Roch 3/3; NI 2/0
ftm/fta-ft%: Roch 29/39-.744; NI 13/22-.591
bench: Roch 26, NI 11

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ROCHESTER
Chelsea Wand 15
Amanda Degnan 8
Anne Breland 6.5
Maria Gangelhoff 5
Tess Milczark 4
Jordan Vavra 3
Courtney Jones 3
Sam Sikkink 2.5
Kandace Bostick 2
Nikki Borkhuis 1
Jessica Ceisinski 1
totals: 51

NORTH IOWA
DeAubrey Johnson 8.5
Karen Ott 8
Breanne Crandell 5
Nicole Eenhuis 4.5
Tiffany Braun 4
Amy Boley 1
Alyssa Kelly 1
Allison Ostermann 1
Joy Klaren 1
totals: 34

ASSISTS
ROCHESTER
Sam Sikkink 7
Maria Gangelhoff 5
Jordan Vavra 5
Chelsea Wand 3
Courtney Jones 3
Amanda Degnan 2
totals: 25

NORTH IOWA
DeAubrey Johnson 7
Karen Ott 6
Nicole Eenhuis 4
Tiffany Braun 2
Alyssa Kelly 2
Breanne Crandell 1
Amy Boley 1
totals: 23

next up: tomorrow morning.