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.

Schuchard Signs, Lund Scores, & Hope

#2 posting 12.26.2007
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SIGNING
Jenny Schuchard of Jamestown will be heading to Jamestown College. From the Jamestown Sun.

FEATURES
High scoring Michelle Lund of Sioux City Heelan is featured in the Sioux City Journal. Lund is now the all time five player scorer in Sioux City.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a story of Hope---Hope Christian and their rise to power status.

POLLS
Bottineau is again at the top of the B poll in North Dakota. From the Jamestown Sun.

Thanks to the readers for the help. If you have news, go to my profile and email me.

next up: later today with the first tournament out & abouts

Out & About: Anoka-Ramsey/North Iowa Area

#8 posting 11.20.2007
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ANOKA-RAMSEY golden rams 67,
NORTH IOWA AREA trojans 32

North Iowa Area got lost on the way to Anoka-Ramsey due to the 35W bridge being down. They could have also used a map to find the basket in the first half as the defending NJCAA D3 champs Anoka-Ramsey raced to a 32-9 lead on the way to a 67-32 drubbing of their wayward guests. AR hit for 11 threes in the contest.

Anoka-Ramsey may have been stale at the start of the game waiting for their opponents. The nets weren't burning at either end as it was only a 7-5 advantage for AR with 11 minutes to go in the half. Droughts were the order of the day with NIA suffering through 5, 7, and then the mother of all droughts 21 straight possessions in the first half. They were stuck on five for over 10 minutes. AR didn't start heating up until later in the half. AR did go on an 18-0 run during NIA's walk in the wilderness. At halftime AR led 32-9 with #32 Amanda Reh leading the way with 9 points.

It was more of the same in the second half. The AR individual pressure defense harrassed the NIA guards all night. The game margin did get to be 40 points at one point 60-20 with about 7 minutes to go. At that point AR made good use of their bench. The rest of the way NIA outscored AR 12-7.

photos: #1 Sonja Ellingson lets fly one of her three 3s for AR. #2. Amanda Reh is nice and low when defending De Aubrey Johnson, #3 Madelyn Hauser elevates for a shot. photos by kja

ANOKA-RAMSEY
STARTERS
Love Washington, Blaine 5, 7, 71.4, .286 guard. quick defender. also hit a three
Jessica Cichy, St. Francis 14, 14, 100.0, .429 perimeter type. Runs the floor, can hit the pull up, and hit 3s.
Megan Hambleton, Anoka 3, 6, 50.0, .167 guard, has a knee brace on the left knee.
Sonja Ellingson, Maple Grove 15, 12, 125.0, .500 perimeter, zone shooter. hit three 3s on the day from the corner, wing and top of the key.
Amanda Reh, Monticello 13, 12, 108.3, .500 point guard, tough, harrassing defender with active hands, had 7 steals. got nice and low on defense. quick feet. on offense directed offense with verbal and nonverbal cues. can hit distance shots, runs the floor.
BENCH
Kelley Olson, Centennial 7, 6, 116.7, .500 permeter. 3 range
Kate Bement, Princeton 5, 6, 83.3, .333 perimeter, canned a three. threw pass behind receiver once in a while.
Carri Roline, St. Francis 5, 8, 62.5, .375 went to the line twice.
Georgia Morff, St. Francis 0, 3, 0.0, .000 fouled out. too high on defense.

NORTH IOWA AREA
STARTERS
De Aubrey Johnson, St. Paul Central 2, 13, 15.4, .077 point guard. had problems with the defensive pressure. vision, ball handling, decisions need improvement. forced passes. stared down passes.
Sara Cox, Waterloo 0, 16, 0.0, .000 ball handling, vision, passing decisions all need polish. traveling at both the start and end of moves need improvement.
Britta Milius, Plainfield 1, 3, 33.3, .000
Tiffany Braun, St. Ansgar 6, 17, 35.3, .235 moves without the ball. needs to hold her follow through. at times did not sprint down court on turnovers.
Madelyn Hauser, Gilbert 15, 14, 107.1, .571 best athlete on the floor and bright spot for NIA. has strong frame. had a monster game on the defensive boards. Good strength, good hands. took a rebound coast to coast. neglected in half court offense at times--only five possessions in the first half. in the blocks needs to square up completely and soften up touch. Had a frustration foul late in the game.
BENCH
Lindsay Urbatsch, St. Ansgar 7, 7, 100.0, .429 needs to be more aware.
Jenny Tweed, Woden, NE 1, 4, 25.0, .000 lefty.
Tiffany Burgess, Des Moines 0, 1, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Amanda Reh

BY THE NUMBERS
Anoka-Ramsey 67, 75, 90.5, .392
North Iowa Area 32, 75, 42.7, .213
made 3s: AR 11, NIA 0
made fts: AR 8, NIA 6
bench: AR 17, NIA 8

DEFENSIVE WRAP
ANOKA-RAMSEY
Amanda Reh 7.5
Love Washington 7
Jessica Cichy 6.5
Megan Hambleton 5
Sonja Ellingson 5
Kate Bement 4
Kelley Olson 3
Carri Roline 3
Georgia Morff 2
totals: 43

NORTH IOWA AREA
Madelyn Hauser 16
Britta Milius 4
Lindsay Urbatsch 4
De Aubrey Johnson 3
Jenny Tweed 3
Sara Cox 1
Tiffany Braun 1
totals 32

next up: tomorrow morning