#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.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Out & About: Rochester/ North Iowa + Breland Signs
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Out & About: Rochester/Anoka-Ramsey
#10 posting 2.24.2008
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MCCC CHAMPIONSHIP
ROCHESTER yellowjackets 63, ANOKA-RAMSEY rams 49
In a rare (for winter) Sunday out & about, Rochester won their first MCCC Championship with a 63-49 win over AR. AR had finally had some of their players healed from nagging injuries. The Yellowjackets had a strong start, but fell into a severe drought. They battled through that dry spell to lead at half time 27-23. When two Rams fouled out it looked like clear sailing with a 46-29 lead. However AR refused to go quietly. They closed to six points with a minute to go, yet 
Rochester hung on with five straight scores to finish the game.
Rochester took control with two consecutive Anne Breland threes. The Yellowjackets led 12-3 with Breland providing 8. Then it was a 14 possession wandering in the wilderness. And play turned sloppy with eight possessions ending as turnovers. AR took advantage of the down time to go on a 14-0 run. Both Sonja Ellingson and Amanda Reh had five points in the run. Then it was AR's turn to go into the deep freeze. They had 10 empty trips as Rochester fought to tie it up at 21. Breland broke the tie with a pair of free throws and then hit a shot from the corner. The Yellowjackets led at half 27-23.
AR scored on their first possession, but then it was nothing but bad news until the 8 minute mark. They had another 10 possession drought and a 1/17 sequence. On top of that floor general Amanda Reh picked up foul #4 on an over the back call with 14:44 left. She didn't come out and was soon tagged with #5 on a charge with 12:05 left. At that point Rochester was feeling their oat and up 37-27. More bad news came at the 8:50 mark as Jessica Cichy picked up #4 and #5 within seconds of each other. With two aggressive offensive players out it 
appeared Rochester could coast. They couldn't. Ellingson started a run with a three. That started a string of four straight scores (not possessions) of 3s for AR. Love Washington stepped up and delivered three of them. She had an opportunity for another three point play the old fashioned way. That free throw rimmed out. The very next AR possession Megan Hambleton drained a 3 and the seemingly comfortable 46-29 for Rochester had evaporated to a very much in doubt 53-46 game with 4 minutes left. AR hung around at that level until, with Carri Roline was called for a charge with under a minute to go. Roline made the basket which of course was waved off. AR wouldn't score again and Rochester won their first title in four tries.
key: player, high school, (grad year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ROCHESTER
STARTERS
Anne Breland, Rochester Lourdes (11) 24, 19, 126.3, .526 big perimeter. not only has the 3 touch (4 on the day) but was 6/6 at the line. Also did a big job on the d boards.
Kasie Heimer, Rochester Century (10) 13, 10, 130.0, .600 post that can step out. hit a 3. can drive. even reverse.
Kristina Thompson, Elk River (11) 6, 9, 66.7, .333 perimeter. 4/4 at the line.
Courtney Jones, Kingsland (11) 5, 10, 50.0, .300 point guard. looks to distribute
Lisa Bicknese, Kingsland (10) 4, 7, 57.1, .286 smaller post.
BENCH
Erin Maurer, McLeod West (11) 0, 3, 0.0, .000 reserve guard
Amanda Degnan, St. Charles (11) 7, 11, 63.6, .364 reserve post. had a drive
Kendra Heitkamp, Rosemount (11) 4, 7, 57.1, .286 perimeter with almost 3 range--steped on line.
ANOKA-RAMSEY
STARTERS
Kate Bement, Princeton (11) 2, 6, 33.3, .167. perimeter
Jessica Cichy, St. Francis (11) 4, 13, 30.8, .154 post player/forward type. Her fouls also hurt the AR cause.
Sonja Ellingson, Maple Grove (10) 14, 17, 82.4, .353 can face the basket. In the second half was posting. Was more effective in the first half.
Amanda Reh, Monticello (10) 10, 13, 76.9, .385 point guard. communicates, feisty. foul problems and fouling out with over 12 minutes left left her team hurting
Love Washington, Blaine (10) 11, 12, 91.7, .333 almost singlehandedly brought AR back from the dead. With Reh done she took over point guard duties.
BENCH
Carri Roline, St. Francis (11) 1, 4, 25.0, .250 perimeter
Megan Hambleton, Anoka (11) 3, 8, 37.5, .125 forward
Kelley Olson, Centennial (11) 4, 4, 100.0, .250 forward
TRENCH PLAYERAnne Breland
BY THE NUMBERS
Rochester 63, 76, 82.9, .395
Anoka-Ramsey 49, 77, 63.6, .273
made 3s: AR 6, Rochester 5
ftm/fta-ft%: Rochester 20/22-.909; 9/13-.692
bench: Rochester 11, AR 8
DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ROCHESTER
Anne Breland 16.5
Kasie Heimer 7
Kristina Thompson 4
Lisa Bicknese 4
Kendra Heitkamp 3
Courtney Jones 2
Amanda Degnan 1.5
totals: 38
ANOKA-RAMSEY
Sonja Ellingson 8
Amanda Reh 6
Jessica Cichy 5
Kate Bement 3
Megan Hambleton 3
Kelley Olson 3
Love Washington 3
Carri Roline 2
totals: 33
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Rochester used man often.
AR was in a 1/2/2 match up.
match ups (AR off/Roch def) Reh/Thompson; Hambleton-Bement/Breland; Olson-Ellingson/Bicknese; Rolinep-Washington/Jones; Cichy/Degnan-Heimer
next up: tomorrow morning.
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