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.

CC Out & About: Anoka-Ramsey/Fond du Lac

#5 posting 11.14.2008
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ANOKA-RAMSEY CC rams 92
FOND DU LAC T&C thunder 24

Anoka-Ramsey spoiled the debut of Fond du Lac 92-24. Kate Bement scored two 3s on the opening two AR possessions and it was all down hill from there for FdL. In fact Bement outscored FdL on her own with 28 points. The Rams used pressure defense against the iron five Thunder. 26 points came off transition points. FdL had 43 turnovers in their first outing.

There are inevitable growing pains as a first time program playing their first game. FdL had seven players dressed, yet only five played. Ashley Langila hit her head on the floor and was checked out by first aid, but she remained in the contest. With the "iron five" FdL was forced to play zone. That opened the door for free looks from behind the arc for AR. Bement had four of the 8 AR 3s on the night. FdL was pressured right from the start and the back court had issues against the AR heat. FdL never really got into any half court offense in the first half. Droughts ruled the day for FdL. The Thunder had dry stretches of 11, 8, 10 and another 8. It was AR 54-12 at half time.

The second half there really was no big changes. The suspense was "would AR reach the century mark?" AR needed 10 points with a little over three minutes left. They only scored two more the rest of the way. Most of the second half the Rams worked on moving the ball vs the half court zone. As far as the biggest string---AR scored five straight times in the first half

Here are the firsts for FdL:
1st shot--Alicia Lagarde
1st basket--Ashley Langila.
1st free throw--Ashley Langila
1st rebound--Alicia Lagarde
1st assist--Liza Williamson
1st 3---Alicia Lagarde

you can see the entire Anoka-Ramsey vs Fond du Lac photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

key: player, high school, year, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ANOKA-RAMSEY
STARTERS
Kate Bement, Princeton, 2011, 28, 19, 147.4, .632 perimeter shooter. Has a nice stroke. made four 3s. crashed the offensive boards. moved without the ball. also active defensively
Alyssa Silva, Maple Grove 2012 10, 8, 125.0, .625 perimeter. was active/alert. went out with an injury early in the second half.
Desirae Robinson, Osseo 2011 9, 7, 128.6, .571 perimeter playing inside at times. did make a 3. boarded at both ends.
Carri Roline, St. Francis 2011 10, 9, 111.1, .556 scored four baskets in transition
Megan Hambleton, Anoka 2011 13, 9, 144.4, .667 handled point responsibilities. technically sound. also made a 3. scored three times in transition.
BENCH
Georgia Morff, St. Francis 2011 6, 7, 85.7, .429
Kyann Patterson, Minneapolis Washburn 2012 11, 13, 84.6, .385 scored off the dribble.
Angy Gavere, St. Michael-Albertville 2012 5, 6, 83.3, .333 another 3 shooter. active on defense. saw limited time

FOND DU LAC
STARTERS
Ashley Langila, Esko, 2011 7, 16, 43.8, .250 main post. most effective rebounder. stronger frame
Liza Williamson, Duluth Central 2012 7, 27, 25.9, .148 point guard. needs to keep vision, and be stronger with the ball (as do all fdlers.). went to the line four times. free throw needs to have softer bounce.
Alicia Lagarde, Wrenshall 2011 10, 15, 66.7, .333 made 3. scored off press.
Stacy Foucault, Duluth Denfeld 0, 6, 0.0, .000 used as a release on offense. Did not look to score.
Jessica Cameron, Duluth Central 0, 14, 0.0, .000 perimeter. needs to keep arm up. looked to take 3s.
BENCH
was not used

TRENCH PLAYER
Kate Bement

BY THE NUMBERS
Anoka-Ramsey 92, 78, 117.9, .538
Fond du Lac 24, 78, 30.8, .167
made 3s/&1s: AR 8/0; FdL 1/0
ftm/fta-ft%: AR 4/4-1.000; FdL 5/11-.455
bench: AR 22, FdL 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ANOKA-RAMSEY
Kate Bement 10
Carri Roline 10
Desirae Robinson 8
Angy Gavere 8
Megan Hambleton 7
Kyann Patterson 7
Georgia Morff 4
Alyssa Silva 2
totals: 56

FOND DU LAC
Ashley Langila 12
Liza Williamson 4
Alicia Lagarde 4
Stacy Foucault 1
Jessica Cameron 1
totals: 22

ASSISTS
ANOKA-RAMSEY
Desirae Robinson 7
Megan Hambleton 7
Kyann Patterson 6
Alyssa Silva 5
Kate Bement 4
Georgia Morff 2
Angy Gavere 1
totals: 32

FOND DU LAC
Liza Williamson 8
Alicia Lagarde 2
totals: 10

next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: St. Cloud TC/Minneapolis CTC

#5 posting 11.12.2008
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ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE cyclones 67
MINNEAPOLIS CTC mavericks 45

This is the first out & about of the 2008-09 season and it was a community college bash in Minneapolis. The visiting Cyclones stymied the Mavericks 67-45. This is Minneapolis' second game this season. The Mavericks don't have a player that was on the squad last year. Kristin Johnson of SCTC scored 8 of the first 10 points and ended up with 18 on the night. Johnson also had 8 defensive stops on the night with limited court time in the second half. Tiffany Yarke had a double/double with 10 points and assists. Nicole Lewis of MCTC led all scorers with 19.

Both teams scored on their first possessions. After that MCTC didn't score on 7 chances and after another two scores, had another 7 possession drought. So to start the game the Mavs were 3/17 with their offensive chances---for a chilly .176 floor %. Meanwhile SCTC, and Johnson, were eating up MCTC's defense. SCTC scored their first four times they touched the ball. Their offense sputtered for four possessions, and after establishing the inside game, the Cyclones struck twice from behind the arc as they built up a 21-6 lead. It soon mushroomed out to 30-12. MCTC then started employing a full court press. That pressure coupled with Johnson resting on the bench cut the Cyclone lead down to 30-21 as the Mavs ran off 9 unanswered points. SCTC had a 9 possession drought at the time. In fact the Cyclones didn't have an assist basket for 13 consecutive possessions---that included four times they scored. At half SCTC led 36-24.

SCTC didn't really bust the game open until the mid portion of the second half when they rattled off nine straight scores as they soon figured out how to combat the MCTC press. All told it was a 16-6 run for the Cyclones. Johnson was done for the night with about 13 minutes left in the game. Jen Zierden scored on three straight chances during the rush. At the widest SCTC led 56-32 with a little over 9 minutes left. MCTC did have an offensive flurry with a 6/7 scoring burst, but SCTC also was scoring on four of those possessions and the needle didn't move much on the Maverick deficit. There was only one score in the last 10 combined possessions.

MCTC had problems with the 30 second clock. Six times they were caught in shot clock violations. Part of that has to be due to the young nature of the team and the lack of playing with the clock in high school. There really wasn't a lot of transition in this contest.

you can see the entire St. Cloud TC vs Minneapolis CTC photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

key: player, HS, year, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ST. CLOUD TC
STARTERS
Nikki Perlinger, Browerville, 2010, 4, 10, 40.0., .200 perimeter. later in the game had to sit out. Was off on the sidelines receiving attention.
Kristin Johnson, St. Cloud Tech 2010, 18, 13, 138.5, .692 post. solid, hard to move, soft touch. built for a half court game. scored at blocks. needs to be better at the line (0/4)
Tiffany Yarke, Melrose 2010, 10, 11, 90.9, .455 point guard. decent vision. got the ball to the right people.
Jen Zierden, Melrose 2009 8, 11, 72.7, .364 forward. blocked out well on defense.
Katie Christian, Sauk Rapids 2010, 12, 8, 150.0, .500 3 point shooter. made two 3s on the night.
BENCH
Jenny Geithman, Alexandria, 2009 4, 9, 44.4, .333 guard, went to the line four times.
Victoria Swenson, Yellow Medicine East 2010, 9, 7, 128.6, .571 forward. scored her points in transition and off second chancers.
Tiffany Owen, Hastings 2010, 0, 3, 0.0, .000 perimeter
Ashia Volkers, Holdingford, ????, 2, 1, 200.0, .500 guard

MINNEAPOLIS CTC
STARTERS
Natalye Horne, St. Paul Highland Park, 2010, 8, 8, 100.0, .500 post player. Favorite shot was at the right elbow (off the glass).
Brianna Blackhawk, Park Center, 2010, 7, 12, 58.3, .250 handled point responsibilities most of the game. Is more shooting guard. 3 point shooter that only made one. was slapped with a technical because she questioned a lack of a call after she drove the lane.
Nicole Lewis, St. Paul Johnson 2010, 19, 21, 90.5, .429 guard. scored off drive. had one nice drive. was persistent on offensive boards. had 7 turnovers with three on traveling calls.
April Peterson, Thief River Falls 2010, 2, 5, 40.0, .200 the "4". needs to keep the follow through up (as most of the players do.)
Kiona Daher-Lee, Brooklyn Park, 2010 0, 6, 0.0, .000 guard
BENCH
Davita Scott, Mpls Roosevelt 2009, 6, 9, 66.7, .333 guard. likes to drive. also fouled out.
Keandrea Mosby, Mpls 2010 3, 7, 42.9, .286 guard. likes to drive.
Brynne Crockett, Mpls 2010 0, 3, 0.0, .000 guard.
Moriah Cannady, Mpls 2010, 0, 2, 0.0, .000 guard

TRENCH PLAYER
Kristin Johnson

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Cloud TC 67, 73, 91.8, .438
Minneapolis CTC 45, 73, 61.6, .301
made 3s/&1s: SCTC 3/1; MCTC 1/1
ftm/fta-ft%: SCTC 9/23-.391; MCTC 4/7-.571
bench: SCTC 15, MCTC 9

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
SCTC
Kristin Johnson 8
Jen Zierden 8
Nikki Perlinger 7
Tiffany Yarke 4
Katie Christian 3
Jenny Geithman 2
Angel Folkers 1
totals: 33

MCTC
Brianna Blackhawk 6
Nicole Lewis 5.5
April Peterson 4
Kiona Daher-Lee 4
Natalye Horne 3
Keandrea Mosby 2.5
Davita Scott 2
Brynne Crockett 1
Moriah Cannady 1
totals: 29

ASSISTS
SCTC
Tiffany Yarke 10
Nikki Perlinger 5
Jenny Geithman 4
Tiffany Owen 4
Katie Christian 3
Jen Zierden 1
Victoria Swenson 1
totals: 28

MCTC
Brianna Blackhawk 5
Nicole Lewis 4
Kiona Duher-Lee 3
Keandrea Mosby 2
Natalye Horne 1
Davita Scott 1
totals: 16

next up: tomorrow morning