SEVEN FRIDAY GAMES FROM SUMMER JAM
The most competitive three days of the summer (at least around Minnesota) got underway on an extremely hot Friday (not it wasn’t the Meltdown) with the Summer Jam. I camped out at court 1 in the air-conditioned comfort of the Kennedy Athletic Center. The theme of the day was All IA Attack. Of the seven games I charted five involved the neighbors from the south. Another theme was MN vs Others—-again with a five count. This was the first real opportunity to chart teams from other states. Four different states were involved. In addition to Iowa I was able to chart a Wisconsin and Nebraska team. The imports from Virginia and the District of Columbia were also on hand.
MN teams ended up 2-3. All IA Attack teams were 3-2.
In the Minnetonka division, of the five MN teams only the two North Tartan teams survived.
AIA attack teams know how to shoot 3s. They can drain catch & shoot. They nailed 15, 8, 8, 6 and 5 3s from their teams.
The Team USA 17U players struggled from the floor today. Paige Bueckers was 40% and didn’t start connecting until late in the game. Ashley Fudd of Fairfax shot 16%. The best they could muster was 70 and 63 pp100 respectively.
Since it is after midnight you are not getting great details. That is the fate when there are seven games, I need to digest and clean the data, and then present it to you.
GAME 1: NOKOMIS
MN SUNS JEFFERSON 56, WI PURPLE ACES 39
MSJ pulled away from the WPA late.
GAME 2: MINNETONKA
NORTH TARTAN 10 NIKE EYBL (STARKS) 60, ALL IA ATTACK 11 NIKE JENSEN 54
A struggle throughout. As measured by the non winning team (by pp100) the best game of the day. NT10 didn’t break out until Nyamer Diew scored six straight points late in the second half.
GAME 3: MILLE LACS
ALL IA ATTACK 9 NIKE JONES 55, MN CROSSFIRE SCHUCK 29
The first centurian team of the day at 110. Made 8 3s.
GAME 4: MILLE LACS
ALL IA ATTACK 9 NIKE 67, MN TOP FLIGHT 2021 39
The best overall pp100 with 117.5. Made 15 3s.
GAME 5: MINNETONKA
BOO WILLIAMS NIKE 63, ALL IA ATTACK 10 NIKE 46
The best pp100 of any Minnetonka level teams on the day.
GAME 6: MINNETONKA
ALL IA ATTACK 11 NIKE EYBL 73, MN STARS 11 AMUNDSON 48
The highest scoring team on court 1 for the day. Made 8 3s. Pretty good from 2s with 68.9% too.
GAME 7: MINNETONKA
FAIRFAX STARS U17 NIKE EYBL 56, NE CSS BISON ELITE 47
This was Fairfax Stars first outing since April. There was some rust as the Bison closed the gap to two in the second half.
| Team | Score | Pp100 | Leading scorer |
| MN Suns Jefferson | 56 | 87.5 | L Olson 14 |
| WI Purple Aces | 39 | 60.0 | Two with 11 |
| North Tartan 10 NIKE | 60 | 92.2 | Paige Bueckers 17 |
| All IA Attack 11 Jensen | 54 | 85.7 | C Riley 17 |
| All IA Attack 9 Jones | 55 | 110.0 | Hannah Stuelke 17 |
| MN Crossfire Schuck | 67 | 117.5 | Two with 12 |
| MN Top Flight 2021 | 39 | 73.2 | R Kawiecki 10 |
| Boo Williams NIKE | 63 | 105.0 | Ashley Owusu 20 |
| All IA Attack 10 NIKE | 46 | 79.3 | Three with 9 |
| All IA Attack 11 NIKE EYBL | 73 | 104.3 | Caitlin Clark 15 |
| MN Stars 11 Amundson | 48 | 65.7 | Kacie Borowicz 10 |
| Fairfax Stars U17 NIKE | 56 | 87.5 | Shay’Lynn Hagans 17 |
| NE CSS Bison Elite | 47 | 72.3 | Sydney Gollady 13 |
TRENCH PLAYER
GAME 1: Jada Hood, MN Suns Jefferson
GAME 2: Nyamer Diew, North Tartan 10 NIKE EYBL
GAME 3: Hannah Stuelke, All IA Attack 9 Jones
GAME 4: Riley Wright, All IA Attack 9 NIKE
GAME 5: Ashley Owusu, Boo Williams NIKE EYBL
GAME 6: Megan Meyer, All IA Attack 11 NIKE EYBL
GAME 7: Shay’Lynn Hagans, Fairfax Stars NIKE EYBL
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Ashley Owusu. She was the only player to join the 31 Club today (on the nose) and had a 142.9 pp100.