Another day down in Rochester awaited Saturday morning with the <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AA semis. This section had six teams in the top 20 and was the most potent tournament around—a mini-state tournament. I continued Bowlin week (the third charting this week). In the end the Three Rivers Conference (and the old east half of the section) came out on top with two wins. The public vs private battle ended in a split. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caledonia was the highest team left on the QRF that I had\nyet to chart. Mission accomplished. I was to see them Monday but Mother Nature\nand her relentless snow intervened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WINONA COTTER 53,\nLAKE CITY 38<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n #4 seed Cotter, again outsized, toppled a bigger team. This\ntime the victim was #1 seed Lake\n City. Despite the size\ndisparity Cotter won the battle of the boards by 12. That helped in a 53-38\nvictory. LC was flat at the start and struggled to get anything rolling on\noffense. Cotter rolled to a 19-2 start after the first ten minutes of action.\nThe back breaker was three straight 3s by the Ramblers as they punctured holes\nin the LC zone. Meanwhile the Cotter individual defense caused havoc with 9 of\ntheir 22 turnovers in that span. LC was getting the ball down low, but too low.\nWhen the posts for LC turned to the rim, they had no angle. That helps explain\ntheir 0\/3 start on the right blocks. Then the rest of the team, true to\nGlaeser\u2019s Theorem, caught the collective flu and they missed transition lay ups\nand point blank follow ups, when they were fortunate to grab a missed shot.\nCotter d rebound % was 64.5%; down from the ZM game. But LC was only 58.1% and\nthat spelled trouble. Cotter was much more aggressive to the ball. At the break\nCotter had doubled LC 30-15. The Ramblers would only need nine more points to\nsecure the victory. Early in the second half Cotter went to a delay game with\ndouble action at the elbow after LC was forced to play man. LC did cut the\nmargin to 30-20 and later to 41-30, but fouls were piling up and both starting\nfreshman guards for LC fouled out with 3:21 and 2:45 left in the game. The game\nwas over by that stage as Cotter enjoyed a 47-30 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n TRENCH PLAYER:<\/strong> For\nthe second straight game Cotter\u2019s Megan\nMorgan<\/strong> gets the nod. The 5-8 freshman guard ignited the Ramblers in the\nfirst half with hot shooting outside and pesky defense all over the floor. She\nended up with 14 points, a pp100 of 116.7, and thanks to 12 d stops, made the\n31 Club with one to spare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n CALEDONIA 74,\nROCHESTER LOURDES 64<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caledonia rode the back of torrid\nKatie Tornstrom five consecutive 3s in five consecutive possessions to top\nRochester Lourdes. The Eagles were up early 9-5. Then Mount Tornstrom erupted.\nThe Warriors scored on eight straight possessions in a four minute window—-a\n22-2 run and Lourdes was staring at a 27-11 deficit. Tornstrom started the run\nwith a pair of free throws. Then came the five straight 3s. The first started off\na missed Lourdes shot in the lane. Then off a steal. Lourdes quickly called\ntime out at the 10 minute mark. But the that didn\u2019t cool off Tornstrom in the\nleast. Another d rebound 3. Tornstrom stole the next ball and launched number\nfour from the right side. A missed 3 led to a rebound and a return back to\nTornstrom for five. Next came two more Tornstrom free throws when she drove the\nlane. It was also Alyssa Ustby\u2019s third foul. She was forced to watch from the\nbench with 7:52 left in the half. The final capstone 3 came from Heidi Bolduan.\nThe Warriors went into the locker room at half up 43-27. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lourdes used their own long ball to forge a comeback in the\nsecond half. Caroline Adamson knocked down six of them for the game. At 11:56\nremaining Lourdes had sliced the 16 point halftime deficit down to five (53-48)\nafter an old fashioned three point play from Adamson. Adamson channeled her\ninner Tornstrom and connected on two straight 3 to make it 66-61. Tornstrom\ndelivered two free throws to break the spell. Ustby departed the court with her\nfifth foul with 54 seconds left. Tornstrom was in her way on a drive. The last 3:41 Caledonia \u201cwon\u201d 8-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lourdes only found their way to the free throw line for five\nattempts all game. Caledonia, by virtue of being ahead, had 8 attempts in the\nlast 3:41 of play. The made free throw differential was 12. Both teams relied\non the long bomb taking more 3s than 2s. Each converted 12 for a wash. Both\nteams gathered about 75% of the defensive boards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n TRENCH PLAYER:<\/strong> Caledonia\u2019s\n5-10 senior forward\/guard Katie\nTornstrom<\/strong> 33 points, 126.9 pp100 and a member, not of the 31, not of the\n41, but a member of the 51 Club with a 56. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another day down in Rochester awaited Saturday morning with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[138,7,153],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8CdKT-3of","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18477,"url":"https:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=18477","url_meta":{"origin":13035,"position":0},"title":"GBB Out & About: Dover-Eyota & Stewartville in in 1AA Monday","date":"February 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Two 1AA QUARTERS The first ranked team fell on Monday. 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\n <\/td> \n WINONA COTTER<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n LAKE CITY<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Points\n <\/td> \n 53\n <\/td> \n 38\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Rebounds\/off\n <\/td> \n 38\/18\n <\/td> \n 26\/11\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Turnovers\n <\/td> \n 23\n <\/td> \n 22\n <\/td><\/tr> \n FTA\/%\n <\/td> \n 23\/69.56\n <\/td> \n 14\/35.71\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 2%\/3%\n <\/td> \n 33.33\/38.88\n <\/td> \n 44.11\/10.00\n <\/td><\/tr> \n PP100\n <\/td> \n 85.5\n <\/td> \n 60.3\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Leading Scorer\n <\/td> \n Jordan Rubie 16\n <\/td> \n Lilly Meincke 10\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n \n \n <\/td> \n CALEDONIA<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n ROCHESTER LOURDES<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Points\n <\/td> \n 74\n <\/td> \n 64\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Rebounds\/off\n <\/td> \n 32\/8\n <\/td> \n 36\/9\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Turnovers\n <\/td> \n 14\n <\/td> \n 19\n <\/td><\/tr> \n FTA\/%\n <\/td> \n 24\/66.67\n <\/td> \n 5\/80.00\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 2%\/3%\n <\/td> \n 45.83\/44.44\n <\/td> \n 46.15\/37.50\n <\/td><\/tr> \n PP100\n <\/td> \n 108.8\n <\/td> \n 92.8\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Leading Scorer\n <\/td> \n Katie Tornstrom 33\n <\/td> \n Caroline Adamson 27\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n