sioux10 wrote:hoop_fan1 wrote:InTheKnow wrote:hoop_fan1 wrote:NATURAL TALENT wrote:Stacey Nygaard-Adams Edmore
Kirstie Gillett-Dakota Prairie
Kristen Cuypers-LMM
Kallie Erickson-FL-PR
Abby Reiter-HN
Whitney Eckroth-SD
Teryl Norton-NS
Ally Bender-MLS
Those are a few names that come to mind....
I don't think that many girls from 1 region will make it. I would throw out Erickson, even though she's deserving, she would be the odd one out. When do they vote on this? I assume it's after the season is over. If that's the case, then I would guess a M-M player would make it. Dickson is a great player, but it seems that in the past, the players with the stats usually get the nod, & dickson is missing one stat-points. Although she "could" score more, she hasn't. I could be wrong, though.
But of the four main stats (points, rebounds, assists, steals) her other three (collectively) are so far above any other point guard in the state. By MM making a return trip to state it helps her chances trememdously so who ever makes the decisions can see first hand that she can score, just choses to be a team player. 7.5 boards, 7.3 assists, and 4.5 steals, what other player has anything close to that. The assist total is almost unheard of for a 32 minute game.
I think baldwin ended the season averaging around 7 assists, 8.5 rebounds- to go along with 20+pts & a bunch of steals, so it's not unheard of, but very impressive. baldwin's only a junior, & I guess we're talking about picking the lions team.
I sure hope dickson makes it- she deserves it. But I just don't know how many picks one region is going to get. Reiter & Gillett are a lock. Now we could potentially add Erickson, Dickson, & Kristina Schuster- I don't think it'll happen, maybe one more, & I would pick Dickson-hands down-but what will everyone else think?
i agree that it isn't unheard of to average 7 assists per game, but sammi baldwin was on a team that revolved around her. She was their main player and everything on offense went to through. I'm not trying to take anything away from her, because she is an amazing player, but MM doesn't have a stand out player unlike most of the teams you see. If dickson wanted to she could score about 20 points a game, but she is too unselfish. She probably averages about 3 or 4 shots a game and i can tell you that im 100% certain schuster and baldwin average way more than that
I did say ALMOST :D unheard of because it has been done but is VERY rare. If I remember correctly Baldwin averaged like around 5.8-6 assists a game when i read it in the paper before the regionals which is still quite a few. I could be wrong though. She did have more rebounds then Dickson with 8.5 a game which is very impressive in itself being only 5'6, but who else do they have that can really rebound? M-M has both Schusters besides Dickson. If you flipped teams Dicksons numbers would be probably identical to Baldwins, but she has more around her and doesnt need to do that. There is only one ball to go around. In Baldwin's case she needs to carry her team and that was clearly evident at regionals.
As far as the Lions game there are definately 5 deserving players from region 2 (Reiter, Gillette, Dickson, Schuster, Erickson) but will be tough to see that number make it. Wouldnt that be a NASTY starting 5 to go up against. Gillette 5, Reiter 4, Schuster 3, Erickson 2, Dickson 1. 4 scorers and a pass first point that can run the show. I would put that line up against Class A any day. And the best part, they all are great defensively.